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MEDLIB-L, CANMEDLIB, LIS-MEDICAL & others [selection 30 December2002]

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1. BioMed Central Update [excerpt]
2. Averting the crisis in medical publishing - open access journals
3. Article of interest : Current Contents Connect vs PubMed
4. EBSCO and RoweCome, another release
5. Summary: Bad Research Articles (long)
6. NLM New files for the week of Dec 16, 2002
7. NLM New files for the week of Dec 23, 2002

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-----Message d'origine-----
De:	BioMed Central [SMTP:info@biomedcentral.com]
Date:	mardi 17 d�cembre 2002 09:00
�:	THIRION, Benoit
Objet:	BioMed Central Update [excerpt]


Partnership with INIST-CNRS will create a new national archive of open
access research

BioMed Central and INIST <http://www.inist.fr/> (Institut de l'Information
Scientifique et Technique) are set to create a new archive of open access
research. Currently, all the research articles published in BioMed Central's
journals are archived, without delay, at the United States National Library
of Medicine's PubMed Central site <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov>. The
INIST national archive will be another way in which the information
published in BioMed Central's journals is securely archived.

For further information read the press release
<http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/pr-releases?pr=20021203>.   

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-----Message d'origine-----
De:	Gordon Fletcher [SMTP:Gordon@BIOMEDCENTRAL.COM]
Date:	vendredi 20 d�cembre 2002 12:01
�:	LIS-MEDICAL@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Objet:	Averting the crisis in medical publishing - open access journals

This article published in December's He@lth Information on the Internet
(http://www.hioti.org) is available on the BioMed Central website and
may be of interest to readers of this list.

Averting the crisis in medical publishing - open access journals
He@lth Information on the Internet 2002 (30) : 6-7 (December 2002)
http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/med_pub

Reproduced with permission from the Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited,
publishers of He@lth Information on the Internet.

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-----Message d'origine-----
De:	THIRION, Benoit 
Date:	jeudi 26 d�cembre 2002 14:36
�:	MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU
Objet:	Article of interest : Current Contents Connect vs PubMed

For information :
Health Info Libr J 2002 Dec;19(4):230-2 Current Contents Connect
and PubMed-a comparison of content and currency.
Janke RG. Library Manager, Canadian Science Centre for
Human & Animal Health, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Full text for subscribers :
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.1471-1842.2002.00368.x

Best wishes from France

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ann Okerson [mailto:ann.okerson@yale.edu]
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 11:48 AM
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject: EBSCO and RoweCome, another release
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
        FROM: Regina Kennamer
        Corporate Communications
        (205) 981-5145
        email: rkennamer@ebsco.com

EBSCO Industries Confirms Intention to Acquire Operations of RoweCom
Europe
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., U.S.A. -  EBSCO Industries Inc. today has confirmed that
it has signed a letter of intent to acquire the European operations of
RoweCom, Inc., a subsidiary of divine, inc., a leading provider of
solutions for the extended enterprise.

EBSCO and divine are proceeding with the definitive purchase agreement.
The transaction requires French regulatory approval.

"Adding a major European agency to our existing business will enable us to
strengthen our global activities," said F. Dixon Brooke Jr., vice
president and division general manager of EBSCO Subscription Services.
"EBSCO already has a major presence in Europe and this acquisition only
solidifies the amount of customer service and support we can bring our
customers worldwide."

The European operations of RoweCom service primarily customers in located
in Europe and have offices in France, the U.K. and Spain.

Also, today, divine announced its intention to exit the content
subscription business as it streamlines the organization to focus on three
solution areas: Web, Content and Collaboration Solutions; Customer
Interaction Solutions; and Managed Services and Infrastructure Solutions.
See the press release, "New Organizational Alignment Strengthens divine's
Ability to Offer End-to-End Solutions for the Extended Enterprise," for
additional details.

About divine, inc.
divine, inc., (Nasdaq: DVIN) is focused on extended enterprise solutions.
Through professional services, software services and managed services,
divine extends business systems beyond the edge of the enterprise
throughout the entire value chain, including suppliers, partners and
customers. divine offers single-point accountability for end-to-end
solutions that enhance profitability through increased revenue,
productivity, and customer loyalty. The company provides expertise in
consulting, collaboration, interaction, hosting and knowledge solutions
that enlighten, empower and extend enterprise systems.

Founded in 1999, divine focuses on Global 5000 and high-growth middle
market firms, government agencies, and educational institutions, and
currently serves over 2000 customers. For more information, visit the
company's Web site at www.divine.com.

About EBSCO Industries, Inc.
EBSCO Industries, Inc. is a global corporation with sales, service and
manufacturing subsidiaries at work in 19 countries around the world.
EBSCO's business interests include information management services,
journal and periodical subscription services, real estate development,
commercial printing and more. EBSCO, an acronym for Elton B. Stephens
Company, is based in Birmingham, Alabama and employs 4,000 people around
the world. Additional information on EBSCO Industries is available from
www.ebscoind.com.

