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Neurosciences on the internet: www.neuroguide.com

Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK; g.rees@fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk

Keywords: neuronline; neurosciences

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Neurosciences on the internet is a large and well established database of URLs, titles, and keywords of resources available on the internet that are likely to be of interest not only to neuroscientists but also to clinicians, patients, and their carers. Created and maintained by Neil Busis, a Pittsburgh neurologist, the database is now 10 years old and continues to be updated on a regular basis. The indexed resources are grouped under several arbitrary but clear titles to allow for browsing, and can also be accessed by a basic but functional search engine. The graphics and navigation around the site are basic but effective, but the real interest of the site lies in the assembled content. One of the advantages of indices compiled by humans (rather than automatically assembled) is that the resources indexed can be screened for quality and organised by relevance. This works very effectively in some areas . . . [Full text of this article]