News release

From the University Library

11 January 2006

Trial access to Faculty of 1000 Medicine

The Library has arranged for trial access to Faculty of 1000 Medicine until the end of February. This resource aims to alert you to the most interesting papers in the medical sciences, as recommended by members of the "Faculty" - a group of over 2000 of the world's top medical researchers and clinicians.

Overview of the resource (text from Faculty of 1000 Medicine)

Faculty of 1000 Medicine is the next-generation literature evaluation and awareness service for medicine. Based on the recommendations of a selected faculty of nearly 2500 leading, international researchers and clinicians, it will systematically highlight and review the most pertinent papers in any field of medicine.

Faculty of 1000 Medicine is a highly tailored bibliographic service aimed at:

  • Clinicians - highlighting articles which might have an impact on their practice
  • Researchers - highlighting important areas of research and drawing attention to new developments relevant to their research interests

Faculty of 1000 Medicine provides:

  • Authoritative, timely and comprehensive evaluations produced by a distinguished international Evaluation Board
  • Continuously updated insider's guide to the most pertinent papers in any field of medicine
  • Immediate rating of individual papers by the authors' peers - an important complement to the indirect assessment provided by the join which it was published
  • Papers highlighted on the basis of their scientific merit and clinical relevance, regardless of the reputation of the journal in which it was published
  • Systematic organization of the mass of medical literature according to subject keywords rather than journal titles
  • Personal customization and email alerts for quick and easy access to evaluations of papers most relevant to your work
  • Time-saving search and retrieval facilities, including the ability to store searches
  • With recommendations from such a large group of leading, international researchers and clinicians, Faculty of 1000 Medicine is a must for all those working in medicine.

Further information and access to the trial

You'll find some more information about Faculty of 1000 Medicine, plus a link to the resource itself, from our trial subscriptions page (available from on campus only).

Comments and feedback

If you use Faculty of 1000 Medicine then please send your comments and feedback to Chris Fowler ( C.A.Fowler@soton.ac.uk ).