In article <[log in to unmask]>, David Gill <david.gill@p
sychiatry.oxford.ac.uk> writes
>I agree that electonic info is the way forward-
>check out OXAMWEB (URL below) for
>an example of how this might develop
>
>Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 15:14:52 -0000
>Subject: Knowledge services for primary care
>From: Dr John Williams <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Jonathan Hutchins <[log in to unmask]>,
> evidence-based-health <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-to: Dr John Williams <[log in to unmask]>
>
>Yes - this is a real problem in busy general practice. Even if we get
>around to searching for answers to clinical questions "before we leave the
>building" we still have to get the papers to peruse.
The fact that BMJ, lancet and NEJM now have full text articles for
download will minimise the problems and hopefully the others of the
major journals will follow suit.
>
>In theory that could be done via email to library at local PGMC but in
>practice such requests can go astray. It is another link in a too long
>chain. Our librarians have always been most helpful but for some reason
>requests don't always result in the goods being delivered. Could be the
>courier of course...
the internet must be a partial answer when we can also browse from our
surgeries/office
>
>All that might be made easier if the text could be sent electronically. I'd
>still want to print it in most cases as long articles are much more easily
>read / understood / assimilated when on paper that can be carried around,
>moved about, taken to a place of comfort etc. An additional advantage would
>be the ability to produce copies for journal club / clinical meetings. OK -
>I'd have to pay for the printing but nothing is free.
agree - pdf format downloads are available
>
>There must be copyright issues to resolve - and of course the publishers
>would need to find a way of continuing to make their living - but when will
>we be able to access the original texts electronically? That way we might
>even reduce burdens on librarians who surely have more productive things to
>do than stand by a photocopying machine?
here here
>
>John Williams
i am helping to develop OUP/EMIS's "oxford Clinical mentor" which will
have html browser technology in the next version (mentor plus) with
articles (text based original "Oxford handbooks" images, small amount of
media, online updating. The facility will then exist to get basic
information with links to the internet. Medline and whole text browsing
of articles is not very far away. mentor Plus release date likely to be
jan 1999
regards
huw
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Huw Thomas
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