S.R. Ranganathan's book on The Five Laws of Library Science is now available DLIST archive as PDF Files.
16 Jan 2007
Medical Librarians: Part of the Health Care Team
Featured Allied Health Profession
..Medical librarians are an integral part of the health care team. They have a direct impact on health care and the quality of patient care by helping physicians, allied health professionals, and other members in health care stay current in the latest developments in specialty care. They also work closely with patients and consumers who are seeking information on medical care..
15 Jan 2007
Information on PubMed Indexed Journals' Authors
A site called Authoratory uses data-mining techniques on PubMed and provides information on authors publishing in journals indexed by PubMed.
JournalJunkie
Journal Junkie provides medical professionals with immediate audio access to abstracts from the latest medical journals.
JournalReview.org
JournalReview is an international interdisciplinary Internet based unbiased forum for review of medical literature.
11 Jan 2007
Public Domain Books
Authorama is a site for completely free books from a variety of different authors.
10 Jan 2007
Bharat Operating System Solutions
BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions) is a Linux distribution developed by C-DAC for enhancing the use of Free / Open Source Software in the country. Made specifically for the Indian environment , it consists of a pleasing Desktop environment coupled with Indian language support and other packages that are most relevant for use in the government domain.
Cite Bite
Cite Bite - Link directly to specific quotes in web pages
Paste a chunk of text and the URL of the page containing the text and in return
get a link that opens directly to your selection and highlights it.
Creative Commons - India
Creative Commons Worldwide: India
Creative Commons is working with IIT Bombay to create India jurisdiction-specific licenses from the generic Creative Commons licenses.
9 Jan 2007
Journal article is now only the first step in disseminating one's work.
E-LIS - The rise and rise of citation analysis
With the vast majority of scientific papers now available online, the author describes how the Web is allowing physicists and information providers to measure
more accurately the impact of these papers and their authors. Provides a historical background of citation analysis, ISI's citation databases, and the impact factor. Discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Web of Science and other more recent citation data sources (e.g., Scopus and Google Scholar), the impact of the Web on citation analysis, and the emergence of new citation-based research assessment measures (e.g., h-index). Argues that the use of multiple Web-based citation tools allows more accurate visualizations of scholarly communication networks. Also argues that publishing a journal article is now only the first step in disseminating one's work.
UK PubMed Central (UKPMC)
UKPMC Home Page
Based on PubMed Central (PMC), the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature, UK PubMed Central (UKPMC) provides a stable, permanent, and free-to-access online digital archive of full-text, peer-reviewed research publications.
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