Small medical libraries can, with a planned approach, respond positively to extra user demands generated by new information products, such as cd-rom databases, by taking the initiative to raise, through fee-based serv...
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Small medical libraries can, with a planned approach, respond positively to extra user demands generated by new information products, such as cd-rom databases, by taking the initiative to raise, through fee-based services, income which can be used to fund other products.
cd-rom systems are heavily used in medical libraries, but literature on the topic reports that searching is of poor quality. There is increasing concern over doctors' legal liability for their patients and the rol...
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cd-rom systems are heavily used in medical libraries, but literature on the topic reports that searching is of poor quality. There is increasing concern over doctors' legal liability for their patients and the role of the literature search in keeping doctors informed. Will poor searching impact on the quality of information retrieved? This small-scale study was a pilot for a larger investigation which has been sponsored by the British Library. Findings indicate that, while searching is inelegant, it is not necessarily ineffective, although it would appear that medical practitioners would find training in the use of cd-rom systems cost-effective.
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