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New PDA Version of Genes and Disease Added to NCBI Bookshelf
A PDA version has been added to the NCBI Bookshelf for Genes and Disease. On the Table of Contents page (or any page of the book) at the end of regular text, you'll see: The books in Bookshelf may be searched directly from the Bookshelf site, via links from the Links pull-down menu from relevant PubMed® citations, or through the Entrez Global query feature. 
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Systematic Evidence Reviews Added to NCBI BookshelfJuly 8, 2005 [posted]
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) has recently added six Systematic Evidence Reviews, from the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 3rd ed., to the HSTAT collection on the Bookshelf. HSTAT, Health Services/Technology Assessment Text, is a free, Web-based resource of full-text documents that provide health information and support health care decision making. The six new reviews are:
10. [This link was removed because it is no longer valid] Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cardiovascular Disease The books in Bookshelf may be searched directly from the Bookshelf site, via links from the Links pull-down menu from relevant PubMed® citations, or through the Entrez Global query feature.
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My NCBI Quick Tours AvailableJuly 8, 2005 [posted]NLM announces three new animated tutorials, now called "quick tours," on My NCBI with PubMed®. The quick tours are brief, narrated demonstrations in Flash™ format, on the following topics:
In addition, the Searching PubMed for an Author quick tour has been updated to include information on searching by full author name. The My NCBI Quick Tours are available from the My NCBI sidebar. All PubMed Quick Tours are available at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/dist_edu.html. They require the Macromedia Flash™ Player and were created using Qarbon's ViewletBuilder™.
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Resolving Page Expired Error Message in PubMed®July 22, 2005 [posted]NCBI is using HTTP1.1 compression/content encoding with Entrez databases (e.g., PubMed). Data compression allows data to be sent faster - a big help for users who have slower connections. Most recent versions of popular browsers are by default enabled to use HTTP1.1. If, however, users see the message, "Warning: Page has Expired," after using the back button in their browser, they should enable HTTP1.1 compression in their browser. The steps to enable HTTP1.1 compression in Microsoft® Internet Explorer (MSIE) are:
If, after enabling HTTP1.1 compression (be sure to close and re-launch the browser), users still see the "Warning: Page has Expired" message, it is possible that another application is responsible. For example, we have determined that, even with HTTP1.1 compression enabled, Symantec's firewall program, Norton Internet Security™ can cause the browser to display the error message if the firewall is configured to monitor HTTP connections, which is the default configuration. If, in the case of a firewall program, users wish to disable HTTP monitoring, they should fully understand the consequences of doing so. We suggest users either consult the product documentation or contact the vendor.
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Updated Training Manuals AvailableJuly 22, 2005 [posted]Recently updated editions of the PubMed®, NLM Gateway, and ClinicalTrials.gov training workbooks are now available for downloading from the NLM Web site. The current edition of the PubMed workbook reflects changes since March 2005. The Gateway workbook has been completely updated for instruction on the newly designed Gateway interface. The manuals are available for downloading in Portable Document Format (PDF) and Microsoft® (MS) Word formats. They are broken down into sections so you can choose the areas of interest to you. These materials correspond to the NLM's National Training Center and Clearinghouse training courses described at: http://nnlm.gov/mar/online/description.html. Feel free to use any part of the workbooks - you may customize parts for training programs, demonstrations, or workshops you conduct. These workbooks are not copyrighted. Training materials used in training on Toxicology and Environmental Health Web Resources, the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS), and Molecular Biology Information Resources are also available from the NLM Training Manuals and Resources site.
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New NLM Mobile Link in PubMed®August 1, 2005 [posted]A new link, NLM Mobile, will be added to PubMed's blue side bar. Like the Text Version link that takes you to a page providing specialized PubMed searches for text browsers, the NLM Mobile link provides access to a directory of PubMed tools that are appropriate for mobile devices. These include Palm Powered™ and Pocket PC handheld computers as well as newer smartphones and Blackberry™ devices. The directory links to:
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PubMed® Help Now Available Only on the BookshelfAugust 3, 2005 [posted]The PubMed Help is now available only on the NCBI Bookshelf. The former PubMed Help document has been retired. Links created to the former Help will automatically go to the Bookshelf Help. For further information on PubMed Help on the Bookshelf see: PubMed® Help Added to NCBI Bookshelf. NLM Tech Bull. 2005 May-Jun;(344):e16.
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PubMed® Citation Status TagAugust 9, 2005 [posted]All citations in PubMed with the status tag [PubMed] have had the bibliographic data (e.g.: authors, article title, source information, abstract) reviewed for accuracy. The coverage of this status tag has now been expanded. It includes:
The third category above is the newest addition to the [PubMed] tag, beginning in late June 2005 for prospective citations. To search for citations with the [PubMed] citation status tag use:
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New Version of TOXMAP AvailableAugust 15, 2005 [posted][Editor's Note: This Technical Note is a reprint of an announcement published on NLM-Tox-Enviro-Health-L, an e-mail announcement list available from the NLM Division of Specialized Information Services. To subscribe to this list, please see http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/envirolistserv.html.] A new version of TOXMAP was released July 25, 2005. TOXMAP 2.4 contains the following new features:
TOXMAP is an interactive web site from the National Library of Medicine that shows the amount and location of reported toxic chemicals released into the environment on maps of the United States. TOXMAP allows users to visually explore information about releases of toxic chemicals by industrial facilities around the United States as reported annually to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It also integrates the map display with access to relevant bibliographic references and other data on these chemicals, providing a map-based portal to these resources.
