In support of disaster relief efforts in Japan following the recent earthquake and tsunami, Ovid and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, are providing free online access to emergency, disaster, trauma, and radiation contamination resources to Japanese hospitals and healthcare institutions affected by the disasters via the Wolters Kluwer Health Emergency Resources Portal. The access will be immediate and extend for 30 days.
"We offer our deepest sympathies to the people of Japan suffering through the devastating earthquake and tsunami," said Karen Abramson, President and CEO, Wolters Kluwer Health, Medical Research. "The Wolters Kluwer Health Emergency Resources Portal provides immediate assistance to clinicians, healthcare workers, and medical librarians in Japan who need quick access to the medical literature in support of emergency and trauma care to those affected by the disaster."
The resources will be available through the OvidSP online research platform, including:
•Ovid MEDLINE® - the premier and comprehensive biomedical database from the U.S. National Library of Medicine
•LWW Total Access journal collection - the complete full text of over 280 journals published by LWW
•LWW Emergency Medicine ebook collection
•LWW Critical Care medicine ebook collection
•LWW Hospital ebook collection
•LWW Nursing ebook collection
•Pre-set expert searches for instant access to relevant information on OvidSP, one of the world's leading medical information search and discovery platforms; searches cover PTSD, disease prevention related to earthquakes, radiation contamination effects and treatment, public health responses, sanitation and vaccination, and more.
Available for a limited time during the Japan earthquake crisis, access to the Wolters Kluwer Health Emergency Resources Portal is IP-validated through the country of Japan for hospitals, institutional libraries and other healthcare entities in Japan supporting the disaster relief efforts.
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