Find Systematic reviews, Clinical Study Category & Medical Genetics Searching updated for Firefox & IE #PubMed Toolbar

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Today I improved the Find Systematic reviews, Clinical Study Category & Medical Genetics Searching options in the PubMed toolbar. In some rare cases it turned back an error in Firefox. This is now solved.
Please have a look and let me know what you think.
http://pubmed.ourtoolbar.com

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PubMed Toolbar Screencast: Part 1

This first part of the PubMed Toolbar Screencast by DIGICMB explains the many options users have to adjust the Toolbar Settings to their own liking.
Some options are:

• shrink/unshrink toolbar. This leaves only the icons with mouse-over text and saves space
  
• add gadgets (widgets): for business or pleasure
• clear your search history
• The Toolbar Options has 4 tabs with loads of settings:
• Personal Components: email notifyer, privacy, weather, radio(podcasts)
• Predefined Components: here you can choose which items of the toolbar you want to toggle on/off. If you do not like the News Ticker, just de-select it here.
• Useful Components: Add your own apps buttons on the Toolbar for fast access: All Microsoft Office apps, Paint, MSN, Registry editor etc
• Additional Settings: Very useful to set the functionality of the search box for search history, text selection, serch database preference etc.

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One Overview, All NLM News

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Currently the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Toolbar contains 14 RSS feeds of NLM Services and/or Divisions.
They can be read in one overview from the drop-down News Button and scanned very easily.
Without having to click th button, you can see how many unread items there are. The Toolbar keeps up with your reading, offers a refresh and delete option as well.

Furthermore you can listen - via the Toolbar RADIO to the podcasts of the
MedlinePlus: NLM Director's Comments
and to the NIH Podcasts.
Please let me know if you think something is missing out there.

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PubMed Search & News Widget

OK, I think Toolbars are great for quick easy access to search databases, free or licensed databases. Users can use this jumpstart search to get to their preferred search engines direct from their browser window.

But not everybody is allowed to install browser plugins or add-ons.

To distribute the Toolbar functionality like the search & news options, I create derived widgets that can be used as a whole in many social networks, websites and intranet sites, everywhere where it is allowed to put up html.



The PubMed Search & News Widget is the latest one. I just got confirmation from Widgetbox that they approved it.
"Derived" in this case, means, the widget is using the PubMed Toolbar installed custom searches and the installed rss-feed of PubMed New & Noteworthy.

Tags: pubmed, nlm, search, widget, toolbar, socialnetworks

PubMed Toolbar in the Spotlight!

The first part of 2009 I am going to put the Pubmed Toolbar more in the spotlight.
I have added into the search box the options to directly search in:

• Find Systematic Reviews
• Clinical Study Category Search
• Medical genetics Search
• PubMed Help
• The NLM Gateway (all-in-one search)
• and of course PUbMed itself, the Journal Database & MESH

A MessageService was entered, and a Chat box powered by Meebo, a Twitter PubMed RSS to see who is tweeting about Pubmed on Twitter!
Usage has already doubled since Januari 1st 2009!

Tags: pubmed, toolbar, search, medical, nlm

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

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Search Solutions from NLM/NCBI