 Released: December 20, 2002

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-----Message d'origine-----
De:	Tanya Feddern [SMTP:medlibn@YAHOO.COM]
Date:	vendredi 20 d�cembre 2002 18:02
�:	MEDLIB-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU
Objet:	Summary: Bad Research Articles (long)
cross-posted on the medlib, mla-ebhc, EBHCLIB-L, and
EVIDENCE-BASED-LIBRARIES listservs
 
Thank you to everyone who responded.  I removed the
posters' names for privacy. You can view the
citations, linked to PubMed (& BMJ) via a new section
on my website
http://www.geocities.com/nqiya/libraryarticles.html.
If you come across other good/bad articles, please
email me from the addy on my webpage,
tfeddern@med.miami.edu so I can update the site.  (I
also compiled a "Neat MeSH Terms" list at
http://www.geocities.com/nqiya/NeatMeSH.html.  Both
sections of the site will be updated often; date of
last revision is given at the top.  Lastly, if you're
interested in cultural medicine &/or cultural mental
health, they're linked from my homepage:
http://www.geocities.com/nqiya/index.html.  Sorry for
the shameless self-promotion, but I'm hoping that list
members will email me any good resources on these
topics.)   

***
Grimes, D.A. (1995) Clinical research in Ancient
Babylon: methodologic insights from the Book of Daniel
in Onstetrics & Gynecology 86(6):1031-5.
contains a light-hearted but methodologically exact
critique of what might well be the world's first
documented RCT.
***
***
You might want to take a look at the "entire" issue of
JAMA. 2002 Jun 5;287(21), and for examples: 

Extrapolation of correlation between 2 variables in 4
general medical journals JAMA. 2002 Jun 5;287(21)
2815-2817 

How statistical expertise is used in medical research
JAMA. 2002 Jun 5;287(21) 2817-2820 

Lawrence K. Altman, M.D., "When Peer Review Produces
Unsound Science," New York Times, June 11, 2002;
"Theme Issue: Peer Review Congress," Journal of
the American Medical Association, June 4, 2002. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/11/health/policy/11DOC.html>

***
***
I recommend: K Ball, et al.: Effects of cognitive
training interventions with older adults: a randomized
controlled trial.  JAMA 13 Nov 2002 288(18):271.

Huh?!?!?  you might be asking.  Yes, bear with me:

This is a study to test whether memory training delays
the onset of dementia (and Alzheimer's).  When
patients were tested afterward for how well they
memorized (call a 'proximal outcome'), the NNTs were
excellent, like 3 and 9.  This is common sense,
practice makes perfect, the more you teach somehow
mnemonics, the better they memorize.  (See the top
part of Table 1.)

However, when patients' activities of daily living
were tested (called a 'primary outcome'), the NNTs
were miserable, like 100, and the confidence intervals
wide.  Again, indeed, this is common sense; the
subjects were only studied for two years, this is not
enough time to analyze dementia prevention.  (See the
bottom part of Table 1.)

So, this article is an excellent example of why EBM is
important. The authors do not hide the preliminary
nature of these results, but they boast about the
unique strengths of this study (e.g. many patients,
RCT, diverse population). So, a cursory reading of
this paper may lead a busy resident to ask their
elderly patients to do more memorizing, pattern
recognition, and video games for speed. However, the
NNTs for performance outcomes ("primary outcomes")
make clear that such recommendations are premature. 
***
***
We use a "bad" article for our therapy question.  It
has poor follow-up, small study sample; outcomes don't
match clinical question; error in Table 1.

King, DE, Williams, WC, Bishop, MT, Shechter A.
Effectiveness of Erythromycin in the Treatment of
Acute Bronchitis. Journal of Family Practice.
42(6):601-5, 1996.
***
***
Effect of online literature searching on length of
stay and patient care costs. Acad Med. 1994
Jun;69(6):489-95.

I haven't looked at this article in a long time but I
remember that when I went though it initially I
thought that the way they got from the data to the
conclusions is a very interesting leap---maybe not
actually a "bad" article but give it a try yourself
and see what you think---just play the design and the
numbers.

***
***
I took EBM class from -- and JG was one of our
instructors.  When we evaluated the following trial,
she send me the comment which I found very true.  You
may want to look at this article.

