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Graham, Elaine, Ed.; Kesti, Julie, Ed. – 1985
This manual is designed to aid the inexperienced person assigned to a hospital library and given the responsibility of ordering library materials, organizing the collection, borrowing from other libraries, and seeking information. Following a brief introduction, the manual is divided into 10 chapters: (1) Organization and Administration of the…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Guidelines, Hospital Libraries, Information Sources
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Bernal, Nancy E. – CD-ROM Professional, 1991
Describes the capability of printing availability messages for a library's local journal holdings with CD-ROM MEDLINE databases. Results of a survey conducted at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital medical library suggest that users will tend to use only those sources available locally rather than interlibrary loan. (five references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Databases, Interlibrary Loans, Library Materials, Library Surveys
Suga, Toshinobu – 1980
A brief description of the resources and services available from the 94 member libraries of the Japan Medical Library Association (JMLA) is followed by a discussion of the need for closer ties with the medical library associations of other Southeast Asian countries. Contacts described include participation in workshops held by the Southeast Asian…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Information Dissemination, Information Services
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. of Library Services. – 1982
This report presents an overview of health science libraries and the biomedical communications network in Wisconsin, and a list of goals and recommendations related to the role of the state government in the development of health science library services. It is noted that health science libraries in the state range from hospital and academic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Check Lists, Guidelines, Hospital Libraries
Gonda-Farley, Kristine M. – 1996
This study examines the interlibrary loan requests made to NEOUCOM's (Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine) Oliver Ocasek Regional Medical Information Center in Rootstown, OH from its associated council hospital libraries. A total of 636 interlibrary loan requests from the period July 1994-July 1995 were analyzed. Components of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Hospital Libraries, Interlibrary Loans
Maguire, Carmel; Lovelace, Eugenia – 1975
An initial survey of medical information resources in New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria, Australia, reveals a lack of adequate collections, insufficiently trained staff, few formal lines of communication between service providers, and paucity of mechanisms to ensure user awareness of available services. Detailed proposals are provided for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Services