CLINICAL TRIALS DATABASE NOW AVAILABLE

On February 29, 2000 the National Institutes of Health launched the consumer-friendly database, ClinicalTrials.gov, with information on more than 4,000 federal and private medical studies involving patients and others at more than 47,000 locations nationwide. The URL for the new database is http://clinicaltrials.gov.

ClinicalTrials.gov provides patients and members of the public easy access to information about the location of clinical trials, their design and purpose, criteria for participation and additional disease and treatment information. This database may also be reached through the National Library of Medicine's Web site at http://www.nlm.nih.gov and through its consumer health information service MEDLINEplus at http://medlineplus.gov or through the UAMS Library's online catalog under the title.

The press release and more detailed information are available at the NLM web site: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/press_releases/clintrlpr00.html

ANOTHER GREAT BOOK SALE

The Library hosted its annual book sale on March 4th. As always we had enthusiastic response from faculty, students and staff. Over 1100 books sold for over $600. It is always a fun time for our Library staff, and we appreciate the great support from our patrons.