Quertle is not your average search engine; it’s a powerhouse semantic search engine. It trolls the internet in search of facts within documents and creates its own database of relationships. So, when you search with Quertle, you receive results that are closely associated to your desired research query. Quertle also supplies relevant results because it covers only the medical field and a select few databases such as Medline’s collection in PubMed, BioMed Central, PubMed Central, and various news sources. Continue reading
SciFinder Web Version Now Available from Library Website
MSK SciFinder users can now access this resource from the Library Website . As of Tuesday, May 3, 2011 all five seats will be dedicated to the web version as the client (desktop) platform will be discontinued on June 30, 2011.
Users must continue to logon to SciFinder each time they need to use the resource. By going through the Library Web site users will be able to access this product off campus. The Library authenicates users with EZProxy making 24 x 7 access possible.
New MSK users will need to request an ID and Password. For help or support, please contact Donna Gibson (gibsond@mskcc.org).
Blog Buzz: April 16 – April 22
Some nuggets from this week in blogland
- The NY Times reports researchers have found “three distinct ecosystems” or enterotypes in human gut bacteria, a potentially groundbreaking discovery for medicine.
- Tree of Life touches on a Times editorial about hospital acquired infections, suggesting funds for study be devoted to the “microbial ecology of hospitals”.
- John Dupuis of Confessions of a Science Librarian links this week to a review of search tools called Pubmed and beyond: a survey of web tools for searching biomedical literature.
- Dupuis also links to this discussion of social media use (or the lack thereof) by scientists, and Krafty Librarian weighs in as well.