Information Sources in the Medical Sciences

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Information Sources in the Medical Sciences
Third edition .
Editors: L T. Morton, FLA S. Godbolt BA, FLA
, The literature of medicine and related subjects is constantly expanding and a thorough knowledge of standard works and recent publications is essential to those working in these areas. In this guide to information sources, subject specialists and medical librarians show how to make the best use of literature and databases in their particular specialties. Each contributor uses his or her personal experience to survey and critically evaluate the ¦ :: material available in the field. ' - '
Previous editions of this book were published under the title tyse of MedicaHiterature. The Xh\rd edition of this important reference : work has been thoroughly revised to include details of recent biomedical literature and the development of mechanized sources of information since the last edition appeared 1977. Three new chapters deal respectively with audio-visual materials, general :... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Information Sources in the Medical Sciences
Third edition .
Editors: L T. Morton, FLA S. Godbolt BA, FLA
, The literature of medicine and related subjects is constantly expanding and a thorough knowledge of standard works and recent publications is essential to those working in these areas. In this guide to information sources, subject specialists and medical librarians show how to make the best use of literature and databases in their particular specialties. Each contributor uses his or her personal experience to survey and critically evaluate the ¦ :: material available in the field. ' - '
Previous editions of this book were published under the title tyse of MedicaHiterature. The Xh\rd edition of this important reference : work has been thoroughly revised to include details of recent biomedical literature and the development of mechanized sources of information since the last edition appeared 1977. Three new chapters deal respectively with audio-visual materials, general : practice literature, and sources of information for patients and ' 'public.
The book has already proved of the greatest value to clinicians and research workers, particularly those moving to a new and unfamiliarfield. The new edition will be an essential addition not; only to medical libraries but also to the reference sections of university, college, and public libraries ^
Reviews of previous edition
'The editor and the contributors are to be congratulated on . producing such an exhaustive^ yet concise, guide to medical • literature, and it is to be hoped that further updated editions will be published at regular intervals' -
British Medical Bulletin
'This book will be a valuable teaching aid to anyone involved with instruction in medical bibliography. Librarians will find the book a good source for the identification of standard biomedical, reference sources' : ^
Bulletin Medical Library Association USA
'It is'a uniquely valuable resource book' ¦ The Medical Journal of Australia Special Supplement Vissza