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To top of page Introduction to Reference Sources in the Health Sciences, fourth edition

Compiled and edited by Jo Anne Boorkman, Jeffrey Huber, and Fred Roper
Introduction to Reference Sources in the Health Sciences, fourth edition

2004 (6 x 9 in., 389 pp., softcover)
ISBN 1-55570-418-6

MLA Member price: $67.50 plus shipping/handling; nonmembers: $75.00 plus shipping/handling.

Now, after almost a decade, a new edition of the standard guide to health science sources is available for students, librarians, and health professionals. This completely updated and comprehensive fourth edition discusses the various kinds of bibliographic and information sources and their use in health sciences and provides a comparative approach to major tools and their uses. The new edition also emphasizes the growth of electronic resources and how they are used in conjunction with print sources.

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"The fourth edition of this classic textbook and collection development guide comes nearly ten years after the publication of the third edition and has been extensively revised and enhanced to reflect not only new online resources, but the recent emphasis in the profession on consumer health and evidence-based medicine. It should be an essential reference guide available in all health sciences libraries and a key textbook for courses covering health sciences reference sources. ...Although every previous edition has included electronic resources, the focus of this edition is on electronic resources that have become the principle method of providing excellent and timely reference services. ...A real bonus is the book's readability. The book is not a simple listing of resources with annotations, but includes valuable context and discussion of issues that serve the purpose of the book extremely well."

—J Med Libr Assoc 2005 January; 93(1): 135.

"This overdue update to the third edition of 1994 provides an extensive list of highly practical print and electronic reference works for health sciences libraries. Chapters include background information needed to better understand the literature and provide hundreds of citations which include relevant publication information and discussion of individual works' strengths and weaknesses.

The editors succeed in creating a book that can be read cover-to-cover or serve as a reference book. ...This fourth edition is essential for all health sciences libraries as well as academic and public libraries striving to maintain useful medical and consumer health reference collections. The authors' and editors' wealth of experience is obvious throughout the book. Both students and experienced reference librarians will find pearls in this excellent and timely work." 4 Stars!

—Doody's Book Review Service

To top of page Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables
Preface
A Brief History of Introduction to Reference Sources in the Health Sciences
Part I: The Reference Collection
1. Organization and Management of the Reference Collection
Part II: Bibliographic Sources
2. Bibliographic Sources for Monographs
3. Bibliographic Sources for Periodicals
4. Indexing, Abstracting, and Digital Database Resources
5. U.S. Government Documents and Technical Reports
6. Conferences, Reviews, and Translations
Part III: Information Sources
7. Terminology
8. Handbooks and Manuals
9. Drug Information Sources
10. Consumer Health Sources
11. Medical and Health Statistics
12. Directories and Biographical Sources
13. History Sources
14. Grant Sources
Appendix
Index
About the Editors
List of Contributors
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