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Medical Library Handbook

Part 1: Medical library administration and management
Part 2: Collection development and technical processing
Part 3: Public services
Part 4: The internet

Part 1: Medical library administration and management

• Chapter 1: The medical library (pdf)
• Chapter 2: Organization and administration (pdf)
• Chapter 3: Human resources (pdf)
• Chapter 4: Facilities (pdf)
• Chapter 5: Automation (pdf)

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Part 2: Collection development and technical processing services

• Chapter 1: Collection development (pdf)
• Chapter 2: Collection development policies (pdf)
• Chapter 3: Selection of library materials (pdf)
• Chapter 4: Acquisitions (pdf)
• Chapter 5: Preservation of library materials (pdf)
• Chapter 6: Collection evaluation and weeding (pdf)
• Chapter 7: Technical processing services (pdf)

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Part 3: Public services

• Chapter 1: Medical library users and uses (pdf)
• Chapter 2: Physical access to resources (pdf)
• Chapter 3: Circulation (pdf)
• Chapter 4: Reference services (pdf)
• Chapter 5: End user education (pdf)
• Chapter 6: Co-operation (pdf)
• Chapter 7: Networks and networking (pdf)

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Part 4: The internet

• Chapter 1: The internet - an overview (pdf)
• Chapter 2: Electronic mail (pdf)
• Chapter 3: LISTSERV (pdf)
• Chapter 4: Newsgroups (pdf)
• Chapter 5: Internet relay chat (pdf)
• Chapter 6: File transfer protocol (FTP) (pdf)
• Chapter 7: TELNET (pdf)
• Chapter 8: GOPHER (pdf)
• Chapter 9: WAIS (pdf)
• Chapter 10: World Wide WEB (WWW) (pdf)

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