Hesperian Digital Commons

Hesperian Digital Commons

http://hesperian.org/digital-commons/ - is an online resource providing health information in 26 languages of the world. Of interest to Indians, it currently includes Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Tamil & Urdu An initiative of “Hesperian Health Guides” which is a health information and health education source that develops easy to read health education resource materials.   Appeared in Volume 5 Issue 03 of QMedConnect
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“Where’s the best evidence”?

“Where’s the best evidence”?

A crisp presentation by Dean Giustini - UBC Biomedical Branch librarian at the Vancouver hospital http://www.slideshare.net/giustinid/wheres-the-best-evidence-2010 This is a compilation of some of the best EBM resources. Dean Giustini has also indicated for each resource, whether it is free or subscription based, and what type of resource it is. In our future issues, we will describe some of them in more detail, in this section. Appeared in Volume 5 Issue 02 of QMedConnect
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Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers

Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers

This is an online version of the book useful to authors, editors, publishers and librarians. One can get help for compiling a reference list, revising the list, setting the right standards and for formatting references. Available online athttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7256/ Thank you Dr Jay Karan - Govt Medical College Surat for sharing this resource Appeared in Volume 5 Issue 01 of QMedConnect
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