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Dutcher, Gale A. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1989
Describes an automated interlibrary loan request routing and referral system made available to U.S. biomedical libraries by the National Library of Medicine. The description covers the databases used and the systems modules that support various functions. The current status of the system and possible future developments are discussed. (six…
Descriptors: Databases, Interlibrary Loans, Library Automation, Library Networks
Smith, Kent A. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1986
Description of information services from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) highlights a new system for retrieving information from NLM's databases (GRATEFUL MED); a formal Regional Medical Library Network; DOCLINE; the Unified Medical Language System; and Integrated Academic Information Management Systems. Research and development and the…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Systems, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Olson, Paul E.; Pletzke, Chester J. – 1975
A cost-benefit analysis of the 43-library, 260,000-title Midwest Medical Union Catalog (MMUC) of books, conducted from June, 1973, through May, 1975, under a grant from the National Library of Medicine, studied the 49-year-old catalog in the context of the interlibrary loan activity of the Midwest Health Science Library Network. The study tested…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Information Dissemination, Interlibrary Loans
Woods, Elaine – 1985
Five years ago, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) funded an Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) study of the impact of new information and communications technologies on the roles of health sciences libraries in a radically changing health care and educational environment. A key recommendation of the resulting report called for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Database Management Systems, Databases, Information Retrieval
Cummings, Martin M. – 1976
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) had its beginnings in the Library of the Army Surgeon General's office established in 1836. Dr. John Shaw Billings, who was in charge from 1865 to 1895, greatly influenced the growth of the library and also initiated production of the widely used "Index Catalogue" of author and subject listings as…
Descriptors: Databases, History, Information Networks, Information Services
Bowden, Virginia M.; And Others – 1991
This project examined the impact of the University of Texas Health Science Center's Circuit Library Health Information Network (CLHIN) on availability and usage of medical information to health professionals and the effect of the promotion of online services, GRATEFUL MED and MEDLINE (flat rate). The project included a survey of physicians,…
Descriptors: Databases, Evaluation Methods, Financial Support, Health Personnel