The fruits of more coding:

Requirements: Google Toolbar version 4 (beta), Internet Explorer.

- the Entrez search button

• Performs a search of Entrez, the combined NCBI-NLM life sciences search engine at NIH. Their database contains biomedical literature, gene and protein sequences, 3D biomolecular structures, genomes, SAGE tags, lots more.
• Selecting and right-clicking any word or phrase in a page (e.g. Arabidopsis, cytochrome) will show "Search Entrez at NCBI" on the context menu. Clicking there will search Entrez with the selected text.
• Clicking the toolbar button without any search term will take you to www.ncbi.nih.org/Entrez.

(or see the XML)

- the PubMed search button

• Performs a search of the PubMed biomedical citation database hosted at NCBI. PubMed contains several million of abstracts and bibliographic records of research papers published in thousands of journals around the world over the last forty years.
• Selecting and right-clicking any word or phrase in a page (e.g. succinyl CoA, Crick) will show "Search PubMed" on the context menu. Clicking there will search PubMed with the selected text.
• Clicking the toolbar button without any search term will take you to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed (the main entry page).

(or see the XML)

- for completists, the DOI lookup button again

• Takes a DOI number e.g. 10.1038/35057062 and passes it to the DOI Proxy, which redirects seamlessly to the official version of that document on the internet. One common use is scientific articles in major journals - the DOI directs the browser to the authoritative version of the research work hosted on the journal's own website (even if the site has been redesigned or content relocated).
• Selecting and right-clicking a DOI in a page will show "Fetch Digital Object by DOI" on the context menu. Clicking there will direct you (via the DOI Proxy) to the authoritative document for that DOI.
• Clicking the toolbar button without any search term will take you to www.doi.org.

(or see the XML)

[Published: 07-Apr-06 | Permalink | Category: Bloggery | Comments]