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hi all so there i was waxing eloquent about what a great site the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has, and now the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) announce that they will be joining the BMJ! and not only that but a 'portal' service called HighWire provides the look and the backbone of BMJ and now CMAJ but also New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and lots more! since BMJ are at the forefront of the drive for free online access to the medical literature i can only take this as good news janet ---------------------------------------------------------------- CMAJ joins BMJ, NEJM on HighWire CMAJ's online edition is about to get a facelift, with substantial improvements to existing features and enhancements that will make the journal more convenient and useful for physicians. On Apr. 12, eCMAJ will join more than 300 other journals on HighWire Press, a popular scientific information portal operated by Stanford University. It already hosts the BMJ and the New England Journal of Medicine. The revamped eCMAJ will include new features developed to meet the needs of physicians and researchers. A powerful search engine will deliver quick and accurate results to users, whether they are searching for information on a specific topic, looking for papers by a particular author or browsing through illustrations. The new subject-collection feature will let specialists keep current in their field with the click of a mouse. For example, physicians with an interest in addictions can consult the addictions collection for a linked list of all CMAJ articles on that subject. Subject collections on topics such as diabetes will include articles dating to 1999, and will be updated with each issue. In addition to the full CMAJ electronic table of contents currently delivered by email to subscribers of this service, users will soon be able to register for customized email alerts that will notify them whenever new research in their field is published in CMAJ. Popular features from the old site will be maintained, including free full-text access, e-letters, reference linking and the bilingual English/French interface. Web extras such as drug alerts and health care commission news will be ongoing features. Signing on with HighWire Press affords many advantages to CMAJ and its readers: eCMAJ articles will now be available to physicians searching the medical literature through the popular HighWire Library of the Sciences and Medicine, and as a leader in electronic scientific publishing, the company will keep CMAJ on the cutting edge of online information delivery. Rebecca Fleming, CMAJ CMAJ 2002;166(7):943 Copyright 2002 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors http://www.cma.ca/cmaj/vol-166/issue-7/0943b.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------- janet paterson: an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit perky, parky pd: 55/41/37 cd: 55/44/43 tel: 613 256 8340 email: [log in to unmask] smail: 375 Country Street, Almonte, Ontario, Canada, K0A 1A0 a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn