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Internet Cool Tools for Physicians

  • Informs and guides physicians to keep up to date with new biomedical research tools with minimal effort, using free online tools, in order to make physicians' lives a little easier and more efficient
  • Is designed for physicians who are familiar with computers and the internet, but no prior experience with any of the online tools discussed is necessary
  • Include social bookmarking, RSS (an easy way to personalize and bring the information you want into a single spot), wikis and online collaboration tools, and Google's new custom search engine builder
  • Is written by experts and a physician from the field - Very reader-friendly format: Each chapter starts with a list of ‘Key Notes’ and the text is visualized with cartoon strips

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introduction

    Pages 3-5
  3. Google Basics

    Pages 9-15
  4. Google Advanced

    Pages 17-24
  5. Google Health

    Pages 27-30
  6. Personalizing Google

    Pages 33-36
  7. Google Scholar

    Pages 37-40
  8. Finding People

    Pages 43-47
  9. Pub Med

    Pages 51-58
  10. Email Alerts

    Pages 67-73
  11. RSS

    Pages 77-86
  12. Blogs

    Pages 105-109
  13. Wikis

    Pages 113-116
  14. Collaboration Tools

    Pages 119-128
  15. Social Bookmarking

    Pages 129-135
  16. Keeping Notes

    Pages 139-148

About this book

Feel like you're being sucked down into a swirl of never-ending information? Today's physicians are faced with new advances in medicine and new research that can impact practice, but finding the right information at the right time seems overwhelming in the constant deluge of scientific research. That's where this illustrated guide will walk you through some of today's most useful Internet tools, tools that can help you find, manage, and organize the information you need, so that it is always at your fingertips, whether for patient care, research, practice, or fun.

Reviews

From the reviews:

"This book easily will take any healthcare provider from novice to savvy Internet user in minutes. The goal isn’t to teach medicine, but to help readers find quality tools and medical information without spending hours online. … This book will attract physicians, but it could be used by college faculty and students, reference librarians, patients, and the entire multidisciplinary team. … The authors have very thoughtfully provided tools that range from comfortable to cutting edge." (Kathryn L Fowler, Doody’s Review Service, June, 2009)

“Internet Cool Tools for Physicians is an up-to-date, concise, and easy-to-read book that provides numerous tips and suggestions to allow one to more successfully and quickly navigate through an ever increasingly voluminous World Wide Web. … applicable to numerous other groups including, but not limited to, information technology and picture archiving and communication system personnel, nurses, medical researchers, basic scientists, and medical students, as well as undergraduates who are interested in health care professions … I highly recommend this much-needed and well-planned work.” (Robert D. Stoffey, Radiology, Vol. 256 (1), July, 2010) Aus den Rezensionen: “... Ohne Umschweife: Kaufen Sie sich dieses Buch, und innerhalb eines Wochenendes sind Sie fit. Falls Sie doch noch mehr wissen wollen: Das Englisch der Autoren ist sehr klar und frei von Fachchinesisch, es ist wirklich ein Anwenderbuch für Menschen, die im üblichen Alphabet und nicht in Bits und Bytes denken. ... Das coole Buch ist leicht zu lesen, und Screenshots sorgen für letzte Klarheit. Noch cooler wird es durch die Cartoons von Daniel Mojon. ... Humor ist die beste Medizin …“ (in: ophta Schweizerische Fachzeitschrift für augenärztliche Medizin und Technologie mit Mitteilungen SOG, 2009, Issue 3, S. 252)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Learning Resource Center, Mayo Clinic Libraries, Rochester, USA

    Melissa L. Rethlefsen

  • Information Services Specialist, Community General Hospital Medical Library, Syracuse, USA

    David L. Rothman

  • Head, Department of Strabismology & Neuro-Ophthalmology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Daniel S. Mojon

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Internet Cool Tools for Physicians

  • Authors: Melissa L. Rethlefsen, David L. Rothman, Daniel S. Mojon

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76382-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-76382-6Published: 19 November 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 154

  • Number of Illustrations: 79 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general, Otorhinolaryngology, Imaging / Radiology, Dermatology

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eBook USD 39.99
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  • Read on any device
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