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V A Lingle

Publications and source records attributed to V A Lingle.

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PubMed1997

Journal searching in non-MEDLINE resources on Internet Web sites.

Internet access to the medical journal literature is absorbing the attention of all relevant parties, i.e., publishers, journal vendors, librarians, commercial providers, government agencies, and end users. Journal content on the Web sites spans the range from advertising and ordering information for the print version, to table of contents and abstracts, to downloadable full text and graphics of articles. The searching parameters for systems other than MEDLINE also differ extensively with a wide variety of features and resulting retrieval. This discussion reviews a selection of providers of medical information (particularly the journal literature) on the Internet, making a comparison of what is available on Web sites and how it can be searched.

Computer Communication Networks↗
PubMed1996

Benchmarking in health care: using the Internet to identify resources.

Benchmarking is a quality improvement tool that is increasingly being applied to the health care field and to the libraries within that field. Using mostly resources assessible at no charge through the Internet, a collection of information was compiled on benchmarking and its applications. Sources could be identified in several formats including books, journals and articles, multi-media materials, and organizations.

Computer Communication Networks↗
PubMed1992

MEDLINE and MeSH: challenges for end users.

Through casual observations, formal consultations, and educational sessions, the authors have identified various indexing features of the National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) that pose challenges to end users while attempting to obtain relevant retrieval when searching MEDLINE. These problematic features include the use of Explodes, Tree structures, subheadings, Text Word vs. subject heading searching, and central concept searching. End-user search software is becoming more sophisticated with an increasing number of choices offered for search strategy formulation. Methods of instruction to orient the end user to these systems will also have to become more detailed. A review of the literature, that discusses end-user problems with using MEDLINE and MeSH, is included.

CD-ROM↗
PubMed1990

The health periodicals database: full-text access to consumer and technical health information.

The HEALTH PERIODICALS DATABASE, produced by the Information Access Company, is a unique online file which provides full-text access to both general interest health-related literature and key technical resources in the medical field. Available on DIALOG and CompuServe, the database is described as a useful tool for information on the health, fitness, and nutrition industries. Special features of the database are reviewed and comparisons are made with resources of similar scope.

Abstracting and Indexing↗
PubMed1989

Interlibrary loan management with microcomputers: a descriptive comparison of software.

The use of microcomputers to manage interlibrary loan processing and record keeping is examined. Once the decision is made to automate, criteria for product evaluation needs to be established. Various software options are discussed which range from using dedicated interlibrary loan management software to the development of database management programs which require original template design. Descriptive profiles and sample input screens of a number of software packages are presented.

Decision Making↗
PubMed1989

Designing and implementing a computer learning center in a college of medicine.

This report describes the approach taken at the Penn State College of Medicine to develop a central Computer Learning Center (CLC) and the use characteristics during the first 21 months of operation. A task force was created to establish the CLC, and a 12-month timetable was used from initial planning until the CLC was operational. In the first 21 months of operation, the CLC use increased linearly from 48 users per month to 388 users per month. More than half of the users were medical students, with the remainder distributed among faculty, staff, graduate students, nursing students, and medical residents. The growth of CLC use and the diversity of computer-assisted applications have occurred due to its central location within the medical center library and to CLC operation being shared by the library and the Department of Educational Resources.

Computer User Training↗
PubMed1984

Volunteers in the medical library: issues and suggestions for their use.

The implementation of the use of volunteers in a medical library poses a unique challenge to the library administrator who must effectively utilize individuals who are often inexperienced with the highly technical informational needs of medical clientele. The benefits and difficulties of volunteer use are discussed along with specific issues that may occur--legal issues, the issue of volunteer use vs. paid employee, and the determination of the value of volunteers. A checklist of suggested uses of volunteers is included as well as an evaluation form that can be used to aid the library administrator and volunteer in evaluating the volunteer's performance and job satisfaction.

Humans↗