National Library of Medicine Search Widget

I just added a search widget for the National Library of Medicine to the side of the page. It was created by Guus van den Brekel based on some whining I posted here and then a request I made for him to modify one of his widgets from his NLM Toolbars blog.

As background you might want to know that the National Library of Medicine has over 100 databases. I think that's alot for one organization but maybe not. They have so many database that some of them have retired.

You'll be happy to know, however, that the NLM has recognized that this could be a bit overwhelming and they have created the NLM gateway. This is a search interface that will look at 16 of their most popular databases all at once and then give you the results from each database. They even break down the results into "Bibliographic Resources" which apparently means it's used more for research purposes; "Consumer Health Resources" which is where most of us will want to go first; and "Other Information Resources".

To check it out just type in what you are searching for (e.g. "acne") and click on the search button. Thanks Guus!

[NOTE: I removed the whining post because it was irrelevant and made me look silly after Guus created another widget so quickly. Some of the comments refer to the other post.]