• PubMed Basics (English)
• PubMed (French)
• PubMed Basico (Portuguese)
• PubMed Basico (Spanish)
• PubMed 简介 (Simplified Mandarin Chinese)

All but the French version are translations of the English PubMed Basics. The PubMed My NCBI brochure is available in English and Spanish translations. If you know of other versions, please let me know.

Visit http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/intlpubmedlinks.html for these and other Non-English Guides to PubMed.

These brochures have also been added to the MLA Clearhinghouse at http://cech.mlanet.org/.

To access TOXNET on your mobile device, point the browser on your mobile device to: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/pda/.

So – what does it look like?

Try it out for yourself.  When doing a search in the mobile version of TOXLINE for “sulfur,” I got a nice set of results back in an easy-to-read format.  My search-word “sulfur” was highlighted in red so it was easy to tell where this word showed up in the results. This is similar to the way the desktop version works.  I selected a result and was brought to an abstract of “The Use of Sulphur Dioxide as a Refrigerant.”  The author’s name is hyperlinked, so you can click on it and find other results from this same author.

In the desktop version a sentence appears “The properties and effects of exposure to sulfur-dioxide (7446095)…” with as you can see, a number.  On my iPhone, this number was hyperlinked so I assumed (wrongly) that it would lead me to something related.  My smartphone thought this was a phone number so when I clicked on it, it attempted to call it.

Otherwise, similar to the way the desktop version works, there are hyperlinked keywords at the end of the abstract as well as CAS Registry Numbers.  These worked perfectly on my smartphone.

LactMed is also on the list of databases available via this browser-based set of databases.  LactMed is also available as a downloadable app from the iTunes store.

Overall, the website is nicely done – very easy to navigate and the results come up very quickly due to there not being any images that might take time to download.

Not all of the databases in the desktop version of  TOXNET set are mobile-enabled, but here are the ones that are:

• HSDB (Hazardous Substances Data Bank) – A factual database focusing on the toxicology of over 5,000 potentially hazardous chemicals. In addition to toxicity data, HSDB provides information in the areas of emergency handling procedures, industrial hygiene, environmental fate, human exposure, detection methods, and regulatory requirements. The data are fully referenced and peer-reviewed by a Scientific Review Panel composed of expert scientists.
• TOXLINE- A bibliographic database providing comprehensive coverage of the biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals from 1965 to the present. TOXLINE contains over 3 million citations, almost all with abstracts and/or index terms and CAS Registry Numbers.
• CCRIS (Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System)- A scientifically evaluated and fully referenced data bank, developed and maintained by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). It contains over 9,000 chemical records with carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and tumor inhibition test results. Data are derived from studies cited in primary journals, current awareness tools, NCI reports, and other special sources. Test results have been reviewed by experts in carcinogenesis and mutagenesis.
• DART (Development and Reproductive Toxicology)- A bibliographic database covering literature on reproductive and developmental toxicology. DART is managed by NLM and funded by the EPA, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and NLM.
• GENE-TOX (Genetic Toxicology) – A toxicology database created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) containing genetic toxicology test results on over 3,200 chemicals. Selected literature was reviewed by scientific experts for each of the test systems under evaluation; the results are represented in GENE-TOX.
• IRIS (Integrated Risk Information System) – A database from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) containing carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risk information on over 500 chemicals. IRIS risk assessment data has been scientifically reviewed by EPA scientists and represents EPA consensus.
• ITER (International Toxicity Estimates for Risk) – This database contains data in support of human health risk assessments. It is compiled by Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA) and contains over 650 chemical records. ITER provides a comparison of international risk assessment information in a side-by-side format and explains differences in risk values derived by different organizations. ITER data, focusing on hazard identification and dose-response assessment, is extracted from each agency’s assessment and contains links to the source documentation.
• LactMed (Drugs and Lactation) – A database of drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant. Statements of the American Academy of Pediatrics concerning a drug’s compatibility with breastfeeding are provided, as are suggested therapeutic alternatives to those drugs where appropriate. All data are derived from the scientific literature and fully referenced.
• TRI (Toxics Release Inventory) – A series of databases that describe the releases of toxic chemicals into the environment annually for the 1987-2009 reporting years. TRI is mandated by the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act and is based on data submitted to the EPA from industrial facilities throughout the U.S. These data include the names and addresses of those facilities, and the amounts of certain toxic chemicals they release to the air, water, or land, or transfer to waste sites. Information is included on over 650 chemicals and chemical categories. Pollution prevention data are also reported by each facility for each chemical. There were two changes to reporting requirements for the 2006 data. Facilities were required to submit appropriate North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes rather than the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes previously used. To do trends analysis, EPA assigned NAICS codes to prior years’ data, so now both SIC codes and NAICS codes are searchable on TOXNET.
• DIRLINE (Directory of Information Resources Online) – DIRLINE is the National Library of Medicine’s online database containing location and descriptive information about a wide variety of information resources including organizations, research resources, projects, and databases concerned with health and biomedicine. This information may not be readily available in bibliographic databases. Each record may contain information on the publications, holdings, and services provided.

