Building the electronic health sciences library for the twenty-first century: the Galter Library experience. 1996

J Shedlock, and D C Barkey, and F Ross
Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.

Constructing home pages for World-Wide Web access has become a major activity in academic health sciences libraries. At the Northwestern University, Galter Health Sciences Library staff are creating the library's new health information system using Web resources and integrating them with existing library systems-NUmed (OVID MEDLINE) and LUIS/NUcat (NOTIS). Development of Web pages, including selection and organization of electronic information, has become the building process for the electronic library. Selection, organization, design, and construction are important factors in the creation of an efficient and useful information system. Using resources like the World-Wide Web and tools like Netscape, library staff are designing an interface, defining policies and guidelines, and creating the tools that will give users easy access to local and international electronic, scholarly information resources. In this paper, the process used at Northwestern is shown as a model of an electronic health sciences library for the twenty-first century.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007993 Libraries, Medical Collection of information resources relevant to MEDICINE. Libraries, Health Science,Libraries, Biomedical,Library, Medical,Medical Libraries,Medical Library,Biomedical Libraries,Biomedical Library,Health Science Libraries,Health Science Library,Library, Biomedical
D007999 Library Services Services offered to the library user. They include reference and circulation. Services, Library,Library Service,Service, Library
D002641 Chicago A city in Illinois.
D003195 Computer Communication Networks A system containing any combination of computers, computer terminals, printers, audio or visual display devices, or telephones interconnected by telecommunications equipment or cables: used to transmit or receive information. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed) Cognitive Radio,Computer Network Management,Databases, Distributed,Distributed Systems,Extranets,Intranets,Network Communication Protocols,Telecommunication Networks,Cognitive Radios,Communication Network, Computer,Communication Networks, Computer,Communication Protocol, Network,Communication Protocols, Network,Computer Communication Network,Database, Distributed,Distributed Database,Distributed Databases,Distributed System,Extranet,Intranet,Management, Computer Network,Network Communication Protocol,Network Management, Computer,Network, Computer Communication,Network, Telecommunication,Protocol, Network Communication,Radio, Cognitive,System, Distributed,Telecommunication Network
D000046 Academic Medical Centers Medical complexes consisting of medical school, hospitals, clinics, libraries, administrative facilities, etc. Medical Centers, Academic,Medical Centers, University,University Medical Centers,Academic Medical Center,Center, Academic Medical,Center, University Medical,Centers, Academic Medical,Centers, University Medical,Medical Center, Academic,Medical Center, University,University Medical Center
D016206 Databases, Bibliographic Extensive collections, reputedly complete, of references and citations to books, articles, publications, etc., generally on a single subject or specialized subject area. Databases can operate through automated files, libraries, or computer disks. The concept should be differentiated from DATABASES, FACTUAL which is used for collections of data and facts apart from bibliographic references to them. Bibliographic Database,Bibliographic Databases,Database, Bibliographic
D016239 MEDLINE The premier bibliographic database of the NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE. MEDLINE® (MEDLARS Online) is the primary subset of PUBMED and can be searched on NLM's Web site in PubMed or the NLM Gateway. MEDLINE references are indexed with MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS (MeSH). Index Medicus
D016243 Library Collection Development Development of a library collection, including the determination and coordination of selection policy, assessment of needs of users and potential users, collection use studies, collection evaluation, identification of collection needs, selection of materials, planning for resource sharing, collection maintenance and weeding, and budgeting. Collection Development (Libraries),Collection Development, Library,Collection Developments (Libraries),Development, Collection (Libraries),Development, Library Collection,Developments, Collection (Libraries)
D016247 Information Storage and Retrieval Organized activities related to the storage, location, search, and retrieval of information. Information Retrieval,Data Files,Data Linkage,Data Retrieval,Data Storage,Data Storage and Retrieval,Information Extraction,Information Storage,Machine-Readable Data Files,Data File,Data File, Machine-Readable,Data Files, Machine-Readable,Extraction, Information,Files, Machine-Readable Data,Information Extractions,Machine Readable Data Files,Machine-Readable Data File,Retrieval, Data,Storage, Data

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