LibX – bringing the library to your browser

I recently created a version of LibX, a plug-in for Firefox and Internet Explorer, which allows the user to search the Fox Chase Cancer Center library catalog or Google Scholar directly by using right-click or “drag and drop” of any highlighted content appearing in an internet browser. Users longer have to go to a separate site to locate a book in our catalog or an article in Google Scholar when they find interesting topics serendipitously on the web. Even references within an article PDF can be highlighted and dragged to the LibX Google Scholar toolbar for quick retrieval. LibX can be used to search in a variety of ways, depending on the needs and searching style of the user. Please visit here for more information!

The Internet Explorer version of the plug-in isn’t working exactly right at the moment, so I recommend you download the Firefox version.

Searching the deep web for biomedical information

Looking for ways to find information beyond the typical PubMed/Google Scholar search? Try these new federated search solutions.

Mednar
This search engine allows you to search PubMed, Google Scholar, the Cochrane Library, and other resources using one simple box. Results are clustered by topic, allowing you to zero in on specific topics, authors, or publications. You may also perform advanced searches allowing you to specify title words or authors and set a date range. In addition, you can choose which resources Mednar searches.

ScienceResearch.com
This search engine targets a wide variety of science sources including the NIH, PNAS, ACS, and the AACR. Like Mednar, topics are clustered and you can perform advanced searches limiting your search to specific topic areas.

Don’t have time to search? I can do it for you! Just stop by the library, call x2711, or email me or Sherri Place.

Try SemanticMEDLINE

SemanticMEDLINE is a new (free) service allowing you to use natural language to search MEDLINE.  For example, instead of distilling a search to carefully selected keywords, you can now use a more conversational sentence structure to perform a search.  However, SemanticMEDLINE does not find “in process” records like PubMed, so using SemanticMEDLINE may not link you to the most current articles.