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Chemical informatio​n and the Jan 2014 West Virginia Elk River chemical release

From TOXNET: You may be aware from multiple news sources that little information was available about 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol at the time of the spill in West Virginia’s Elk River earlier this month. Since the spill, government and private sector scientists have … Continue reading

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PubMed Commons: New comment forum on PubMed

From the PubMed Commons Blog: If you are one of the millions of people who visit PubMed today, be on the look-out for something different. On each abstract page, there’s now a section called PubMed Commons. It’s a forum for scientific … Continue reading

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PubMed’s end of year processing & your searches

The University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System has posted a good explanation of what “end-of-year processing” means for PubMed and for searching–& what you should do about it:  Why is Searching PubMed in Late Autumn Different than Any Other … Continue reading

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New publication model for PubMed citations

In mid-June 2013, a new publication model, Electronic-eCollection, was introduced for PubMed citations from electronic-only journals. “Electronic-eCollection” means that an article is published electronically on a specific date and is also associated with an electronic collection date (similar to an issue; this date … Continue reading

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Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda: Health-Related Information Resources

A new web page, “Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda: Health-Related Information Resources,” is now available from the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM) Disaster Information Management Research Center. The resources on this page may be of value to international responders and response … Continue reading

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New public health MeSH terms for 2014

Each year, PubMed adds, changes, & deletes terms in the Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) database, which contains all the terms used to index articles in Medline.  I’m always excited (yes, really!) to see what new terms are available for public health, since … Continue reading

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PubMed “relevance sort”

On October 22, a new option was added to PubMed:  Relevance sort.   This option is available from the Display Settings menu under Sort by. The relevance sort is based on an algorithm that analyzes each PubMed citation that includes the … Continue reading

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RePORTERTOX subfile replaces CRISP subfile in NLM TOXNET version of TOXLINE

National Library of Medicine (NLM) TOXLINE users will notice that their searches no longer include records from the CRISP subfile. The CRISP subfile of toxicology-related research projects has been removed from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) TOXNET version of TOXLINE and … Continue reading

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WISER for Android 2.0 available

From the National Library of Medicine: The National Library of Medicine WISER for Android 2.0 is now available and can be installed directly from the Google Play Store.  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.nih.nlm.wiser WISER now fully integrates content from the Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management (CHEMM) website.  http://chemm.nlm.nih.gov/ New hospital … Continue reading

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CRISP data now available through NIH RePORTER

From NLM/TOXNET: The CRISP sub-file of toxicology-related research projects has been removed from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) TOXNET version of TOXLINE.   (http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?TOXLINE)  NLM will now pull these projects directly from the NIH RePORTER system (http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm), a searchable database of federally … Continue reading

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