MedlinePLus facebook page!

A MedlinePlus page has been published in Facebook. Become a fan and distribute the good work of the NLM!
The MedlinePlus toolbar (http://medlineplus.ourtoolbar.com) already has many features from the Medline PLus site, inclusing the cluster search option and the News feed, but is not completely finished. Please pass any suggestions to expand or improve it.
Please have a look at the MedlinePlus Search widget available for almost any platform from Netvibes at http://eco.netvibes.com/widgets/229959/medlineplus-search

Tags: medlineplus, nlm, nih, medline, netvibes, toolbar, facebook

Widgetbox NLM Search box in Internet Explorer

Today I saw a post Ann Kucera from "Web 2.0: Health and Wellness Information " about the NLM Searchbox widget from Widgetbox.
She thinks it's ugly and big ;-(
Ann, i can make you a special NLM Gateway Search box/widget or a selection of your preferred nlm search tools if want. And we can try and make it as simple as YOU want. Just let me know ;-) The base of all this, is the NLM Toolbar that allows me to to tailor-made work within minutes.
Netvibes over Widgetbox
Netvibes is my favourite over Widgetbox. Please try this one.
I will try and find out why the error occurs in IE from Widgetbox.
To add the searchbox into a Blogger HTML Page element just copy and paste html code from <> from the source code. This way you could leave out the extra info and options on the bottom. If you need more info just ask.
Please try some other widgets at: http://eco.netvibes.com/users/9148

Tags: nlm, toolbar, library, gateway, ncbi, nih, netvibes, widgetbox, national library of medicine

Search Solutions from NLM/NCBI

History of Medicine Division : Turning The Pages & Global Health

Just added to the NLM Toolbar:

• Turning The Pages Online: with amazing books where you can actually turn the page
  The books open from the Toobar in a floating box with full functionality. For now, the HMD is a sub-map inside "The Whole NLM". (demo)
• The World of Global Health : online game. Belonging to the Exhibition Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health

NLM Search as Facebook Application

As from today the NLM Search Box is available not only via the Netvibes UWA widget, but also via Widgetbox.com ánd as Facebook Application. It uses the same source file and was ready in 5 minutes. I really wish I had done this sooner, as it turned out to be really easy to make it from a Widgetbox widget into a Facebook app.

Tags: nlm, search, searchbox, facebook, widgetbox, netvibes, pubmed, medlineplus

PubMed Tutorials, Services and Related Resources added

Today I added the overview of the PubMed and MyNCBI Tutorials to the PubMed Toolbar. Did you know that the PubMed Tutorial is based on the NLM's one-day PubMed training course?
There are various brief animated tutorials with audio for using PubMed.

The PubMed Services are now available via the ServicesPlus button on the Toolbar. They include the list of Related Resources.

Add PubMed to Your Web Site

You could easily add a PubMed Searchbox to your website to offer your users an easy search start to the most used medical database in the world.
It is not a new thing, but you could have missed it from the NLM website.
See the details and the Special instructions for LinkOut providers.

Search PubMed:   

You can also find this info ánd more via the PubMed Toolbar
Adding the PubMed search box to your siteYou can aditionally add this searchbox to your own personal startpage in Netvibes, iGoogle or Pageflakes. Or you get the PubmedSearchbox, the MedlinePLus box and various other medical search widgets from my widgets collection at Netvibes

All-In-One Search added to PubMed Toolbar

toolbar

The PubMed Toolbar is not completely finished but can already be used to start quick searches in the Pubmed database, Journal, Mesh, PubMed Help and in the very nice NLM Gateway all-inOne search. Try it via: http://pubmed.ourtoolbar.com.
Or you can use it via the NLM Toolbar that includes all NLM toolbars.

Tags: pubmed, medline, nlm, quicksearch, nlm, ncbi, nlm gateway, mesh

NLM Toolbars blog live on Februari 19th 2008

NLM Toolbars blog goes live on Februari 19th 2008.
What could I possible add more to it? Please give me your comments and suggestion.

• If you think I missed any usefull search option as a direct search option, tell me.
• The "grouped" Toolbars that come with the NLM Toolbars are "under construction", but will be completed within the next few weeks.
• A more extended introductory movie will be available soon. For now there is only a "quick and dirty" one.
• If you need just a selection of the long list of search options of the NLM, focussed on a specific subject or research range, please contact me. You could easily use the NLM SearchBox widget. But having created this complete toolbar, allows me to -fairly easily- create, for a selecting of search engines:
• a floating searchbox somewhere on one of the NLM Toolbars, like the QuickSearch on the NLM Toolbar
  
• a searchbox (html) with selected/limited search to be placed on webpage or intranet
• a Netvibes widget (UWA) to add to your personal start page
  

Tags: nlm, toolbar, toolbars, ncbi, pubmed, medlineplus, pmc, nih

NLM SearchBox

Today I added the NLM searchbox to the left menu of this blog. Mainly to show that the widgets can be added to your own Netvibes, but also to several other platforms.
The NLM searchbox has the search options: NLM Gateway (one-stop-search), NLM Website Search (with Vivisimo), MedlinePlus, Pubmed, ToxSeek (Meta-Search), Haz-Map, Free Books & Journals.
See more details of this widget at my collection of Netvibes widgets

Tags: searchbox, nlm gateway, medlineplus, pubmed, Haz-Map, ToxSeek, nlm website, vivisimo

TermFinder Added as Search Option

The TermFinder option is added to the Searchbox of the NLM Toolbar.
Direct link: http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd?GMBasicSearch%26loc=nccs

Find terms, their definitions, and related terms, using NLM's MeSH and UMLS Metathesaurus.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) is NLM's controlled vocabulary thesaurus. MeSH terminology provides a consistent way to retrieve information that may use different terminology for the same concepts.
NLM's Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) Metathesaurus contains information about biomedical concepts and terms from many sources.

