Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 12:34:33 +0100 (MET)
From: Ulrich Korwitz <Ulrich.Korwitz@Uni-Koeln.DE>
To: medibib-l@medsun08.uni-muenster.de
Subject: MedFinder, medical internet search engine (fwd)
Message-Id: <Pine.A32.3.91.961230123314.61279A@rs1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE>
Aus MEDLIB-L:
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Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 18:34:22 -0500
From: Glenn Fink, MD <GlennFink@aol.com>
To: MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: MedFinder, medical internet search engine
MedFinder: Internet Medical Search Engine
Medlibbers:
MedFinder, a revolutionary medical search engine based on an index created =
by
medical professionals, is now up on NetMedicine (http://www.netmedicine.com=
).
Because the MedFinder database includes detailed descriptive information on
thousands of the Internet=92s best medical webpages, users can select from
several descriptive modifiers to find exactly the type of information that
they want. Our professionals work as filters to provide content-rich web
referrals. Medical consumers can find disease-related educational material=
s,
drug information, practice guidelines and case presentations, among others.
Physicians and other healthcare professionals can quickly locate continuing
medical education resources and specific medical photographs, images or
radiologic studies from around the world. For example, users can find a
webpage that contains information about Lyme Disease as well as a photograp=
h
of the typical rash by typing in "Lyme Disease", selecting =91Brief Review=
=92
from a pulldown list, and clicking on the =91Photograph=92 checkbox. As our
database grows, so does the utility of MedFinder. Please visit our site.
Also, we'll be releasing our version of Medline is a few weeks. We have
built a medical consumer component into the search engine. We've made a
point of highlighting medical librarians as a local professional resource.
Do medical librarians as a professional group have a position on having
local medical libraries 'open to the public' for a few hours each week? It
would be great public relations for the individual hospitals, encourage
proper use of medical databases, and provide a platform for your profession=