Journal of the Medical Library Association back issues from April 2005:
Building a body of evidence
Apr 01, 2005; ... Jon Eldredge had just given an excellent keynote address, and he and I were talking in the hotel lounge. The occasion was the annual meeting of the Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association (MLA), held in Kansas City, Missouri, last fall (the same hotel and same meeting where ...
Information-seeking behavior of nursing students and clinical nurses: implications for health sciences librarians*
Apr 01, 2005; ... Objectives: This research was conducted to provide new insights on clinical nurses' and nursing students' current use of health resources and libraries and deterrents to their retrieval of electronic clinical information, exploring implications from these findings for health sciences ...
A current perspective on medical informatics and health sciences librarianship
Apr 01, 2005; ... Objective: The article offers a current perspective on medical informatics and health sciences librarianship. Narrative: The authors: (1) discuss how definitions of medical informatics have changed in relation to health sciences librarianship and the broader domain of information ...
High school peer tutors teach MedlinePlus: a model for Hispanic outreach*
Apr 01, 2005; ... Objectives: The objective was to introduce the MedlinePlus Website to the predominantly Hispanic residents of the Lower Rio Grande Valley region of Texas by partnering with a health professions magnet high school (known as Med High). Methods: Community assessment was used in the planning ...
Personal digital assistant-based drug information sources: potential to improve medication safety*
Apr 01, 2005; ... Objectives: This study compared the potential for personal digital assistant (PDA)-based drug information sources to minimize potential medication errors dependent on accurate and complete drug information at the point of care. Methods: A quality and safety framework for drug information ...
Learning to use learning resources during medical school and residency*
Apr 01, 2005; ... Objectives: This study (1) examined the natural history of learning to use learning resources by medical students and residents and (2) considered whether that history is consistent with the ways in which physicians approach their learning tasks. Methods: The authors conducted and ...
Collaborative Collection Development: A Practical Guide for Your Library
Apr 01, 2005; ... BURGETT, JAMES, JOHN HAAR, AND LINDA L. PHILLIPS. Collaborative Collection Development: A Practical Guide for Your Library. Chicago, IL: American Library Association, c2004. 211 p. $42.00. ISBN: 0-8389-0881-0.∞ James Burgett, John Haar, and Linda L. Phillips are the current leaders ...
F2F Connection: a community health information needs assessment of Texas families who have children with chronic illnesses and/or disabilities and their care providers*
Apr 01, 2005; ... INTRODUCTION The F2F Connection project is a collaborative effort involving the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Woman's University, Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center (HAM-TMC) Library, and Family to Family Network (F2FN). The overarching goal of the ...
RefViz 1.0.1
Apr 01, 2005; ... RefViz 1.0.1. Thompson ISI ResearchSoft, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104; 800.336. 4474; fax, 800.386.9211; http:// www.refviz.com; $299.95; Microsoft Windows NT/ME/2000/XP or Mac OS X. With the information explosion in the sciences showing no signs of abating, researchers ...
Exploiting Knowledge in Health Services
Apr 01, 2005; ... Exploiting Knowledge in Health Services. Edited by Graham Walton and Andrew Booth. London, UK: Facet Publishing, 2004. 274 p. $125.00. ISBN: 1-85604-479-3. Exploiting Knowledge in Health Services builds on the foundations of its predecessor, a book titled Managing Knowledge in Health ...
Palliative Care: Care for Terminally Ill Patients
Apr 01, 2005; ... Palliative Care: Care for Terminally Ill Patients. Aquarius Health Care Videos, 18 North Main Street, Sherborn, MA 01770; 888.440.2963; info@aquariusproductions.com; http://www.aquariusproductions .com; $125.00 including public performance rights; 30 minutes; VHS (not closed-captioned); 2003; ...
A curious mind*
Apr 01, 2005; ... Leadership has many facets. Leadership may come from the power of a new idea. It may come from the impact of the written word or from the strength of an individual's personality. When you find an individual with all these attributes, you have a true leader. Such a person is Nina Matheson, ...
