To kick off the program, the HAM-TMC Library is offering FREE information packets on selected health topics. The HAM-TMC Library plans to provide links on its Home Page to the collections of the participating institutions and libraries. Instruction on startup use of PubMed and Internet searching is also offered. Harrison's Online turns the Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine into an updated medical database that delivers current, high quality information. Look for these important features in Harrison's Online. . .
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Dr. Richard Wainerdi, President of the Texas Medical Center, and Naomi C. Broering, the Library's Executive Director, opened the conference and welcomed nearly 225 registered attendees. Dr. Donald A. B. Lindberg, Director of the National Library of Medicine, presented advanced cyberspace projects and Vice President Al Gore's announcement of free PubMed via a videotaped address, which enthralled the audience. Following the program was a celebration of the Grand Opening of the Library's Health Informatics Education Center . Demonstrations of online full-text systems and a workshop on PubMed were given. The Library also celebrated grants received from the Houston Endowment, the M. D. Anderson Foundation, and the Rockwell Fund, who generously supported the development of the Informatics Center and the Texas HealthInfo project, a Houston consumer health information project.