Health Care Professionals


A weekly literature update service.  Registered users with valid e-mail addresses will receive the Weekly Literature Update sent by e-mail and featuring

  • Library/institution news;
  • personalized, pre-sorted searches of new book and software information; and
  • personalized, pre-sorted expert searches of new journal article citations added to Medline® in the specialty areas each individual member designates.

A private-label Web site.  A content-rich Web site branded in the society’s name, accessible through a link from the institution's home page and featuring

  • a comprehensive database of book and software titles (Doody’s Book Review Service™);
  • the last 52 weeks of articles added to Medline® (Online Literature Review); and
  • a profiling system that lets each registered filter new developments in the literature according to his/her personal areas of interest.

Doody’s Book Review Service™.  The most comprehensive database of health science book and software information (including Doody’s expert reviews) which provides registered members with

  • 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; and
  • 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. Online Literature Review includes

  • 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; and
  • links to journal publishers’ gateways to online versions of the journal articles