A redesigned version of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) Gateway, based on two rounds of usability testing, went live on Monday, March 10, 2008. Gateway allows users to search simultaneously in multiple retrieval systems at NLM. Visit the new Gateway homepage at: http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/.

The NLM Gateway Basics tri-fold brochure has also been updated and is live in .pdf version at: http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/gwtri.pdf . For the Word document version, visit our Handouts page for this and other downloadable resources: http://nnlm.gov/gmr/training/handouts.html.

For a full description of the changes in Gateway, visit the NLM Technical Bulletin:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf08/jf08_gateway_redesign.html

The new NIH Public Access Policy, which becomes effective April 7, 2008, calls for mandatory deposit in PubMed Central of peer-reviewed electronic manuscripts stemming from NIH funding. The change from a voluntary to mandatory policy creates new expectations, not just of funded investigators, but also of the grantee institutions that support those investigators.

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To answer questions by health professionals about MedlinePlus®, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine has created a new trifold brochure MedlinePlus For Health Professionals, available in Word and pdf formats. Feel free to download, copy and hand these out at exhibits and the reference desk. A space for your library name and information is included. This brochure, along with other consumer health, PubMed and more resources, may be found on the GMR Handouts page at http://nnlm.gov/gmr/training/handouts.html

Chris Allen, MSLS, AHIP
Munson Community Health Library
Traverse City, MI

On a snowy Monday, January 14, 2008, two intrepid GMR librarians braved the elements to come to Traverse City, Michigan, for a day of MLA credit workshops. Holly Burt began the day presenting Making the Most of PubMed and after lunch, Jacqueline Leskovec shared Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at your Library. This kind of training is a free service offered to members by the NN/LM GMR! (more…)

The National Library of Medicine
NLM-Announces: Week of Dec 24, 2007

27 Dec 2007 *Skill Kit: The Effects of Year End Processing (YEP) on Saved Searches or RSS Feeds
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd07/nd07_skill_kit_yep.html

28 Dec 2007
NLM Technical Bulletin - November - December 2007 Issue Complete
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/issue_complete.html
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Established in 1988 by the World Health Organization, World AIDS Day is observed every year on December 1st. Resources for AIDS awareness are available from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website, http://www.hhs.gov/aidsawarenessdays/. Included are links to fact sheets, customizable posters, downloadable public service announcements (PSAs) and videos. AIDS.gov provides access to U.S. government HIV/AIDS information on prevention, testing, treatment, research, policies and resources.

Today NLM released the What’s New on MedlinePlus page available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/whatsnew.html. Visit the page to stay up to date on new MedlinePlus® topics, podcasts, featured sites and new issues of the NIH MedlinePlus Magazine. (more…)

We’ve added a new brochure to the PubMed® pantheon! Like PubMed Basics, PubMed My NCBI and Searching PubMed with MeSH, Full Text and PubMed is a trifold brochure in pdf format which you are welcome to copy and print. Additionally, by downloading the brochure and opening it in Adobe Reader® , you will find you can add and save your own local library information in the box provided. Full Text and PubMed may be accessed at: http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/fulltexttri.pdf.

For a complete list of available NLM and NN/LM brochures and flyers, visit the GMR Handouts page at: http://nnlm.gov/gmr/training/handouts.html

A new version of TOXMAP® (http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov) was released this month. TOXMAP is a Geographic Information System (GIS) from the Division of Specialized Information Services (http://sis.nlm.nih.gov) of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) (http://www.nlm.nih.gov) that uses maps of the United States to help users visually explore data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Toxics Release Inventory and Superfund Program.
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According to the NLM Technical Bulletin for May-June, 2007, NCBI has started phasing in the new Entrez 2.0 system. In addition, the Web address has changed to the following URL:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez. For more information see:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj07/mj07_pubmed_url.html

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