Transitions through the Perimenopausal Years
Apr 01, 2005; ... Transitions through the Perimenopausal Years. Aquarius Health Care Videos, 18 North Main Street, Sherborn, MA 01770; 888.440.2963; info@aquariusproductions.com; htt p://www.aquariusproductions.com; $195.00 including public performance rights; 45 minutes; VHS (not closed-captioned); 2003; ISBN: ...
Information-seeking behaviors of practitioners in a primary care practice-based research network (PBRN)*
Apr 01, 2005; ... Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the information-seeking behaviors (e.g., information resource usage patterns, access to types of sources and to medical libraries, and use of particular information technologies) of members in a primary care practice-based research network (PBRN) ...
Obituaries: Charles Robin LeSueur, 1923-2004
Apr 01, 2005; ... Robin LeSueur died at home in Chester Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada, on September 4, 2004. For those of us in the medical library community, Robin will be remembered as having been the director of two distinguished academic medical center libraries, those at Rockefeller University in Manhattan, New ...
Online journals' impact on the citation patterns of medical faculty
Apr 01, 2005; ... Purpose: The purpose was to determine the impact of online journals on the citation patterns of medical faculty. This study looked at whether researchers were more likely to limit the resources they consulted and cited to those journals available online rather than those only in ...
Adoption of structured abstracts by general medical journals and format for a structured abstract*
Apr 01, 2005; ... Background: The use of a structured abstract has been recommended in reporting medical literature to quickly convey necessary information to editors and readers. The use of structured abstracts increased during the mid-1990s; however, recent practice has yet to be analyzed. Objectives: ...
Using volunteers in Ontario hospital libraries: views of library managers*
Apr 01, 2005; ... Background: Volunteers have been a resource for all types of libraries for many years. Little research has been done to describe the attitudes librarians have toward library volunteers. More specifically, the attitudes of hospital librarians toward volunteers have never been ...
Staff development planning in an academic health sciences library*
Apr 01, 2005; ... Objective: A staff development committee (SDC) was convened to implement staff development opportunities for an academic health sciences library system comprised of three separate facilities. The charge for the SDC was to: (1) develop programs to enhance workplace skills and personal growth, (2) ...
Standards for hospital libraries 2002 with 2004 revisions*
Apr 01, 2005; ... After the publication of the "Standards for Hospital Libraries 2002," the Board of Directors of the Medical Library Association recommended that the Standards Committee of the Hospital Libraries Section continually evaluate the standards and revise them as necessary. The 2004 revisions, printed ...
"Devant le Deluge" and Other Essays on Early Modern Scientific Communication
Apr 01, 2005; ... KRONICK, DAVID A. "Devant le Deluge" and Other Essays on Early Modern Scientific Communication. Latham, MD, and Oxford, UK: Scarecrow Press, 2004. 346 p. $54.95. ISBN: 0-8108-5003-6.∞ David A. Kronick's "Devant le Deluge" and Other Essays on Early Modem Scientific Communication ...
Project Management: Tools and Techniques for Today's ILS Professional
Apr 01, 2005; ... ALLAN, BARBARA. Project Management: Tools and Techniques for Today's ILS Professional. London, UK: Facet Publishing, 2004. 193 p. $75.00. ISBN: 1-85604-504-8. Barbara Allan's objective in writing this book is to provide a practical guide for library and information workers who are either ...
Global Health
Apr 01, 2005; ... Global Health. CABI Publishing, CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OXlO 8DE, United Kingdom; + 44.1491.832111; http:// www.cabi-publishing.org; $1,460.00 to $6,790.00 per year; institutional, corporate, and developing country subscription rates based on standalone (CD-ROM) and Internet ...
Women with Alcohol Dependency: More Common than You Think
Apr 01, 2005; ... Women with Alcohol Dependency: More Common than You Think. Aquarius Health Care Videos, 18 North Main Street, Sherborn, MA 01770; 888.440.2963; info@aquariusproductions.com; htt p://www.aquariusproductions .com; $125.00 including public performance rights; 27 minutes; VHS (not closed-captioned); ...
OBITUARIES: John Arnold Timour, 1926-2004
Apr 01, 2005; ... John Arnold Timour was a charismatic leader who left an indelible mark on the profession he loved. His death on September 29, 2004, at age seventyeight, seems premature for someone who in many ways remained "forever young." Those who worked with him owe him a debt of gratitude and feel an ...