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Three e-Book Aggregators for Medical Libraries: NetLibrary, Rittenhouse R2 Digital Library, and STAT!Ref

, 2010
The development of electronic textbooks can be traced back as far as the mid-1940s. Today, various types of e-books are available, including downloads for portable readers, online versions of printed textbooks, and Web-published resources such as DynaMed.
Michael Heyd
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Microblogging for Medical Libraries and Librarians

, 2009
Microblogging is the latest and greatest technology to hit libraries and their staffs across the country. Medical libraries, physicians, students, and national health organizations are all starting to utilize microblogging services such as Twitter.
Dana M. DeFebbo, Leigh Mihlrad, Marcy A. Strong   +2 more
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Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries: Issues and Solutions

, 2009
In undergoing this life, many people always try to do and get the best. New knowledge, experience, lesson, and everything that can improve the life will be done. However, many people sometimes feel confused to get those things.
M. Lindsay
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Academic medical libraries' policies and procedures for notifying library users of retracted scientific publications.

Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 1998
Academic medical libraries have a responsibility to inform library users regarding retracted publications. Many have created policies and procedures that identify flawed journal articles.
Carole Hughes
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Medical School Libraries

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1977
To the Editor.— To my article "Medical School Libraries in the United States, 1960 through 1975" (237:464, 1977) I wish to add data and references, received subsequent to publication, to complete the historical record. Table 2, which provides data on support to health sciences libraries by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), does not cover the ...
openaire   +3 more sources

The Effect of Mass Purchase on Document Supply Service at South Korean Medical Libraries

, 2008
The appearance of KESLI (Korea Electronic Site License Initiative), an electronic journals consortium, has allowed South Korean medical libraries to expand the availability of foreign academic journals dramatically.
Eun-Ja Shin
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The Use of Blogs in Medical Libraries

, 2006
Weblogs, or blogs are a relatively new and rapidly growing method of dynamic online communication. Librarians are using blogs to deliver information services to their users as well as to collaborate and communicate with other library professionals ...
Michelle A Kraft
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High-Performance Medical Libraries: Advances in Information Management for the Virtual Era

, 1994
Extended catalogs, digitized image databases, intelligent retrieval, online document delivery, and distributed collections are all elements of what we have come to think of as the "virtual" library and constitute some of the topics discussed in this work.
A. Aguirre
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Best Practices for Medical Libraries to Deliver Materials to Distance Learners

, 2007
Distance education programs in the health fields are increasing. Programs are changing and expanding to allow maximum flexibility for students and to accommodate working health professionals. Additionally, as medical schools increase off-site rotation of
B. Renner, Adam S. Vardaman, M. Norton
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Inter-Library Loan Service in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A Case Study of Medical Libraries

, 1998
The last 20 years have seen a marked increase in co-operation among Saudi medical libraries, with inter-library loan service at the forefront. This is an investigation of the current situation of co-operative inter-lending and resource sharing among ...
M. J. Arif, Mohammed Makki Sibai, M. S. Sulaiman   +2 more
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