Physician information seeking: improving relevance through research   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

L D Gruppen 《Bulletin of the Medical Library Association》1990,78(2):165-172

Health sciences libraries have considerable potential as resources for both formal continuing professional education, as well as the informal continuing education that results from the professional's efforts to solve problems in daily practice. While there is a growing interest in making the resources of health sciences libraries more accessible to practitioners on a routine, day-to-day basis, there also needs to be more awareness of how, when, where, and why professionals look for information in the context of practical problems. This paper reviews recent research that identifies the context in which physicians seek information and advice from external sources, the information sources that physicians access, and the factors that influence which particular sources are sought. The results indicate that physicians vary in their information needs, preferences, motivations, and strategies for seeking information. This diversity suggests that health sciences libraries, in their efforts to be more accessible, should consider "market research" to determine the needs, preferences, and use patterns of the library's targeted users. Libraries may also benefit from exploring alternative methods of improving access to their resources.  相似文献   

Leslie F. Stebbins, Student Guide to Research in the Digital Age: How to Locate and Evaluate Information Sources , Libraries Unlimited, Westport (2006) 202 pp. $45.00 (paper), ISBN 1-59158-099-4.     

Donna L. Burton   《Government Information Quarterly》2008,25(3):558-561

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AEG-Telefunken TR 440: Software und Software-Entwicklung     

Hans-Jürgen Siegert 《Informatik - Forschung und Entwicklung》2008,22(4):237-266

Zusammenfassung  Zusammen mit drei weiteren Artikeln, die den übergang vom Batch- zum Timesharing-Betrieb, das Unternehmen und die Hardware des TR440 beschreiben, gibt dieser Text einen Rückblick auf Entwicklung und Realisierung des deutschen Gro?rechners TR440 bei AEG-Telefunken und den Nachfolgefirmen. Dieser Teil des Rückblicks besch?ftigt sich mit der Software und der Software-Entwicklung für den TR440, insbesondere in den Jahren 1965 bis 1974. Es werden technische Highlights der Software behandelt und Einblicke in die Software-Entwicklung selbst gegeben, insbesondere auch Hintergrundinformationen zu Einflüssen, Verantwortungen und Entscheidungen. Der Artikel beginnt mit dem TR4, dem Vorg?nger des TR440, und endet mit den Aktivit?ten für einen TR440-Nachfolger. CR subject classification  K.1 ; K.2 ; K.6 ; D.2 ; D.3 ; D.4 ; D.2.9  相似文献   

Strategien zur webbasierten Multilingualen Fragebeantwortung     

Günter Neumann 《Informatik - Forschung und Entwicklung》2008,22(2):71-84

Zusammenfassung  Wir stellen eine Reihe von innovativen Methoden zur webbasierten multilingualen Fragebeantwortung in offenen Dom?nen vor. Insbesondere werden neuartige Strategien zur Bestimmung optimaler Antwortkontexte und zur Extraktion von exakten Antworten auf Basis von sprachunabh?ngigen, datengetriebenen maschinellen Lernverfahren beschrieben. Es werden zwei alternative Methoden für die crosslinguale Frageanalyse skizziert mit deren Hilfe für eine Anfrage in einer natürlichen Sprache Antworten in Dokumenten einer anderen natürlichen Sprache bestimmt werden k?nnen. Alle Methoden sind detailliert evaluiert und weisen eine vielversprechende Performanz auf. CR subject classification  I.2.6 ; I.2.7 ; J.1 ; K.3.2 ; D.3.3 ; D.2.2  相似文献   

Expanding rural primary care training by employing information technologies: the need for participation by medical reference librarians     

Coggan JM  Crandall LA 《Medical reference services quarterly》1995,14(1):9-16

The use of rural sites to train badly needed primary care providers requires access to sophisticated medical information not traditionally available outside of academic health centers. Medical reference librarians can play a key role in the development of primary care training sites in rural settings. Electronic information technologies, with proactive support from medical reference librarians, can provide current and detailed information without concern for distance from the health science center library. This paper discusses recent developments in technology, describes current challenges to the application of this technology in rural settings, and provides policy recommendations for medical reference librarians to enhance rural primary care training.  相似文献   

Reconciling rising serials costs, the serials budget, and reference needs in a medical library serials retrenchment program: a methodology     

Spang L 《Medical reference services quarterly》1995,14(1):33-44

Devising a coherent serials retrenchment plan while maintaining quality reference service is a dilemma faced by increasing numbers of medical librarians. In 1991, the staff of the Shiffman Medical Library, Wayne State University, began to address increasing serials budget reductions that by 1994 amounted to a projected 20% maximum cut. The resulting retrenchment plan combined an ongoing serials use study, faculty and librarian reviews of cancellation lists, and systematic refinements in interlibrary cooperation and document delivery service. The Shiffman plan provides a constructive framework that can be adapted to other medical libraries facing immediate, major serials retrenchment.  相似文献   

Analysis of the use of reference services in an academic health sciences library     

Sullivan W  Schoppmann LA  Redman PM 《Medical reference services quarterly》1994,13(1):35-55

In 1991, the Reference and Information Services staff of the Alfred Taubman Medical Library at the University of Michigan gathered data on the use of the reference desk, including the frequency and types of assistance requested by different user groups throughout the year. Recommendations based on the results of this study led to improved service as well as more efficient use of staff resources.  相似文献   

Evidence-based medicine: an opportunity for health sciences librarians   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

McCarthy LH 《Medical reference services quarterly》1996,15(4):63-71

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The literature of women and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS): implications for collection development and information retrieval     

Gillaspy ML  Huber JT 《Medical reference services quarterly》1996,15(4):21-39

The purpose of the study was to identify the pattern of publication about women and AIDS in scientific journals. Bradford zones were identified in each of six databases. The study determined that journal scatter for this subset of AIDS literature differed from the scatter in the general literature; further, the information indexed in the six electronic sources demonstrated little overlap. Consequently, key journal and newsletter titles identified by this study should form the core of any collection focusing on women and AIDS. The assurance of quality patient care management demands that librarians consult multiple resources for information retrieval that can assist health care providers, patients, and caregivers to enhance quality of life as well as to provide optimum care.  相似文献   

Teaching medical computing skills to internal medicine residents     

Schwartz DG  Nolan L  Schlicht MP 《Medical reference services quarterly》1997,16(2):55-60

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