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DrumLib's PostsWhat should people know about your posts? The references that I cite in the post are listed the bottom of the page. When you are reading a post, you will notice that the citation numbers are hyperlinks enclosed in parenthesis. It looks like this (1). If you click on it, the PubMed abstract will open in a new window. Go ahead and try it -- click the link in the reference above. When you are done, just close the window. Why do some of the references have letters after the numbers? If PubMed does not have an abstract for a study, the reference number will have "NA" (no abstract) attached to it. For example, if reference number 5 has no abstract, the link will look like this in my post: (5-NA). Why include a link? Well, people who want to order a full text copy of the article need to get the PubMed ID (PMID) number. Thus, if you click on a NA (no abstract) link, the PubMed listing will come up so you can copy and paste the PMID. If the article is not listed on PubMed, the link will take you down the page to my reference list. You can still order the article if it has a DrumLib ID (DLID) number -- just copy and paste the ID number (be sure to include the "DL"). When I list a book or CD as a reference, the syntax is (number-BK). For example, if reference number 5 is a book or a CD, the link in my post will look like this: (5-BK). Every link in this new system takes you directly to the most useful destination. In this case, since the book is not listed on PubMed, this link opens a new window and takes you directly to the book at Amazon. You can read the description and reviews of the book and see how much it costs. That is a lot more useful than the old link system that took you to the reference list at the bottom of the page. |
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can also check out the references after you finish reading my post -- the references in
the reference list at the bottom of each page have the same links (same syntax even!) as
the links in the text. This system lets you check out the references the way YOU want. The
complete reference list is at the bottom of every page. And the syntax of the links tells
you what information is available. For example: (5) = Read the PubMed abstract. Cool. Why does it say that you can order the article on the PubMed site? That is the Loansome Doc service. To get full-text articles from Loansome Doc, you have to enter into a service agreement with a health science library, which will charge you at least twice as much as Selma's document retrieval service. Ouch! Yep. In fact, I've met people in medical libraries who were hired to copy articles for a group of doctors or researchers because it is a lot cheaper for a group to hire someone instead of getting hammered by the university or some copy service. So, I thought why not utilize the Internet and let anyone hire Selma? The Internet enables ordinary people to form a "virtual group" and get the same sweet deal as the group of doctors. |
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