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August 1997
Volume 61 |
Number 8
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| Scientific Abstracts
to Be Available on ASA and Journal Web Sites |
ASA broke new ground in 1995 when it provided a searchable database
of scientific abstract titles, authors and presentation times
on the Internet. For the 1997 Annual Meeting, we are going one
better! The full text of many of the accepted papers with search
capabilities will be available through both the ASA Web site and
on the journal Anesthesiology's Web site.
Authors submitting scientific papers for this year's ASA Annual
Meeting were given the option of submitting their papers in electronic
format in addition to the traditional format. Of the 1,139 papers
accepted, approximately 30 percent were also submitted electronically.
These papers will be made available electronically either through
the ASA Web site at or the journal's
Web site. Users will be able to search by title, author or
presentation time and receive a listing of accepted papers that
match the search criteria. If any of those papers were also submitted
electronically, the user will be able to read the full text online.
This is just the latest advancement that ASA's Web site offers
to members and the general public. Beginning in June, ASA Annual
Meeting attendees became able to reserve their hotel rooms online
(see July
1997 NEWSLETTER). A site search engine recently became
available, allowing users to find what they are looking for more
quickly on this constantly growing site. In only its first three
weeks in service, the search page logged more than 1,700 "hits."
The list of anesthesia-related links expands almost daily, and
registration brochures for workshops and regional refresher courses,
with printable registration forms, have been available since the
beginning of the year.
The Web site for the journal Anesthesiology
also has been enhanced. In addition to the current and recent
tables of contents for the journal (including abstracts), it is
now possible to search the entire MedLine contents of Anesthesiology
. This database contains the citations for all articles published
in the journal since 1966, along with abstracts where available.
A simple search page makes it possible to find articles by author's
name, year of publication or words appearing in the title, abstract
or MESH-heading keyword fields. The journal also has recently
implemented a form that permits the electronic submission of formal
Letters to the Editor. The form for these submissions can be found
under the "Other Services" button on the journal's home
page. According to Editor-in-Chief Michael M. Todd, M.D., "Our
goal is to electronically 'process' letters submitted in this
fashion in an effort to speed response time."
ASA continues to expand its Web site in order to provide additional
services to its members and to offer information about the specialty
of anesthesiology to the general public. Hits on the ASA home
page have been averaging between 4,000 and 5,000 per month. Comments
and suggestions are always welcome from ASA members -- these are
your Web sites. You may contact the ASA Webmaster directly at
<j.sidoti@ASAhq.org>
or send general inquiries to <mail@ASAhq.org>.
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