Sandler RS. Zorich NL. Filloon TG. Wiseman HB. Lietz
DJ. Brock MH. Roye MG. Miday RK. Gastrointestinal
symptoms in 3181 volunteers ingesting snack foods
containing olestra or triglycerides. A 6-week
randomized, placebo-controlled trial. [see comments].
Annals of Internal Medicine. 130(4 Pt 1):253-61, 1999
Feb 16. UI:99149960

JG's comment:
This is an interesting study with some potential
flaws. Did you notice that the authors were also
consultants for Proctor & Gamble -- who manufactures
Olestra? Also I found the placebo effect to be very
powerful in this study -- 44% of the patients who
thought they were eating olestra chips, reported
gastrointestinal problems even though they were
actually eating regular chips! (While only 29% who ate
regular chips and assumed that they were regular chips
reported problems.)  There was an accompanying
editorial that was very interesting. I have my doubts
about this study and would probably not use it.
***
***

Take care,

Tanya

=====
Tanya T. Feddern, MLIS, AHIP, MOT, OTR/L
http://www.geocities.com/nqiya/index.html
Reference & Education Services Librarian
University of Miami School of Medicine
Louis Calder Memorial Library

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6.
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De:	NLM Announces [SMTP:NLM-Announces@NLM.NIH.GOV]
Date:	samedi 21 d�cembre 2002 07:10
�:	NLM-ANNOUNCES@LIST.NIH.GOV
Objet:	NLM New files for the week of Dec 16, 2002

 16 Dec 2002

   History of Health Services Research Project
   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/nichsr/home.html

   NLM Technical Bulletin, Nov-Dec 2002, Technical Notes:  New Books Added
to NCBI's Bookshelf
   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd02/nd02_technote.html#books

 17 Dec 2002

   Job Opportunities at NLM, NIH, DHHS
   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/jobs/jobs.html

 18 Dec 2002

   *Finding Aid to the H. Trendley Dean Papers, 1914-1961 (bulk 1931-1961)
   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/manuscripts/ead/dean.html

   NLM Technical Bulletin, Nov-Dec 2002, Technical Notes:  MeSHB. Tools 2003
Available for Purchase
   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd02/nd02_technote.html#tools

 19 Dec 2002

   *MEDLINEplus: Breathing Problems
   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/breathingproblems.html

 20 Dec 2002

   Job Opportunities at NLM, NIH, DHHS
   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/jobs/jobs.html

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De:	NLM Announces [SMTP:NLM-Announces@NLM.NIH.GOV]
Date:	samedi 28 d�cembre 2002 07:10
�:	NLM-ANNOUNCES@LIST.NIH.GOV
Objet:	NLM New files for the week of Dec 23, 2002

24 Dec 2002

   *Overview of Year End Processing MeSH in Voyager
   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/cataloging/overviewyepmesh.html

NLM HSTAT
=====================

 27 Dec 2002

   *HSTAT Database.  AHRQ Evidence Report 16 V. 1 - Anesthesia Management
During Cataract Surgery
   http://hstat.nlm.nih.gov/hq/Hquest/screen/DirectAccess/db/3705

   *HSTAT Database.  AHRQ Evidence Report 16 V. 2 - Anesthesia Management
During Cataract Surgery
   http://hstat.nlm.nih.gov/hq/Hquest/screen/DirectAccess/db/3706

   *HSTAT Database.  AHRQ Evidence Report 36 - Diagnosis and Management of
Dental Caries
   http://hstat.nlm.nih.gov/hq/Hquest/screen/DirectAccess/db/3716

   *HSTAT Database.  AHRQ Evidence Report 40 - Mind-Body Interventions for
Gastrointestinal Conditions
   http://hstat.nlm.nih.gov/hq/Hquest/screen/DirectAccess/db/3703

   *HSTAT Database.  AHRQ Evidence Report 42 - Defining and Managing Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome
   http://hstat.nlm.nih.gov/hq/Hquest/screen/DirectAccess/db/3707

   *HSTAT Database.  AHRQ Evidence Report 44 - Management of Chronic Asthma
   http://hstat.nlm.nih.gov/hq/Hquest/screen/DirectAccess/db/3717

   *HSTAT Database.  AHRQ Evidence Report 52 - Criteria for Determining
Disability in Speech Language Disorders
   http://hstat.nlm.nih.gov/hq/Hquest/screen/DirectAccess/db/3710

   *HSTAT Database.  AHRQ Evidence Report 53 - Management of Prolonged
Pregnancy
   http://hstat.nlm.nih.gov/hq/Hquest/screen/DirectAccess/db/3704

   *HSTAT Database.  AHRQ Evidence Report Summary 59 - Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response:  Use of Information Technologies
   http://hstat.nlm.nih.gov/hq/Hquest/screen/DirectAccess/db/3714

   *HSTAT Database.  AHRQ Evidence Report Summary 61 - Management of Cancer
Symptoms:  Pain, Depression and Fatigue
   http://hstat.nlm.nih.gov/hq/Hquest/screen/DirectAccess/db/3711

   *HSTAT Database.  AHRQ Evidence Report Summary 63 - Utility of Blood
Pressure Monitoring Outside the Clinic Setting
   http://hstat.nlm.nih.gov/hq/Hquest/screen/DirectAccess/db/3715

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