A weekly literature update service. Registered users with valid e-mail addresses will receive the Weekly Literature Update sent by an institution-branded e-mail and featuring:
- library/institution news;
- personalized, pre-sorted searches of new book and software information;
- personalized, pre-sorted expert searches of new journal articles added to Medline® in the specialty areas each individual member designates.
A private-label Web site. A content-rich Web site branded for the library/institution, accessible from a URL link from the institution's own home page and featuring:
- a comprehensive database of book and software titles (Doody’s Book Review Service™);
- optional access to the last 52 weeks of articles added to Medline® (Online Literature Review);
- a profiling system that lets each registered user filter new developments in the literature according to personal areas of interest.
Doody’s Book Review Service™. The best-of-breed database of health science book and software information (including Doody’s expert reviews) which provides:
- the library staff with the opportunity to spotlight titles written by key leadership figures of its institution;
- registered members the ability to conduct sophisticated searches of the most comprehensive database of information on 70,000 book and software titles in the health sciences;
- an optional feature that provides registered users with the opportunity to purchase book and software titles (often at discounted prices) through a seamless e-commerce connection to two leading Internet bookstores.
Online Literature Review. An optional feature for institutional licensees, this time-saving service filters the most recent updates of journal article citations and abstracts from the Medline® database to each individual user’s topical areas of interest.
- Articles added to Medline® in the last seven days featured in the Weekly Literature Update;
- The last 52 weeks of Medline® updates accessible at the Web site;
- The entire Medline® database accessible through a seamless link to the PubMed Web site;
- Direct links to online articles of interest through the institution’s PubMed LinkOut.
The Knowledge Manager. A password-protected administrative site allowing library staff members to:
- publicize relevant programs sponsored by the library or institution with weekly announcements to registered users in the Weekly Literature Update;
- monitor its registered users’ usage of the service and traffic at the Web site;
- highlight titles in on the web pages of Doody’s Book Review Service™ written or edited by the institution’s faculty.