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Peer reviewedStill, Julie; Campbell, Frank – RSR Reference Services Review, 1993
Discusses the use of electronic mail for reference services and investigates systems in health sciences libraries and in academic libraries. The use of electronic mail for services including interlibrary loan, online search requests, literature searches, photocopies or other document delivery, reference questions, and purchase requests is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Mail, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Download full textSaracevic, Tefko, Ed. – 1980
The third in a series of international conferences on the problems of coping with the information explosion in the biomedical literature, this conference was held to explore certain aspects of the small core libraries recommended at previous meetings. Such libraries would be set up in developing countries and contain highly selective materials…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Health Personnel, Information Dissemination
PDF pending restorationWoelfl, Nancy N.; And Others – 1981
This course guide outlines the objectives and content for a one-day intermediate level continuing education course on monograph selection, acquisition, and management for health sciences librarians in medium to large-sized hospital libraries. Topics include: (1) characteristics of the scientific and technical monograph; (2) principles of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Library Acquisition
Peer reviewedLight, Jeanene C.; Goddard, Catherine F. – Library Software Review, 1994
Discusses the selection and evaluation of locally mounted computer files for health sciences libraries, including informational programs such as bibliographic and factual databases; computer-assisted instruction programs; and expert systems. Topics addressed include print sources; database sources; selection criteria, including content and cost;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Selection, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation
Rees, Alan M. – 1983
This course text outlines the objectives and content for a professional continuing education course on consumer health information (CHI) services. Topics covered include: (1) trends in medical consumerism and self-health care; (2) health information needs of consumers; (3) the role of the library in CHI, including legal ramifications; (4)…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Library Collection Development, Library Cooperation
Peer reviewedGinn, David S. – Library Trends, 1993
Discussion of specialized biomedical information and its management and dissemination focuses on the development of information concerning AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). Topics addressed include services to specialized user groups; selection, collection, and information evaluation in libraries; AIDS terminology; recent developments in…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Biomedicine, Hospital Libraries, Information Centers
