Professional Reading Shelf
PubMed
Source: NLM
New, PubMed Search Terms Highlighted
“A highlighting feature will soon be implemented in PubMed to help users quickly find where their search terms appear in their search results.”
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The British Library
Archives
Digitization
Source: Information World Review
British Library-JISC alliance targets archives
“Digital archives and content are causing problems for universities across the UK, according to the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). It says that as academic institutions increasingly produce and rely on digital content, libraries are struggling with the technology to preserve digital content and face a lack of skilled archivists.”
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Reference Guides
Source: CILIP
The New Walford: making sense of the information universe (PDF)
From the article, “The first volume (Science, Technology and Medicine) of The New Walford: guide to reference resources (TNW) is published this June, in an information environment far removed from that of 1959, when the original Walford Guide to Reference Material made its appearance. Walford has historically been regarded as the international leader in its field. How relevant and useful is such a print-based guide today?”

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