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The HealthLINE blog serves as a means to facilitate communication to HealthLINE members beyond the capabilities of the HealthLINE listserv and provides information about HealthLINE meetings, CE classes, news, website suggestions, and more. It was originally launched in March 2004.

Blog posts from March 2004 through October 27, 2010, may still be viewed at http://healthline.blogspot.com/. This site includes all posts since October 29, 2010.

  • 07/01/2011 5:18 PM | Jon Crossno (Administrator)
    A little Friday fun! When I saw this post on the Laika's MedLib Blog, I thought, 'so what, Google has had an image search forever'. But, this is different! You can now use an image as your search. Upload a picture, copy and paste the URL of the image, or drag and drop an image into the search box.

    I'm going to be taking pictures of the very weird bugs in my yard, and then I'll use the search by image to identify them. I know how to party for the 4th!

    Unrelated to insects or images, I have met my goal of one new entry every day this week on the HealthLINE blog. Next week you'll start seeing items from my fellow Communications Committee members. Do you have something cool to share, but aren't a CC member? No worries- send me what you have, and I'll be happy to post it for you.

    Have a happy and safe 4th!
  • 06/30/2011 3:37 PM | Jon Crossno (Administrator)
    There is a handy new tool now available for those of us that create patient materials or work in any area that deals with patient education. The Plain Language Medical Dictionary was created by the University of Michigan Taubman Health Sciences Library. Though it's not an exhaustive list, it does include a lot of the common medspeak terms which it then 'translates' into plain language.

    Source: Bringing Health Information to the Community
  • 06/29/2011 8:23 PM | Jon Crossno (Administrator)
    Our library doesn't have access to a paid citation management software like RefWorks, so I've been looking at what is available for free. Zotero is what I keep coming across, so I'm happy to see that the ACRL has published a guide titled, Zotero: A Guide for Librarians, Researchers and Educators.

    The book is available from the ALA website for $36.00, or just $12.00 for an electronic copy.

    Source- ResourceShelf
  • 06/28/2011 8:06 PM | Jon Crossno (Administrator)
    SCC/MLA is offering a self-paced class titled, Get Mobilized: An Introduction to Mobile Resources and Tools in Health Sciences Libraries. It starts July 18 and goes until October 2. Registration is open until July 14th.

    I haven't seen this on the SCC/MLA blog yet, but an announcement did show up on Alisha764's blog today.
  • 06/27/2011 3:59 PM | Jon Crossno (Administrator)
    The tech site, Gizmo's Freeware, has a thorough list of free books that are available online. The books can be searched by category/genre, or you can browse the 300+ sources alphabetically. There is a health/fitness/medicine category that includes books for health care professionals and consumers.

    Thanks to the iLibrarian blog for the tip.
  • 06/15/2011 7:00 PM | Jon Crossno (Administrator)
    The National Academies Press has announced that over 4,000 of their books are now available for free in PDF format. You will have to give them your email address at the very least, or you can create a free account for more options.
  • 03/29/2011 9:14 PM | Jon Crossno (Administrator)
    See the most recent NLM Technical Bulletin for info on the redesign of My NCBI. It's a pretty lengthy post, but I did not see when the changes are supposed to take place.
  • 03/21/2011 7:04 PM | Jon Crossno (Administrator)
    Have you heard about the new tool that links MedlinePlus directly into the electronic health records? Want to learn more?

    The Midcontinental Region of the NLM is offering a free webinar on March 30 at 12:00. A lunch and learn!
  • 03/10/2011 7:41 PM | Jon Crossno (Administrator)
    A free webinar series on grey literature starts up April 5. More tools for the toolbox!

    You do have to register with Academy Health, the sponsoring organization.
  • 03/01/2011 6:31 PM | Jon Crossno (Administrator)
    An article from the journal Database reviews 28 different 3rd party tools for PubMed.

    PubMed and Beyond: A Survey of Webtools for Searching Biomedical Literature

    Very interesting. My favorite tool, based solely on name, is Anne O'Tate.
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