PRODUCTS & PUBLICATIONS
FISCAL YEAR 2000 ANNUAL REPORT
NLM's annual report, Programs and Services, Fiscal Year 2000, is
now available at no cost.
To order a printed version, visit the NLM website (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/) and
select "Publications" for information, or send an e- mail request to
publicinfo@nlm.nih.gov.
Telephone orders will be taken at 301-496-6308.
This
publication is also available as a .pdf file at this site:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ocpl/anreports/fy2000.pdf
LOCATORplus GETS A MAKEOVER
The National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce the
upgrading of the Library's LOCATORplus system. LOCATORplus is the
Library's online catalog, providing Web-based access to identifying
materials in the NLM collection. The new version provides many new
search and retrieval features which include the ability for the user
to select the sort of retrieval, the ability to jump to a specific
page of the retrieval, the ability to quickly set common limits, and
many more. Access to LOCATORplus is at a new URL,
http://locatorplus.gov, and users will be automatically redirected
to the new location from the old address. Come see the new look.
COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE ON PUBMED
NLM and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative
Medicine - both part of the National Institutes of Health - have
created a new service that simplifies searching the 11 million
medical citations on the MEDLINE database.
It's known as CAM on PubMed (www.nlm.nih.gov/nccam/camonp
ubmed.html) -- for "complementary and alternative medicine on
PubMed," the Library's method for searching MEDLINE.
The service helps health professionals and the public search for
information online about unconventional medicine treatments, such as
acupuncture, herbal remedies and aromatherapy. Information about
alternative therapies was available in the library system before,
but it often required multiple searches to pinpoint the medical
journal or publication with information about treatments.
The new service cuts down the time it takes to find information
and the frustration over navigating a cumbersome site. It provides
quicker access to more than 220,000 CAM-related references.
"This joint venture will offer health
professionals...researchers, educators and consumers ready access to
a comprehensive database of journal citations directly related to
complementary and alternative medicine," noted NLM Director Dr.
Donald A.B. Lindberg.
NLM decided to launch the service because Americans spend more
than $21 billion each year on therapies that are not conventional
treatments, and they are always looking for more information about
them. | 
