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A quick guide to the Critical Care website
If you are a first time visitor, we hope that this quick guide will help you find your way around the website.
General navigation
At the top of every page are four icons:
Home - takes you to the journal homepage.
Feedback - send us your comments on the website.
Support - if you experience a problem, let us know and we will try to help.
Log on/register - click here to register or, if you have already done so, to log on. For more information about registration and its benefits, please see our FAQ section.
The website sections
The site is organised into eleven main sections, all accessed via the main navigation bar.
Home: The journal homepage is divided up into three areas:
- On the left is 'Latest news' where you can find links to the latest news articles in the field, and below is an overview of the website features.
- The middle section includes details of, and links to recently published articles, as well as our latest image highlight and relevant journal news.
- The column on the right contains quick links to the search, registration and submission pages, as well as links to the top 20 most accessed articles.
Issues: In this section you will find the journal archive containing the complete tables of contents (TOCs) for every issue of the journal. Each TOC provides links directly to the abstract, full text and PDF version of every article. In addition you can link to the PubMed record for the article, or a list of related articles generated by PubMed.
Articles: In this section articles are listed by type (review/research/commentary…) and by date of publication. Select the article type you are interested in from the menu at the top of the middle section, and navigate from month to month via the bar on the left.
Reports: In this section you can view the various reports we publish - these have been sorted by type and publication date.
Supplements: This is an archive of our supplements of meeting abstracts, proceedings and review collections.
Weblinks: This is our catalogued collection of Internet links to related websites and services.
Conferences: An up to date calendar of the most important meetings in the field.
Search: A powerful search facility for articles in Critical Care, BioMed Central and PubMed. For more details, see below.
Information: In this section you will find:
- Details on the aims and scope of Critical Care.
- Answers to frequently asked questions.
- Details of our Editorial Board.
- Information on the topics covered in the journal.
- Instructions for Authors.
- Information on advertising with Critical Care.
- Our latest press releases and news coverage.
- How to contact the Editorial Office.
Subscribe: You can subscribe online via our simple and secure online system and gain immediate access to all of our commissioned articles and reports.
My details: This is a personalized section of the site for registered users. Here you will find details of manuscripts that you have submitted or are in the process of submitting. If you have published articles, you can see statistics for the number of people who have read them to date. You can also view and refine your stored searches, and change your subject preferences and registration details.
Advanced search
Advanced search is a powerful and flexible tool for searching Critical Care, all articles published in BioMed Central journals or PubMed. You can specify and refine a search using dropdown menus or as a Boolean expression. For more detailed help on using the features of the search, click the 'Search tips' link near the search button. On this page you can also view your search history for the current session. You can refine and combine these searches and then store them for future use. In addition, registered users can have the results of stored searches e-mailed to them on a regular basis or whenever new articles matching a search are published.
Full text/XML functionality
The full text version of articles in Critical Care feature enhanced online functionality. When viewing the full text version of any article in the journal, you will see a box on the left hand side of the screen, similar to the one featured here. You can use the links in this box to jump either to the abstract or PDF of the article, view any comments posted by other readers or the article's PubMed record. In addition you can view related literature: either other articles by the same authors, or related articles in PubMed. There are also a number of tools available for use:
Email to a friend
Want to tell a colleague about an article you have read in Critical Care? Use the 'Email to a friend' link to send them the details.
Download references
Either download the citation for the article you are viewing or the complete reference list in Endnote, Reference Manager, Refworks or Bibtex formats for your personal use.
Post a comment
You can comment on all articles published in Critical Care to add your opinion. To post a comment you need to be a registered user and will be asked to verify your e-mail address. Our comment system is moderated to prevent abuse, but you will receive a prompt decision on your comment and it will be linked to the original article immediately on acceptance.
Order reprints
Click here for information on ordering high-quality bound reprints of the article you are interested in.
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