What is the SMART (Scientific & Medical ART) Imagebase?
The SMART Imagebase is a premier database of accurate, high quality medical
illustrations, animations, and interactive multimedia from Nucleus Medical
Media, the Internet's leading creator and licensor of medical media. The
collection contains thousands of proprietary, copyrighted images depicting
normal anatomy, physiology, embryology, and histology, as well as the Web's
largest repository of reference illustrations depicting surgery, trauma,
pathology, diseases and conditions. The SMART Imagebase is a unique,
educational resource for students, educators, library patrons, and
professionals in healthcare and news media.
What is the difference between the Comprehensive and Standard versions
of the SMART Imagebase?
The Comprehensive version of the SMART Imagebase contains all images,
animations and interactive multimedia from the Nucleus Medical Media
catalog. The Standard version is edited for middle and high school
students, excluding graphic or explicit content of surgery, trauma,
pathology, and reproductive anatomy. There are over 25,000 items included
in the Comprehensive version, and more than 4,200 in the Standard version.
Read what students, educators and others have to say about the medical
illustrations and animations found only on the SMART Imagebase.
What's new about the SMART Imagebase?
The following enhancements have been made to the SMART Imagebase:
· Responsive Design: Whether using a laptop, tablet, smartphone or
desktop computer, the new responsive design interface scales to fit user's
screens.
· Modernized User Interface: The designers have taken cues from the
top image and video websites to create a graphically rich, streamlined
interface that eliminates clutter and elevates the most commonly used
functions such as searching and browsing.
· Enhanced Thumbnails: After performing a search, users will see
larger content thumbnails with more information about the content itself
such as the title, description, image ID and content type, which can be
viewed by hovering, or touching on a mobile screen.
· Larger Content Previews: Seeing the images and animations up close
no longer requires a magnify tool because the images have been scaled up by
as much as 40% in the content preview. This feature eliminates clicks and
helps users navigate to their desired images faster.
How do I find out more about costs and ordering?
For more information about costs and ordering, contact EBSCO Publishing:
10 Estes Street
Ipswich, MA 01938
USA
800-653-2726 (U.S. & Canada)
978-356-6500 (International)
Fax: 978-356-6565
information@epnet.com
Who are the target audiences for the SMART Imagebase?
· College students and educators
· Healthcare professionals and support staff
· Public library patrons
· High school students and educators
· News media professionals
· Lawyers
How does each target audience use the downloadable images and
animations in the SMART Imagebase?
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College students and educators
may use the SMART Imagebase content for educational, non-commercial
purposes such as research, classroom assignments, test preparation,
lectures, web-based courseware, lesson plans, and testing.
·
Doctors, allied health professionals, and hospital graphics
department staff
may use the SMART Imagebase content for educational, non-commercial
purposes such as research, patient education, and research
presentations.
·
Public library patrons
may use the SMART Imagebase content for educational, non-commercial
purposes such as research, scholarship, and educating themselves,
friends, family, and associates.
·
High school students and educators
may use the SMART Imagebase content for educational, non-commercial
purposes such as research, classroom assignments, test preparation,
lectures, web-based courseware, lesson plans, and testing.
·
News media graphic designers
may use the SMART Imagebase content for limited commercial purposes in
support of news reports in print, broadcast or on the web.
·
Lawyers, paralegals, legal nurse consultants and other legal
professionals working on personal injury or medical malpractice
cases
can use the SMART Imagebase content for limited commercial purposes.
Some examples include: print or electronic demonstrative evidence for
research, client conferences, medical expert conferences, depositions,
demand letters, settlement conferences, arbitration, mediation, mock
trials, focus groups, and trials.
What are my usage rights for the SMART Imagebase content?
The SMART Imagebase Commercial and Educational Usage Agreement allows for
two levels of content usage, depending on what type of organization
licenses the product. If you are using the web site at, or under the
license of, a college, university, school, public library, general
corporation, or hospital, you may only use the images for educational,
non-commercial projects. You may not publish the images on a public web
site, or use them for promotion, marketing or sales. For more examples of
restrictions, please read the
full agreement.
If you are using the web site under the license of a news corporation, you
may use the image in print, broadcast or web-based news stories. For more
examples of restrictions, please read the
full agreement.
If you are using the website at, or under the license of, a law firm, you
may only use the images as demonstrative evidence for pre-trial events and
trial. If you are using the website under the license of a news
corporation, you may use the image in print, broadcast or web-based news
stories. For more examples of restrictions, please read the
full agreement.
What are my long-term usage rights for the images if my organization
stops subscribing to the SMART Imagebase?
You are free to use SMART Imagebase images for non-commercial projects such
as courseware, training materials, communications, etc., for as long as
your organization subscribes to the SMART Imagebase. If your organization
no longer subscribes to SMART, and you wish to continue using the images,
please contact Nucleus Medical Media as soon as possible to pay for usage
rights for continued use of the images. When doing so, please mention you
would like to convert a SMART Imagebase license to a private license.
Can individuals license
SMART Imagebase
content?
