The Five Main Features of MedInfoNOW



A weekly literature update service.  Sponsor's users with valid e-mail addresses will receive the Weekly Literature Update sent by a sponsor-branded e-mail and featuring

  • Sponsor news
  • personalized, pre-sorted searches of new book and software information; and
  • 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 sponsor, accessible through a URL from the sponsor's home page and featuring

  • a comprehensive database of book and software titles (Doody’s Book Reviews),
  • the last 52 weeks of articles added to Medline® (Online Literature Review), and
  • a profiling system that lets users filter new developments in the literature according to their personal areas of interest.

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

  • the sponsor with the opportunity to spotlight titles written by key leadership figures of its organization; 
  • 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
  • registered members with the opportunity to purchase book and software titles (often at discounted prices) through a seamless e-commerce connection to a few leading Internet bookstores.

Online Literature Review.  The time-saving service filtering 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; and
  • the entire Medline database accessible through a seamless link to the PubMed Web site.

The Knowledge Manager.  A password-protected administrative site allowing sponsor’s staff to

  • cross-promote sponsor programs with weekly announcements to members in the Weekly Literature Update;
  • monitor its members’ usage of the service and traffic at the Web site; and
  • highlight titles in Doody’s Book Reviews™ written or edited by the sponsor’s leadership.