Dear Colleague

Happy New Year! At Dialog we are looking forward to an exciting year for scitech researchers. The addition of a new nursing database and the completion of the MEDLINE® reload on DataStar get the year off to a fast start. The new DataStar AlertsManager tool streamlines how professionals in your organization keep up-to-date on the latest developments in their fields of interest, while at the same time providing greater control in managing access and costs.

Also, in response to reader feedback, Dialog is adding a new title to its growing collection of e-newsletters: Biomed/Life Sciences News. Sign up now to receive the first issue of the new e-newsletter, scheduled for March.

Bonnie Snow, Director
Pharmaceutical Markets

New Nursing Database, EMCare, Launched on DataStar

EMCare (EMCA), a new bibliographic database produced by Elsevier and covering the topics of nursing and allied health, has been added to DataStar. EMCare provides cover-to-cover indexing of more than 2,700 international sources, providing timely access to information about scientific advancements that lead to more cost-effective and higher quality healthcare. The file also supports the practice of evidence-based treatment in a wide variety of settings.

The file is updated weekly and features a 10-year backfile (1995 to date). Nearly 250,000 new records will be added each year. The nearly 2 million records are indexed with EMTREE, Elsevier's Life Science Thesaurus which has been expanded with close to 1,500 nursing terms in addition to existing allied health terms.

Medical Coverage Added to World Textiles

World Textiles™ (File 67), produced by Elsevier, has been significantly enhanced with new coverage on the use of textiles in the medical environment. The added records relate to subjects such as protective materials, dressings, medical equipment, medical clothing, textiles finishing and washing, etc. This enhancement is currently exclusive to Dialog. World Textiles is the leading bibliographic information source on textiles, technology and applications as reported in technical, scientific, economic and commercial journals, and statistical publications. In addition, World Textiles includes unique coverage of the related patents and patent applications from the USPTO, European and British patent offices.

Introducing AlertsManager for DataStar

Publish, track and manage access to DataStar Alerts with the just-released AlertsManager tool. The information manager ("Alerts Publisher") in your organization can more effectively control your Alerts spend and distribution, while end users can easily subscribe to available Alerts with the click of a button—and they don't need their own DataStar account to do it!

Product features include:

• The ability to publish or post Alerts so end users can subscriber on their own without assistance
• Subscriber e-mail addresses are added or removed automatically to or from the Alert
• Copyright royalities (ERA*) are automatically applied based on the number of subscribers to each Alert; Alerts in databases that do not offer redistribution rights cannot be published
• Alert Publishers are notified of Alerts that have expired
• Alert Publishers can check on who has subscribed to which Alert, and find out how many Alerts each end user is receiving
• Subscribers do not need to be users of DataStar services; subscribers register with their e-mail and access rights are triggered by the e-mail address and its domain

To become a publisher, the client must first register online and create an account with AlertsManager at http://alertsmanager.dialog.com. AlertsManager is a fee-based service.

Thesaurus Mapping Extended to Additional DataStar Pharmaceutical Files

Thesaurus mapping has been added to more DataStar databases in the pharmaceutical area, bringing the total number of databases with this feature to 34. Additional databases for which thesaurus mapping is now available are Adis R&D Insight (ADRD), EMBASE® Alert (EMBA), IMS R&D Focus Drug Updates (IPUR), Incidence and Prevalence Database (IAPV), and Pharmaprojects (PHAR). See the Quick Reference Card for more information on using Thesaurus mapping in DataStarWeb.

U.S. R&D Funding for FY 2006

Have you seen details on funding and trends on R&D U.S. government spending for FY 2006? According to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, "Triple A-S" (AAAS), an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world, FY 2006 is a disappointing year for R&D expenditures in the U.S.

The publication provides a wrap-up analysis of R&D in the President's budget for FY 2006 as approved by Congress, including major funding trends and details on the final FY 2006 budgets of the major R&D funding agencies. Read a summary of the report to see where the monies are being spent and the outlook for future spending.

Regulating Advertising on Drugs in the United Kingdom

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) and the Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have recently published new guidelines related to pharmaceutical advertising in the U.K. These appear online in the Pharmaceutical Code of Practice, 2006 Edition.

Changes to Pharm-line

Pharm-line (LINE) began updating from January 2006. Produced by the U.K. National Medicines Information Centres, it covers pharmacy practice and the clinical use of drugs. It is a good complement to International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPAB), which has a U.S. perspective on similar issues. Records go back to 1978, with approximately 11,000 records added every year from over 100 key journals in the field.

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