Helpful Tools

Get more out of MD Consult by utilizing some popular helpful tools, including:

• RSS Feeds
• HTML Search boxes
• Shortcut URLs / Direct links
• Add MD Consult Search to your Firefox or Internet Explorer search options
• Google Toolbar button
• Google Subscribed Links
• MD Consult on Facebook
• MD Consult on Twitter

RSS Feeds

MD Consult offers a free RSS feed for our Top News stories. You can view the feed and subscribe at www.mdconsult.com/rss/news.rss.

An RSS feed is also available for the “What’s New” area of this MD Consult Info site. You can subscribe to this RSS feed to keep updated on what’s new on MD Consult and on this site.

You can learn more about RSS at WhatIsRSS.com.

HTML Search Boxes

Use these search boxes to put an MD Consult search form anywhere — on your start page, on your library web page, or on your intranet. With some basic HTML knowledge, you can even change the styling and display. We’ve provided two sample search boxes for you to start with.

A simple all-section search

This search box will initiate a search on all of the areas on MD Consult

To use this simple all-section search box on your site, just copy-and-paste the following HTML:
<div style=”border:1px solid #ccc;margin:1em;padding-top:1em;text-align:center;width:500px;”><form action=”http://www.mdconsult.com/public/search” method=”post”><input name=”elshs_ca1″ type=”hidden” value=”apis” /><input name=”elshs_ca2″ type=”hidden” value=”search” /><input name=”elshs_ca3″ type=”hidden” value=”simplehtmlsearchbox” /><input name=”search_type” type=”hidden” value=”All” /><span style=”font-family: Arial;”>Search <strong>MD Consult</strong> for </span><input name=”mdcquery” size=”25″ type=”text” /><input style=”background:#FFC16E;border:1px solid #9E6E6E;font-size:.9em;font-weight:bold;padding:.1em .5em;” name=”submitbutton” type=”submit” value=”Search” /></form></div>

Select-a-section search

This search box allows you to search all sections of the site, or just one section. It also includes the option to search First Consult as well. If you do not have access to First Consult, simply remove that as an option when you set up this form.

To use this simple all-section search box on your site, just copy-and-paste the following HTML:
<div style=”border:1px solid #ccc;margin:1em;text-align:center;width:500px;”><img src=”http://www.mdconsult.com/about/layout/mh_mdconsult_logo.png” height=”37″ width=”176″ alt=”MD Consult logo” style=”padding:.5em” /><form action=”http://www.mdconsult.com/public/search” method=”post”><input name=”elshs_ca1″ type=”hidden” value=”apis” /><input name=”elshs_ca2″ type=”hidden” value=”search” /><input name=”elshs_ca3″ type=”hidden” value=”simplehtmlsearchbox” />Search <select name=”search_type”><option value=”All”>All Sections</option><option value=”FirstConsult”> First Consult</option><option value=”AllBooks”> Books</option><option value=”journal”> Journals / MEDLINE</option><option value=”Clinics”> The Clinics</option><option value=”pe”> Patient Education</option><option value=”AllDrugs”> Drugs</option><option value=”AllGuidelines”> Guidelines</option><option value=”BookImages”> Images</option><option value=”News”> News</option></select>for<input type=”text” name=”mdcquery” value=”" size=”25″ /><input type=”submit” name=”submitbutton” value=”Search” style=”background:#FFC16E;border:1px solid #9E6E6E;font-size:.9em;font-weight:bold;padding:.1em .5em;” /></form></div>

Shortcut URLs / Direct links

Link directly to each of the sections on MD Consult:

• Home page: http://www.mdconsult.com
• First Consult: http://www.mdconsult.com/das/pdxmd/view/0
• Books list page: http://www.mdconsult.com/das/booklist/view/0
  • Learn more about linking directly to individual books on MD Consult
• Journals list page: http://www.mdconsult.com/das/journallist/view/0
  • Learn more about linking directly to individual journals on MD Consult
• The Clinics list page: http://www.mdconsult.com/das/clinicslist/view/0
  • Learn more about linking directly to individual Clinics on MD Consult
• Patient Education: http://www.mdconsult.com/das/patient/view/0
• Drugs: http://www.mdconsult.com/das/pharm/view/0
• Guidelines: http://www.mdconsult.com/das/guidelines/view/0
• Images: http://www.mdconsult.com/das/figure/view/0
• News: http://www.mdconsult.com/das/stat/view/0/mnfp
• CME: http://www.mdconsult.com/das/cme/view/0

Add MD Consult Search to your Firefox or Internet Explorer search options

If you are using Firefox or Internet Explorer 7, you can add an MD Consult option to your Firefox / IE7 search area which appears in the upper-right corner of your browser window.

Google Toolbar button

If you use Google Toolbar, you can add a special MD Consult button to your toolbar. In addition to giving you the ability to search MD Consult directly from your Google Toolbar, it also provides the latest medical news headlines from MD Consult directly to your web browser.

Add the MD Consult button to your Google Toolbar

Google Subscribed Links

If you already have a Gmail account, you can use Subscribed Links feature to add recommended results from MD Consult to Google search pages. Your Subscribed Link result will appear in the fourth position of Google search result and it can save you time by not having to click through multiple pages to find relevant clinical information for physicians.

To take advantage of this feature, you must log-on to your Google Gmail account. Click on the button below to start using this feature.

MD Consult on Facebook

If you’re a Facebook user, you can visit the MD Consult page on Facebook. Keep updated with the latest news from MD Consult, popular articles, and special offers.

MD Consult on Twitter

Keep updated with the latest Medical News by following MD Consult on Twitter. You can even get alerts delivered to your cell phone or instant messenger program.