If you do not have access to SMART Imagebase via your institution's
(school, public library, university, etc.) website, you may contact Nucleus
Medical Media directly at:
1-800-333-0753
http://www.nucleuscatalog.com/contact
May I print out images for classroom handouts? May I include printed
images in course packs?
Yes, you may print out images for classroom handouts or include them as
part of print or electronic course packs under the following conditions:
· Your school library has a current, fully paid subscription to the
SMART Imagebase. Please check with your librarian.
· The printed images are NOT part of a commercial product for resale.
To use the images in a commercial product, you must obtain a commercial
usage license directly from Nucleus Medical Media.
· You must put the following attribution on the same page as the
image(s) appear:
Medical Illustration(s) © "DATE" Nucleus Medical Media, Inc.
The word "DATE" should be replaced with the current year, for example:
Medical Illustration(s) © 2017 Nucleus Medical Media, Inc.
May I email non-watermarked images, animations, or video files?
No, due to copyright infringement rules, non-watermarked images,
animations, or video files cannot be emailed. Digitally watermarked images
may be emailed to friends, family, and associates.
Can I add my own keywords and tags to the illustrations and animations?
Not at this time. All keywords, tags, and other meta data are created and
managed by Nucleus and its partners in order to maintain the accuracy and
functionality of the database.
Can I post the illustrations and animations within a learning
management system (LMS) such as BlackBoard or Moodle?
Yes, you can use the animations and illustrations within both Blackboard
and Moodle software programs. Blackboard and Moodle support .mov, .jpg and
.pdf file formats. For more information on usage, please read the full licensing agreement.
What content is included in the SMART Imagebase?
The SMART Imagebase contains over 20,000 content items.
The following content types are available in the SMART Imagebase:
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Stock Illustrations
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Medical Charts
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Medical Animations
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Physiology Animations
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Biology Animations
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360 VR Animations
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Monographs
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Human Body Lesson Plans
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Coloring Book Pages
What are the Monographs in the SMART Imagebase?
Monographs are illustrated articles that provide overviews of health
conditions. The information is created from information from the National
Institutes of Health and images from the Nucleus Medical Media library.
Where have I seen these images and animation before?
Nucleus Medical Media is the most popularly referenced resource for medical
illustrations and animations on the web based on rankings from Alexa.com, a
division of Amazon.com. The company's content is seen online by millions of
people daily on clients such as Yahoo!, MSN.com, WebMD, HONmedia,
DiscoveryHealth, Healthwise, The Doe Report and hundreds of other web
sites, newspapers, broadcasts, books, posters and other media.
Cumulatively, commercial clients spend millions of dollars annually to
license Nucleus Medical Media's content.
Are the exhibits in
SMART Imagebase
available in different languages?
The SMART Imagebase features its most popular images translated
into Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German,
Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and
Tagalog (Filipino).
What file formats are the images and animations available in?
Downloadable content is available in the following formats:
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JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
- JPEG files are suitable for use in PowerPoint, Flash animations,
posters, websites and other media. The JPEG images are 370×540
pixels, or approximately 5×7.5 inches.
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PDF (Portable Document Format)
- PDF files are ideal for printing to be used as handouts. The PDF
Images are 612×792 pixels, or 8.5×11 inches.
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MOV (QuickTime)
-- QuickTime™ files are viewed via Apple Computer's QuickTime
player. If you do not have QuickTime™ installed on your computer,
visit
https://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
to download a free version of the product. The QuickTime™
animations are available in SD (standard definition resolution).
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M4V (MPEG Video)
- narrated animations are downloaded as MPEG video files that can be
viewed in standard video players. They are available in SD (standard
definition resolution).
How big are the images and animations?
The JPEG Images are 370 x 540 pixels, or approximately 5 x 7.5 inches.
The PDF Images are 612 x 792 pixels, or 8.5 x 11 inches.
The Quicktime™ animations are 240 x 320 pixels.
The MPEG Videos are available in SD (standard definition resolution).
What are your quality control procedures for insuring medical accuracy?
All new content is created by experienced, highly educated medical
illustrators/animators who have earned graduate or undergraduate degrees
from one of the following schools:
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Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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Medical College of Georgia
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Rochester Institute of Technology
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University of Toronto
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University of Texas Memorial Research Center
Each institution provides a rigorous core curriculum of anatomy,
physiology, histology, embryology, and other life science courses combined
with art and visual communications instruction.
All new content is peer-reviewed by the Nucleus Internal Review Committee.
This committee is comprised of highly experienced medical illustrators and
animators.
Prior to publication, new animations are reviewed by an applicable Medical
Subject Expert - either a physician or Ph.D.
How often is the content updated?
Nucleus uploads new content at least once per week, and sometimes several
times per day. After Nucleus uploads and publishes an illustration,
animation, monograph, interactive project or other content type, the
company will not update the content unless a reviewer or user points out a
medical inaccuracy. Updates do not include changes to technology shown in
surgical, diagnostic or testing procedures, which Nucleus leaves in its
database for study purposes.
Are images and animations ever removed from the database as the
technology shown in them, such as surgical instruments or techniques,
becomes out of date?
