Rapid responses are electronic comments to the editor. They enable our users
to debate issues raised in articles published on bmj.com. A rapid response
is first posted online. If you need the URL (web address) of an individual
response, simply click on the response headline and copy the URL from the
browser window. A proportion of responses will, after editing, be published
online and in the print journal as letters, which are indexed in PubMed.
Rapid responses are not indexed in PubMed and they are not journal articles.
The BMJ reserves the right to remove responses which are being
wilfully misrepresented as published articles or when it is brought to our
attention that a response spreads misinformation.
From March 2022, the word limit for rapid responses will be 600 words not
including references and author details. We will no longer post responses
that exceed this limit.
The word limit for letters selected from posted responses remains 300 words.
Using your internal search engine, your brain, to make an informed
guess about the words that might be in the web address is one way to find
what you want.
This is fine if the website in question has the sense to register a
guessable domain name. However, many sites (particularly hospital or
academic sites) have addresses similar to
jgcj.ac.uk.org/uk/web/~/@~user/~file/00785.html . How can anyone guess
this (let alone remember it)?
Using an internet search engine is often no better - sometimes its
just like clicking on a link at random.
However, you failed to mention the solution to these problems...
Use a human directory.
Directories such as Yahoo & Medic8.com have done most of the hard work
to make life easier on the net.
Medic8.com, for example, is a UK Medical Portal for healthcare
professionals. Rather than guessing a web address or trying to remember
all the tildes & squiggles, Medic8.com has categorised medical sites
by specialty & by subject. You can therefore find peer-reviewed sites
quickly & easily, with accurate results.
So, rather than become disheartened when you can't remember a medical
sites url (web address), just remember one:
Medical sites on the web
Using your internal search engine, your brain, to make an informed
guess about the words that might be in the web address is one way to find
what you want.
This is fine if the website in question has the sense to register a
guessable domain name. However, many sites (particularly hospital or
academic sites) have addresses similar to
jgcj.ac.uk.org/uk/web/~/@~user/~file/00785.html . How can anyone guess
this (let alone remember it)?
Using an internet search engine is often no better - sometimes its
just like clicking on a link at random.
However, you failed to mention the solution to these problems...
Use a human directory.
Directories such as Yahoo & Medic8.com have done most of the hard work
to make life easier on the net.
Medic8.com, for example, is a UK Medical Portal for healthcare
professionals. Rather than guessing a web address or trying to remember
all the tildes & squiggles, Medic8.com has categorised medical sites
by specialty & by subject. You can therefore find peer-reviewed sites
quickly & easily, with accurate results.
So, rather than become disheartened when you can't remember a medical
sites url (web address), just remember one:
http://www.medic8.com
All good medical sites can be accessed from this portal.
Medic8.com - Your search for good health starts here.
Competing interests: No competing interests