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Wolters Kluwer Health - OvidSP

A healthcare search site that does exactly what it says on the tin

Cambridge Histories Online

There is plenty to cheer about in the 250 volumes of Cambridge Histories that have gone online

GMB Research

Although it still has glitches, GMB's website promises to give researchers real value

SciBX

All the padding has been removed from SciBX’s reviews of scientific papers
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The Big Switch

By Nicholas Carr

Sharing Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World

By Online Computer Library Center
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NHS must learn lessons on centralised patient records

Programme so far has not focused enough on social aspects of the technology change

Pfizer bid for peer review papers falls flat

Drug company’s efforts to obtain confidential peer review documents from major US medical journal has been blocked

EU wrecks manifesto drugs pledge

Search medicine boost for NHS

NHS database must go ahead, say MPs

Confidentiality is an issue but is no reason to stop, says Commons health committee chairman

Google pilots health records system

'Patient-centric' access to health records

NHS loses 6,000 smartcards

Nothing to fear, says organisation

US and Europe to regulate nanotech

European Commission offers cash to set up transatlantic oversight group

Elsevier launch health information Wiki

But only certified medical professionals can contribute to online health source

Frankfurt good for academic publishers

Book Fair proves the industry is in good shape

Scientists, publishers and authors rage against PRISM

AAP comes under fire on OA and peer review

Elsevier MD focuses on workflow

Science giant wants better relationships with academia and government

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Health information professionals need to identify the core issues and make their voices heard in a sector that is growing and changing every which way

Site Review: GPnotebook

Strong search functions provide the medical sector with an encyclopaedic knowledge of medicine
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