Nucleus does not remove images and animations depicting non-current
technology or procedures so that users who are interested in these topics
may study them. Because the content is used worldwide, some of the
"outdated" technology may still be in current use. This policy also allows
comparative study of past and newer technology.
How do I find images and animations in the SMART Imagebase?
To find content in the SMART Imagebase, select a category from the options
presented graphically on the home page, or use the search and browse
features. By default, searches present results for English content and all
content types. You can filter your results by content type and language
from the search results page. You can browse for content by selecting
content type, medical specialty, body systems and regions, or language
options from the browse page.
To search for content in the
SMART Imagebase
:
1. Enter your search term or phrase into the Search box
located to the left of the magnifying glass icon at the
top of the page, then click the magnifying glass or the enter/return key on
your device's keyboard. The SMART Imagebase displays a list of
results. Each result includes a graphic representation (thumbnail) of the
content item.
2. You can filter the search results by content type by selecting the
content type drop-down menu located above the search results and selecting
a single content type from the options displayed in the expanded menu.
3. You can filter the search results by language by selecting the language
drop-down menu located above the search results and selecting a single
language from the options displayed in the expanded menu.
NOTE: selecting a language option filters the results displayed for the
term searched, it does not search for foreign-language versions of the
content displayed in your results.
NOTE: all searches are in the language selected and displayed in the search
results language drop-down menu. For best results, your search terms should
be in the same language as the language displayed in the menu.
To browse for content in the
SMART Imagebase
:
1. Click the Browse feature with the eye icon, located to
the right of the search feature. The browse page will load
with options for each category.
2. Click on a single option under one of the following categories:Content Type, Medical Specialties, Body Systems/Regions, or Language. The
search results page will load with content matching your selected category.
What can I do if an image I'm looking for does not exist in the SMART
Imagebase?
You can submit a request for a new image by contacting Nucleus Medical Art
directly. Because the company receives hundreds of requests for new artwork
daily, they are only able to honor requests for the most popularly
requested subjects.
How do I download non-watermarked content from the SMART Imagebase?
The instructions for downloading a non-watermarked image vary depending on
whether the image is still or animated. Refer to the applicable procedure
below for instructions on how to download non-watermarked images.
To download a non-watermarked still image:
1. Access the still image that you want to download.
2. Click the Download link located below the image
description.
3. The SMART Imagebase displays the Choose Download Format
page.
4. Click the applicable size/format option from the drop-down menu. Click
the Usage Agreement link to review the Commercial and Educational Usage
Agreement in a separate browser window, then click the Download button.
5. The Download Item page appears, which will display a
download confirmation icon when the item has successfully downloaded to
your computer.
6. Do one of the following to view and save the image:
· If you selected a PDF file, you will be prompted to Open or Save the
PDF after clicking Download. Select Open and Adobe Acrobat
Reader opens the image within your browser window. Click Save to save the image to your computer.
· To view a JPEG file, the browser automatically displays the image.
The method via which you save a copy of the file to your computer varies
depending on the browser you use. Refer to your browser's online help if
you require instructions.
To download a non-watermarked animation:
1. Access the animation that you want to download.
2. Click the Download link located below the animation
description. The Animation Download page appears.
3. Click the Usage Agreement link to review the SMART Imagebase Commercial and Educational Usage Agreement.
4. Select the animation format you would like to download and click Download. You will be prompted to open or save the file.
When saving the file to your computer, you may need to double-click the zip
file to extract it before viewing.
Afterward, follow the directions for accessing the image on your Windows or
Macintosh operating system. If you have any difficulty, you may contact
EBSCO at:
10 Estes Street
Ipswich, MA 01938
USA
800-653-2726 (U.S. & Canada)
978-356-6500 (International)
Fax: 978-356-6565
information@epnet.com
In the SMART Imagebase, what is My Lightbox? How long is it stored?
My Lightbox is a repository where users can create a collection of selected
content during a single website session, or if logged in to your My
Lightbox account, create and save the collection for later retrieval, or
share the collection with others. Use My Lightbox to select and compare
illustrations, animations, medical exhibits and other content.
If you create a My Lightbox account and sign in, the items that you save to
your Lightbox are stored for one year. Each time a Lightbox is accessed or
added to, the 365-day clock starts over. If there is no activity after one
year, the Lightbox expires-however all images are still available within
SMART Imagebase.
If you add items to My Lightbox but are not signed into a My Lightbox
account, the items are saved in the Lightbox on that computer for 30 days.
If there is no activity on that computer after 30 days, the Lightbox
expires-however all images are still available within SMART Imagebase.
How do I cite an exhibit In
SMART Imagebase
?
There are three citation styles available in SMART Imagebase: AMA,
APA and MLA. It is also possible to display the permalink for an exhibit.
To cite an exhibit in
SMART Imagebase
:
1. Navigate to an image you wish to cite.
2. Click the Cite this exhibit link found below the image
description. The image citation information is displayed.
3. Highlight the AMA style, APA style, or MLA style citation you would like to copy, and utilize
your browser's copy and paste feature to copy it into your document.