Internet Cool Tools for Physicians

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1 Internet Cool Tools for Physicians

2 Melissa L. Rethlefsen David L. Rothman Daniel S. Mojon Internet Cool Tools for Physicians

3 Melissa L. Rethlefsen Learning Resource Center Mayo Clinic Libraries 200 First St SW Rochester, MN USA David L. Rothman Information Services Specialist Community General Hospital Medical Library 4900 Broad Rd Syracuse, NY USA Prof. Dr. med. Daniel S. Mojon, MD, FEBO, Exec. MHSA Head, Department of Strabismology & Neuro-Ophthalmology Kantonsspital St. Gallen Rorschacher Strasse St. Gallen Switzerland ISBN: e-isbn: Library of Congress Control Number: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Cover design: Frido Steinen-Broo, estudio Calamar, Spain Cover picture: Prof. Dr. Daniel Mojon, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland Printed on acid-free paper springer.com

4 Acknowledgments Thanks to Colin Segovis for inspiration and help, and to Elizabeth Fowler for her support and patience v

5 Contents 1 Introduction What s the Future of the Internet? Glossary Google Basics Google How Do Search Engines Work? How Google Works Ranking What s All This? Basic Google Search Tips Keep Your Searches Simple Choose Meaningful Keywords Tailor Your Search Terms to Your Audience Add More Words to Narrow Your Search Results All of Your Words Count Use Quotation Marks to Force Google to Search for Your Terms as a Phrase Capitalization Doesn t Matter Take Advantage of the Spell Check Feel Lucky? Check Out the Cached Link Below Each Search Result View It as HTML Google Advanced Special Tips and Tricks OR or Calculations Conversions Phonebook vii

6 viii Contents Bphonebook Number Ranges Weather Movie Flight Information Define The Advanced Search Search Like a Pro Inurl Filetype Intitle Allintitle Site Cache Language Tools Google Health Finding Health Information on Google Google Health ( Personalizing Google Preferences Web History and Personalized Results igoogle Google Scholar What Is Google Scholar? ( Why Should You Use Google Scholar? Searching Google Scholar Finding People People Search Phone Directories People Search Engines Medical Directories Finding Addresses Previous Messages Directories Ph and LDAP Phonebooks PubMed Search the Web Find the Domain First... 47

7 Contents ix University Directories Professional Associations PubMed PubMed ( What Is PubMed and How Does It Work? PubMed Basics Getting the Right Information Using Limits Using the Clipboard The History Tab Even More PubMed Cool Tools Clinical Queries MeSH Database My NCBI Finding Full-Text Articles Pay per View Accessing Your Library s Resources Online Document Delivery Free Full Text Third-Party PubMed/MEDLINE Tools How Are Third-Party PubMed/MEDLINE Tools Possible? What s an API? Search the Literature Google-Style ReleMed Healia Find the Right Author or Journal PubFocus PubReMiner JANE Get a Communal Evaluation or Help Create One Browse Search Results by Clusters GoPubMed ClusterMed Enhance Your Browser Alerts Alerts PubMed ( What Are My Other Options for Alerts? What About Tables of Contents via ? How Do I Sign Up for Tables of Contents?... 69

8 x Contents ScienceDirect ( HighWire Press More Publishers What About Journals That Don t Have Alerts? How Do I Create Alerts for Tables of Contents in PubMed? More Content, More Alerting Tools Google Alerts Google News Alerts RSS What Is RSS? What s an Aggregator? Finding and Subscribing to Feeds What Sorts of Feeds Might Be Most Useful? News from Media Outlets PubMed Search Your Favorite Blogs Tables of Contents (TOCs) from Publishers MedWorm Search Creating Feeds for Pages that Do Not Offer Them Manipulating Feeds Filtering Feeds Combining Feeds Other Tools for Filtering or Combining Feeds Receiving RSS Items as Personalized Start Pages Tips for Managing Your Feeds in Google Reader Moving Your Subscriptions to a Different Aggregator Check in with Your Medical Librarian Personalized Start Pages Personalized Start Pages My Yahoo! ( Setting Up My Yahoo! Recommended Modules igoogle ( Personalizing igoogle Adding and Sharing Tabs Netvibes ( Pageflakes ( Podcasting and Vodcasting What Is Podcasting? MP3s... 95

9 Contents xi MP3s Delivered via RSS Receiving Podcasts Receiving Podcasts in a Feed Aggregator Receiving Podcasts in a Podcatcher Listening to Podcasts How Will I Listen to Podcasts If I Don t Have an ipod or Other MP3 Player? What Is Vodcasting? Where Do I Find Podcasts? Medical Journals and Associations Government Agencies Patient Education Medical Education Directories, Lists, and Services for Healthcare Podcasts Organizing with RSS Readers Why Organize? Google Reader Folders Subscribe, Mark Read, and Search Later Starring and Sharing Items Tags Blogs What s a Blog? Why Are Blogs Such a Big Deal? Why Read Blogs? How Do I Find Blogs That Will Interest Me? Blog Search Engines Search MedWorm Browse MedWorm s Blog Directory Browse the Healthcare Review the Blogrolls of Blogs You Know You Like Tips for New Bloggers Wikis What s a Wiki? Wikipedia: The World s Most Famous Wiki How Are Wikis Being Used in Healthcare? AskDrWiki Ganfyd WikiDoc WikiBooks Specialty Wikis Medical Book Publisher Wikis

10 xii Contents MacSurgWiki WikiHealthCare Evaluating and Using Wikis Creating a New Wiki Collaboration Tools Working Together: Online Word Processing Available Online Word Processors Using Google Doscv Using Zoho Writer Spreadsheets Spreadsheet Tools Google Docs Basics Chatting with Collaborators Creating Live Surveys Special Functions That Automate Content Zoho Sheet Presentations Calendars Project Management Online Meetings Twiddla ( Zoho Meeting ( Elluminate vroom ( Social Bookmarking What Is Social Bookmarking? What Is Tagging? The Social in Social Bookmarking Delicious ( Connecting with Others in Delicious More Delicious Goodies New Firefox Extension (Firefox 1.5 or Higher Required) Play Tagger Tools for Bloggers More Cool Delicious Tools Managing Journal Articles and References Socially What Is Connotea? Using Connotea Connecting with Other Physicians and Researchers More Connotea Cool Tools Other Social Bookmarking Options for Physicians

11 Contents xiii 19 Keeping Notes Keeping Notes Social Annotation Tools Diigo ( Using Diigo Social Diigo Other Social Annotation Services Personal Organization Tools Zotero Using Zotero Google Notebook Evernote Jott Social Networks What s a Social Network? Which Social Networks Should I Consider Joining? LinkedIn ( Sermo ( Ozmosis ( Variations on a Theme Specialty Networks Ethics

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