A leading source of drug and household product label information from the National Institutes of Health, TOXNET has received accolades for its usability and high quality information geared toward various types of user (professional, consumer, lay). The resource has recently undergone a transformation with an entirely new look and feel.

Users now have three ways of searching the TOXNET content: Basic Search, Browse (by keywords or CAS Registry terms), and Advanced Search. Continue reading →

It can sometimes be difficult to determine if an article has been updated or enhanced, had errata added, or been retracted. Depending on the publisher, this information is located in different places on the HTML-view or PDF of an article. CrossRef, a not-for-profit association of scholarly publishers that facilitates reference linking and other sustainable cross-publisher services for the scholarly community, has come up with a one-click solution to ease this process: CrossMark.

The CrossMark button is now available on all journal content found in Springer’s collection. Take a look at the video below to learn more about this service and how to cite with certainty!

Wondering if citations for your research topic are abundant in PubMed? Or how many articles a specific person has authored? Look no further than MEDSUM for analytics of MEDLINE (PubMed) citations to find out! MEDSUM performs four basic tasks to help you get a handle on your search:

1. Quick Call
2. Timeline
3. MeSH It
4. PROFILE

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