NLM Toolbar : features and info

NLM Toolbars : features and options

1. Purpose and Objectives:
• promote services and resources of the NLM in general, including quick-search facilties in all databases.
• The Toolbar should be and stay freely available for anybody to use.
  
2. Major elements

• link homepage: the NLM logo on the left of the toolbar links directly to the NLM website
• Search : Basic Usage Steps
1. select one database from the drop-down menu, available from the small triange in the left corner of the search box.
   
2. Type your search term(s).
3. Activate the search by clicking on the -button.
4. repeat the search in a different database by changing it from the drop-down menu, available from the small triange in the left corner of the search box. No need to click the -button again.
5. You can add any text selection from any page directly into the search box. Just select it with your mouse. It will be placed into the box, ready to be searched.
6. your search history is saved in the drop-down menu in the right corner of the toolbar and can be re-used at will.
7. Your search history can be deleted/removed via the drop-down menu at the right of the NLM-logo
   
   
• highlight: highlight your search term(s) by clicking the yellow pencil. It will also offer word count. This option can also be used in any document opened within the browser, even without activating a search.
  
  
• News: all available News-feed offered by the NLM are listed in this overview.
  
  • The RSS-icon indicates unread news-items.
  • Moving your mouse over a specific News-feed show a number of news-items, which can clicked to be linked directly to read more.
  • The News-item overview offers options to refresh, delete, mark unread or read.
    
    
• The Whole NLM: this drop-down menu with sub-menus offers an overview of the NLM products and services
  
  
• For: this drop-down menu offers direct links to specific target audience overviews
  
  
• Journals & Books: Overview of the Bookshelf with free e-books, free handheld computer resources and free e-journal via PubMedCentral
  
  
• Movies: experimental overview of available movies and tutorials.
  • movies are shown in "floating" windows that can be minimized or dragged into another place in your screen. It will visible in your screen, even when you browse to other webpages. To drag the window, click and hold your left-mouse-button in the top-region of the window and drag it to the desired place. Click the X to close the window. Click the _ to minimize.
    
    
• About: shows all information about the NLM organisation and it's departments, including visit and contact information
  
  
• Radio/Podcast player: The radio player offers MedlinePlus NLM Directors Comments ánd the NIH podcasts to be listened to directly from this toolbar. The player can be minimized and you can add your selection of favorite radio stations.
  

4. Toolbar Options: Found by clicking on little triange right of the NLM logo, as indicated in the red mark on the next image
   
   
   • Upgrade: only appears when a new version or upgrade is available
     
   • Tell a Friend: noticy someone of this tool if you think it is usefull
     
   • Gadgets: fun elements, but also little little info tool are available, to be activated from your toolbar
     
   • Help: Frequently Asked Questions and their answers
     
   • Privacy: Privacy and Security statements and explanations
     
   • Homepage: Example page with all Search facilities, to be used for people who can NOT install the Toolbar for some reason. Including some News-feeds, a chat function to chat with everyone that has this Toolbar installed.
     
   • About: Version information and Toolbar ID
     
   • Contact: Send an email to Costumer Support with a question or suggestion
     
   • Refresh Toolbar: Use this to refresh Toolbar content, for instance to see if there are News-item just published
   • Clear Search History: Use this to remove the saved search term that you used previously
   • Shrink/UnShrink Toolbar: Shrink the Toolbar to make it even more compressed. To unshrink click again.
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   • Personal Components: select or de-select
     
     • email
     • Privacy Component
       
     • weather
     • Online Radio Player: this item is by default included because of the Podcasts of MedlinePlus and the NIH
       
       
       
   • Predefined Components
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     • leave out elements you don't need
       
       
       
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     • Useful components that can be activate from the Toolbar
       
       
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     • Enable Search Box History
     • Suggest Search from My history Search
     • Clear Search History
     • Send Usage Statistics
     • Enable Selected Text to Search Box (selecting text on the page will send it to the search box)
     • Enable switch back to default Search Engine
     • Show tooltip when community toolbar is detected on a website. Enabling this will give you tooltip screen when you are browsing on a webpage/community that has a Conduit toolbar available.
       
       
     • Grouping
       • Save space for users and offer the option to "toggle"between toolbar
       • Join installation of two or more toolbars into one with +
     • Alerts

Disclaimer: NLM Toolbars are created with Conduit software. Read their Privacy and Security statements here.