Give it a try – let us know what you think of it.

Would you like to gain new skills, brush up on existing PubMed skills and collaborate with colleagues to help create an effective training strategy? Join us for three Adobe Connect distance education classes and a one-day in-person class at the University of Illinois at Chicago Library of Health Sciences in Chicago, IL. These hands-on classes will include 9 presentations created by the National Library of Medicine, interactive demonstrations, hands-on exercises and networking opportunities. Upon completion of all four sessions the course will be worth 15 hours of MLA CE credit.

View the full announcement and register at: http://nnlm.gov/ntc/promos/PMT_Chicago.html
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NLM’s National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), in partnership with England’s National Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, the Cochrane Collaboration, the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and other agencies in the US and abroad, now makes available more than 18,000 clinical effectiveness reviews via PubMed Health. PubMed Health organizes these clinical effectiveness research results, including full texts as well as summary information, for consumers and clinicians.

Effectiveness studies are essential for informed clinical and consumer decision making. Multiple studies are necessary over time, and interpreting their complex and often conflicting results is a challenge.

Systematic reviews of clinical effectiveness studies address this need with rigorous scientific methodology. However, they are scattered across the biomedical literature and the Web sites of public health agencies around the world that produce many of them. The National Library of Medicine is uniquely positioned to gather these critical clinical resources in one place.

Users of PubMed Health can:

• Access the whole comprehensive collection of resources in a single search, including cancer information for consumers and clinicians from the National Cancer Institute
• See the results of a simultaneous search for reviews in PubMed
• Refer to consumer medical encyclopedia search results also delivered simultaneously
• Follow RSS feeds of featured reviews and “Behind Headlines,” which looks at the research behind news stories
• Learn to make sense of research results in its “Understand clinical effectiveness” and “Behind Headlines” sections
• Share resources via e-mail and social media with “Add this”

NLM invites you to visit PubMed Health, learn more about the Web site (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/about/) or follow the project on Twitter @PubMedHealth to help you keep up with the evidence on healthcare effectiveness.

This 90-minute webcast provides an opportunity to learn about the publishing cycle of biomedical journals, both in print and online. The complexities of publishing in a world of rapidly changing delivery formats and devices will be explored including the publishing challenges and opportunities posed by each.

The presenter is John Tagler of the Association of American Publishers, Inc., with moderation by Jean Shipman, Director of the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library and the NN/LM MidContinental Region and Training Center.

Participants will gain knowledge of the various roles and responsibilities of different players in the scientific publishing chain and of the international aspects of bioscience communication. All participants will have a chance to engage in discussions with the presenters. Key topics to be covered include:

• The Current Biomedical Publishing Landscape
• The Publishing Process
• Publication Ethics
• Production & Delivery
• Practical Considerations
• The Road Ahead

Please register for the webcast at http://nnlm.gov/pnr/training/register.html?schedule_id=1475 There is a limit of 120 connections and site registrations (one connection for a conference room) are encouraged. Priority will be given to participants in the states served by the Pacific Northwest Region (AK, ID, MT, OR and WA) and the Greater Midwest Region (IL, IN, IA, KY, MI, MN, ND, OH, SD, WI). You will receive confirmation of your registration or notification of placement on a waitlist within several days. Webcast connection instructions will be provided upon confirmation of your registration.

If you have additional questions about the webcast, please contact Holly Burt in the GMR (haburt@uic.edu) and Nikki Dettmar in the PNR (snydern@uw.edu). We look forward to seeing you there!