REHABDATA, produced by the National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC), is a free database dealing with disability and rehabilitation. It describes more than 65,000 documents from 1956 to date, covering physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities. Over thirteen hundred free, full text documents are available.

Prometeo Network is a free global network for physicians and reseachers in the life sciences. This networking website hopes to connect physicians and researchers to share knowledge, news, and ideas.

The Health Sciences Libraries Collection Development Policy is now available on the Libraries’ website. It presents guidelines for the selection of materials, both print and electronic. It establishes collection priorities, scope, and levels of coverage, to ensure that information needs are properly met. Check it out!

Scitalks is a new database of over one thousand recorded science lectures from all over the world. Submissions are added daily. Users can browse through categories or search the website.

Johns Hopkins Medical Podcasts discuss the latest health and medical news and its potential effects on our lives. These weekly, five to seven minute podcasts, are hosted by Rick Lange, M.D., chief of clinical cardiology, and Elizabeth Tracey, director of the Hopkins Health NewsFeed, a radio news service program.

FirstCONSULT Handheld has been updated and features some new medical topics– including Acute coronary syndromes, Stable angina, and Blood transfusion reactions.

A new report is available online from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality — “Mistake-Proofing the Design of Health Care Processes”. The report contains over 150 practical examples of mistake-proofing that can be applied in health care — in many cases relatively inexpensively. It is aimed at “in-the-trenches workers” who face important decisions, judgments, and risks every day.

Find the full report at: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/mistakeproof/

The Anesthesiology Research Guide contains links to library resources such as databases, ebooks, and journals. It also has links to associations and directories relevant to anesthesia, critical care, and pain.

The Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Guide has been updated with additional electronic journals, ebooks, and websites.

The Nanowerk Nanotechnology Portal has a nanomaterial database, a nanotechnology directory of over 2,000 links, and a career center for those interested in nanotechnology and its related fields.