Receive the weekly sampler of posts and "Resource of the Week".
Subscribe »

Enter your
email address:

My Account »


Bookmark and Share

Testimonial?
If you find ResourceShelf useful, please supply a testimonial »








Home > ResourceBlog > Article

« All ResourceBlog Articles

 

Bookmark and Share   Feed

Monday, 9th January 2006

Google Scholar and Medicine; Infotrieve's ArticleFinder Database is Now Free

Professional Reading Shelf
Background Checks--Databases
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal
Largest Real-Time Database Of Criminal Infractions In The Country
"Verified Person (VP), developer of the largest, real-time database of criminal infractions in the country, co-founded by John Sculley, former CEO of Apple and Pepsi, has pioneered the first-of-its-kind, automated search system that goes above and beyond pre-employment background checks to instantly alert employers of employees, contractors, or temporary workers acquiring a criminal record during the course of their employment."
--
Health Information
MedlinePlus
Source: NLM
NLM Adds Herbal and Dietary Supplement Information to MedlinePlus
"On December 13, NLM released another enhancement to its Web-based consumer health resource, MedlinePlus. In addition to information on thousands of prescription and over-the-counter medicines, MedlinePlus now includes over 100 herbal and dietary supplement monographs in English and Spanish from Natural Standard. Natural Standard is an evidence-based, peer-reviewed collection of information on alternative treatments."
--
Document Delivery
Google Scholar
Source: SEW Blog
Google Scholar and Medicine; Infotrieve's ArticleFinder Database is Now Free
--
Google Book Search
Source: Congressional Research Service
New Congressional Research Report Looks at Google Book Search, Online Indexing and Fair Use
--
Library Organizations--United Kingdom
Source: MLA: The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council and to the Joint Information Systems Committee (the JISC)
UKOLN Annual Report, 2004-2005

Views: 218




blog comments powered by Disqus

« All ResourceBlog Articles

 

Read about the FreePint FamilyFreePint Family

A family of resources to help information workers be more effective, raise the value of information in their organisations and contribute to success. Read more »


FeedLatest Family Articles:


Click to view the article Quilting big data threads
Thursday, 24th May 2012

Recently I have found myself cooing over visualisation maps (and heat maps) of health and well being resources. The content rich data is overlayed with mapping technologies, and some interesting themes and patterns are emerging.


Click to view the article The fallacy of information overload
Wednesday, 23rd May 2012

A lot of the talk around social media in the last year has been around information overload. Social media has provided us with new and exciting ways to create content. But it has also meant learning new ways to manage and engage with social media tools. Are we teetering on the edge of an information overload precipice?


Click to view the article Information overload: fact, fantasy or filter failure?
Wednesday, 23rd May 2012

Information overload is a figment of your imagination. Or a failure of your filter. Or a symptom of your technological submissiveness. Depends on who you ask.


Click to view the article Newsdesk: tracking millions of pieces of information a day
Tuesday, 22nd May 2012

What if you had to sort through 3.5 million articles and social media posts a day and try to pull out the most relevant items for your organisation? What if you then had to cobble it all together into something readable for your top groups and executives in your organisation?


Click to view the article Alacra Compliance adds managerial oversight
Tuesday, 22nd May 2012

Alacra Compliance saves time by aggregating information from both free and fee-based sources and enabling users to conduct an accurate federated search across these sources (coined “simultaneous search” by Alacra).


All Family Articles »
Family Articles by Category »


Tell us what you're working on,
and we'll talk to you about how FreePint can help »


FreePint Family Testimonials

"Fabulous resource to learn of unique tools and insights. Very useful." Manager, Futures and Forecasting, Virginia, USA

More testimonials »






Subscribe

Subscribe to the ResourceShelf Newsletter and receive the weekly sampler of posts and Resource of the Week.

Find out more »

ResourceShelf sponsored by:

Article Categories

All Article Categories »

Archive

All Archives »