Medical Laboratory Assistant: Web Sites

• Limit searches to domains (like .edu, .org, .ca, etc.)
• Search for terms only in a part of a document, like the title
• Search for exact phrases (eg: "VCC Library")

• Who wrote it?
• What is the website about?
• When was it created or updated?
• Where does it come from - government, business, educational institution?
• Why was it created - to sell a product, to provide opinions, to educate?

LIMSwiki (Laboratory Information Management Systems wiki)

"LIMSwiki is a collaborative wiki dedicated to the scientific community, featuring organized, documented, and up-to-date content regarding all aspects of laboratory informatics, bioinformatics, and health informatics. LIMSwiki also strives to maintain relevant knowledge about laboratory equipment as well as commercial and open-source software likely to be used in a laboratory setting. This also includes the vendors of such equipment and software."

• Here is an article within the LIMS wiki that describes what Laboratory Information Systems are and the differences between MLIS and LIS: http://www.limswiki.org/index.php?title=Laboratory_information_system