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TOXNET® TRI 2003 ReleasedAugust 15, 2005 [posted][Editor's Note: This Technical Note is a reprint of an announcement published on NLM-Tox-Enviro-Health-L, an e-mail announcement list available from the NLM Division of Specialized Information Services. To subscribe to this list, please see http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/envirolistserv.html.] The 2003 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) was released on TOXNET® on June 13, 2005. The new release (1987-2003) contains 1,461,916 records. The EPA's TRI provides information on the releases of over 600 specific chemicals into the environment as reported annually by industrial facilities around the United States. NLM's TOXNET® is a group of databases on hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.
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Healthy People 2010 Added to PubMed® Special QueriesAugust 18, 2005 [posted]A link to the search interface providing searches for published literature related to the Healthy People 2010 focus areas of the HP2010 Information Access Project was added to the Special Queries resource page available from PubMed's blue sidebar. The National Library of Medicine® and the Public Health Foundation staff have worked together to develop pre-formulated search strategies for selected Healthy People 2010 focus areas. The purpose of these searches is to make information and evidence-based strategies related to the Healthy People 2010 objectives easier to find. Select a focus area and see a list of specialized searches for the objectives. The "PubMed search" icons on the focus area page search PubMed. Healthy People 2010 is a set of health objectives for the Nation to achieve over the first decade of the new century. It can be used by many different people, States, communities, professional organizations, and others to help them develop programs to improve health. For more information on the Special Queries Resource in PubMed see Technical Notes. NLM Tech Bull. 2005 Mar-Apr;(343):e1.
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Addition of Spell Checking Feature to the NLM Catalog®August 18, 2005 [posted]On August 4, 2005, a new spell checking feature was implemented in the NLM Catalog. This feature, similar to one implemented in PubMed® in February 2005, provides suggested alternative spellings for NLM Catalog search terms that include possible English misspellings. Terms entered with a search tag (e.g., [mh]; [majr]; [tw]) do not generate alternative spellings. The initial NLM Catalog retrieval display now includes results from a search along with an option to link to the alternative English spelling, providing users with an easy way to retrieve results for untagged words that are misspelled. For a complete description of the spell checking feature, see New PubMed® Spell Checking Feature. NLM Tech Bull. 2004 Nov-Dec;(341):e12.
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NLM® Adopts 2005 Amendments to Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules®August 18, 2005 [posted]The NLM Cataloging Section implemented the 2005 amendments to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd edition, 2002 revision, on August 1, 2005, in tandem with the Library of Congress. Most changes, this year, consist of clarifications to and amplifications of existing rules and appendices. For a complete description of the changes see http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/2005upd.html.
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"What you see is not what you get! DNA barcoding is helping scientists unveil nature's most hidden diversity" Added to Coffee BreakAugust 26, 2005 [posted]NCBI's Coffee Break is a collection of short stories and interactive tutorials about recent biomedical discoveries. These snapshots of science are short enough to be enjoyed over a cup of coffee but also give a detailed report on a molecular topic. The latest Coffee Break, "What you see is not what you get! DNA barcoding is helping scientists unveil nature's most hidden diversity," describes DNA barcoding and how it is expected to precisely identify every species on our planet in the next 20 years. To see a complete list of all available Coffee Break reports click on the contents link. You can read more about Coffee Break in the NLM Technical Bulletin article, Dean L. Take a Coffee Break. NLM Tech Bull. 2003 Nov-Dec;(335):e5.
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New Books Added to NCBI BookshelfAugust 26, 2005 [posted]The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) has recently added two new books to the Bookshelf:
Alternative Medicine and Rehabilitation: A Guide for Practitioners.
Parkinson's Disease: Diagnosis and Clinical Management. The books in Bookshelf may be searched directly from the Bookshelf site, via links from the Links pull-down menu from relevant PubMed® citations, or through the Entrez Global query feature.
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Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) Added to Entrez DatabasesAugust 26, 2005 [posted]In August 2005, NCBI debuted an Entrez version of the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) database. OMIA contains information and references for genes, inherited disorders, and traits in animal species and is authored by Frank Nicholas at the University of Sydney, Australia. The Entrez version of OMIA has been enhanced with links to other NCBI databases including OMIM, Entrez Gene, Protein, Taxonomy, UniSTS, HomoloGene, UniGene, PubMed, and soon to PhenoDB. Novel features of the Entrez version of OMIA include links to the Mammalian Phenotype Ontology and the computation of many additional links to Entrez Gene via linked OMIM records and HomoloGene clusters.
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Funding Support Web Page RevisedAugust 26, 2005 [posted]The National Library of Medicine® has updated its electronic resource that explains the various research funding support tags that are searchable in PubMed®. See New Research Support MeSH® Headings Introduced mid-Year to 2005 MeSH®. NLM Tech Bull. 2005 May-Jun;(344):e12. for additional details.
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