作者: James E. Knaben , Steven J. Phillips , Jack W. Snyder , Martha R. Szczur
DOI: 10.1177/009286150403800210
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摘要: The National Library of Medicine (NLM) began in 1836 as a small collection books the office Army Surgeon General. Today, NLM is world’s largest medical library, providing access to its vast seven million items onsite and through World Wide Web. Historical interest drug information dates 1967, when Congress provided funds for Drug Literature Program at NLM. now dispersed among number bibliographic factual databases that offer an array clinical, research, toxicological data. Target audiences include consumers, patients, healthcare practitioners, clinical researchers, scientists. development publishing have both accelerated such extent it virtually impossible practitioners researchers keep apprised current information. Due wide utilization posting medically-related data, Internet discussed terms impact on library responsibilities, efforts evaluate Web-based health information, how resultant imperatives indicate need create new drug-related including portal