About TRIP
From a small beginning the TRIP Database has developed and grown into one of the world's foremost medical internet resources. The ethos behind its creation is as applicable today, and perhaps more so, than in 1997 when it was launched. The TRIP Database was created as a result of the explosion of 'evidence based’ materials being published. Unfortunately, for the health professionals, this high-quality material was being placed on the separate publisher’s websites which made locating the material difficult. Has a busy health professional got the time to visit 15 websites looking for the material they need?
Initially, the site contained 1,100 links to ‘evidence based’ articles from 15 separate sources. Since then it has grown in terms of both coverage and usability. This expansion has also encompassed the addition of new forms of material including 'eTextbooks' and medical images giving the site a more rounded clinical appeal.
The basic principle has stayed the same since the start of the site. A high-quality resource is identified that allows unhindered access to the publication. The Title, URL and Date of Publication is recorded and added to the database. Subsequently the URL is 'spidered' and this process 'captures' the relevant text from the site and uses that to allow text searching.
(Allows 5 free searches a week)
More info at: http://www.tripdatabase.com/index.cfm?method=application.home
Posted by gruwell at May 11, 2004 12:32 PM