New Version of NLM Gateway Released - March 4, 2002

Technical Notes New Version of NLM Gateway Released - March 4, 2002 New NLM Classification Numbers Added New Version of NLM Gateway Released - April 9, 2002 CCRIS®, ChemIDplus, DIRLINE®, Gene-TOX, HSDB®, and TOXLINE® Special Now Distributed to Licensees in XML Format Unified Medical Language (UMLS) Knowledge Sources (2002AA) and the New UMLS Knowledge Source Server Available 2002 MLA Meeting Reminder and NLM Invitation NLM Announces a New Version of the PubMed Tutorial

March 08, 2002 [posted]

On March 4, 2002, a new version of the NLM Gateway was released. Please see What's New on the NLM Gateway sidebar for details.

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New NLM Classification Numbers Added

Note the following addition to the National Library of Medicine Classification, 5th edition 1994, rev. 1999 since the publication of this tool in September 2000:

WA 487.5.H4      Health Personnel

In the main schedule at WA 487.5, add:

.H4 Health Personnel

In the index under Health Personnel, add:

Accidents in the provision of health care WA 487.5.H4

WG 141.5.M2      Magnetic Resonance Imaging

In the main schedule at WG 141.5, add:

.M2 Magnetic Resonance Imaging

In the index under Magnetic Resonance Imaging, add:

Used in the diagnosis of a particular disease, with the disease, organ, or region, e.g., in Cardiovascular Diseases WG 141.5.M2

In the index under Cardiovascular System, add:

Magnetic Resonance Imaging WG 141.5.M2

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New Version of NLM Gateway Released - April 9, 2002

On April 9, 2002, a new version of the NLM Gateway was released. Please see What's New on the NLM Gateway sidebar for details.

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CCRIS^®, ChemIDplus, DIRLINE^®, Gene-TOX, HSDB^®, and TOXLINE^® Special Now Distributed to Licensees in XML Format

The National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce distribution of CCRIS, ChemIDplus, DIRLINE, Gene-TOX, HSDB, and TOXLINE Special in XML (eXtensible Markup Language) format to NLM's data licensees. NLM will continue to distribute CCRIS, Gene-TOX, and HSDB in the soon-to-be-discontinued ASCII format for several more months as some licensees make their transition to XML. Fact sheets for these databases are available from the NLM Web site.

NLM began to distribute MEDLINE in XML in 2000 (see NLM to use XML and DTD for MEDLINE Data). DTDs (Document Type Definition) have now been written to define the XML format for the databases named above. Instructions for getting the DTDs and sample records in XML format and general information on leasing NLM databases are available. Announcements dated March 12 and April 8, 2002 to existing licensees about these files, collectively referred to as the TOXNET files, appear on NLM's Web site for licensees.

CCRIS, ChemIDplus, Gene-TOX, HSDB, and TOXLINE Special may be searched at no cost at http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/ and DIRLINE may be searched at no cost at http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov/ as well as through the NLM Gateway.

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Unified Medical Language (UMLS) Knowledge Sources (2002AA) and the New UMLS Knowledge Source Server Available

The latest release of the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) Knowledge Sources (2002AA) and the new UMLS Knowledge Source server are available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/umlsmain.html. Documentation for licensees about downloading the 2002 data, information about basic and advanced searching, support of the Application Program Interface (API), and availability of the old command line interface and server through June 2002 are included at this site.

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2002 MLA Meeting Reminder and NLM Invitation

The Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association (MLA) will be held May 17-23, 2002 in Dallas. Attendees are invited to visit the NLM exhibit booth (May 18-21) to meet NLM staff and see NLM's Web products. The NLM Theater at the booth will feature demonstrations and tutorials on a wide variety of topics, including: PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, the NLM Gateway, MEDLINEplus, Profiles in Science, LocatorPlus, Unified Medical Language System, TOXNET, Health Services Research and more.

While at the meeting in Dallas, consider taking an MLA continuing education class taught by NLM and RML staff. For example:

Friday, May 17, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.:

Write for Success: National Library of Medicine (NLM) and National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Funding

Saturday, May 18, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.:

Measuring the Difference : Strategies for Improving and Evaluating Health Information Outreach Programs

Saturday, May 18, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.:

What is this Thing Called the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) and Why Do I Care?

Wednesday, May 22, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.:

Making PubMed Work for You

Further course and symposia details are available at [This link was removed because it is no longer valid.], or contact MLA at (312) 419-9094.

Also, please plan to attend:

NLM Update on Tuesday, May 21, 2002, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. in the Lone Star Ballroom B/C.

NLM Online Users' Meeting "Sunrise Seminar" on Monday, May 20, 7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. in the San Antonio Ballroom A/B.
A brief DOCLINE^® update will be included.

Please join us at these events! Additional information or changes to this information will be announced in the Technical Notes section of the NLM Technical Bulletin.

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NLM Announces a New Version of the PubMed Tutorial

The National Library of Medicine is pleased to release a new version of the PubMed Tutorial. As always, the tutorial is available from the PubMed sidebar.

The PubMed Services module now includes Systematic Reviews. Click on the Clinical Queries tab for more information.

This version also includes many new screenshots that reflect changes to PubMed since the last time the Tutorial was updated.

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