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Murray: You've done it again. Most excellent links. And I don't mean sausages. (Just a little p-g humor. I know how you adore them.) Carole H. --- Murray Charters <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi folks and Good Morning........... > > Here is an encouraging item... > > AMA Launches Searchable Database of Full-Text > Articles From Their Journals > September 29, 1999 > MedscapeWire > All editorial material from The Journal of the > American Medical Association > (JAMA) and the American Medical Association's (AMA) > Archives Journals is now > available online through the AMA Publications Web > site > (www.amapublications.com). Original research, review > articles, editorials, > letters and book reviews, as well as other editorial > material from JAMA and the > Archives Journals, are available online in a > full-text, completely searchable > format free of charge to all users for a limited > time. E-mail alerts of the > journals' tables of contents also are available free > of charge. The information > is formatted to allow users to view all information > from the journals and search > one, several, or all of the journals using text > words, author names, or related > articles. These search capabilities provide rapid > access to peer-reviewed, > original research and important medical information > published by JAMA and the > Archives Journals. References listed at the end of > articles are linked to > full-text versions of the referenced articles > available on the site. Other > referenced articles for which abstracts are > available on the National Library of > Medicine's database, MEDLINE, are linked to PubMed, > the public access Web site > for MEDLINE. For users who wish to create a print > copy of the article, the > article can either be printed directly or downloaded > as a portable document > format (PDF) file, for a version of the article that > appears just as it does in > print in the journal. "Providing JAMA and the > Archives Journals online and full > text in a fully searchable format will provide > physicians and other health care > professionals with rapid access to the information > they need to help them care > for patients," according to Margaret Winker, MD, > deputy editor of JAMA and > director of the Division of Scientific Online > Resources. "The explosion of > medical information and the great interest patients > have in learning about > medical issues make such access vitally important to > the practice of medicine > today." Initially, the site includes all of the > journals' 1999 editorial > material to date and all new editorial material will > be posted simultaneously at > the time each new issue of the journals is > published. Full text for all material > from the journals for 1998 will be added over the > coming months. > > Links: > http://www.amapublications.com > http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/freemedl.html > http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ > http://www.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ > http://igm.nlm.nih.gov/ > > All the best .............. murray > [log in to unmask] > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com