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Mark by Anne Grodzins Lipow and Deborah Dalrymple, Prudence Ward see Fenske, Ruth E. Irwin Howard Pizer, 1934-1991 [obituary], 63-5 Davis, Frank L.; Greenblatt, Robert B.; Waver- Hoolihan, Christopher A. Carver [reviewl 390-1 chak, Gail; Coffey, John B. Aldag, Jean C. see Fasca, Michael A. The use of independent information brokers for Morton's medical bibliography: an annotated check- Bagdoyan, Helen E. see Broering, Naomi C. document delivery service in hospital list of texts illustrating the history of med- Bastille, Jacqueline D. libraries, 185-7 icine, 5th ed. edited by Jeremy M. Nor- Salaries and professional authority [President's DeGeorges, Kathie M.; Van Hine, Pamela; Pearse, man [review], 388-9 page], 386-7 Warren H. Scientific and technical periodicals of the seventeenth Battistella, Maureen S. ACOGQUEST: the model phase of the IAIMS and eighteenth centuries: a guide by David Buying serials: a how-to-do-it manual for librarians project of the American College of Ob- A. Kronick [review], 388-9 by N. Bernard Basch and Judy McQueen stetricians and Gynecologists, 276-80 Howard, Frances Humphrey [review], 58-9 Dimitroff, Alexandra Arthur J. Broering, 1932-1992 [obituary], 321-2 Bowden, Virginia Massey Research in health sciences library and infor- Hsieh, Richard K. C.; Gamboa, Carlos A. National Library of Medicine resource grants: mation science: a quantitative analysis, Using BITNET to access the National Library of application and review, 157-68 340-6 Medicine databases, 335-8 Bradigan, Pamela S.; Mularski, Carol A. Dolan, Anne Fredenburg Ikeda, Naomi R.; Schwartz, Diane G. Authorship outlets of academic health sciences Why authors fail-Dolan responds [letter], 194 Impact of end-user search training on pharmacy librarians, 188-91 Dorsch, Josephine L. see Frasca, Michael A. Ducas, A.; Sutherland, L. students: a four-year follow-up study, Brandon, Alfred N.; Hill, Dorothy R. 124-30 Selected list of books and journals in allied Escalating costs of scientific journals [letter], 303 health, 223-39 Dwiggins, Sandra; Harding, Bonnie J. Inglefinger, Franz J. Brennen, Patrick W. The nature of PDQ [letter], 382 From the Bulletin-25 years ago: Austere Li- The medical libraries of Vietnam-a service in Edwards, Alice J.; Meadows, Susan E.; Wang, Yu- brarians-Volte-face! 123 transition, 294-300 Mei Jablonski, Stanley Broering, Naomi C. The Beijing Medical Library, 371-4 Syndrome-a changing concept, 323-7 Highlighting research; introduction, 339 Fenske, Ruth E.; Dalrymple, Prudence Ward Kelley, Rhona S. New horizons: the virtual medical library [ed- Factors influencing research productivity among Teaching technologies in libraries: a practical guide itorial], 307 health sciences librarians, 353-60 by Linda B. MacDonald, Mara R. Saule, Broering, Naomi C.; Bagdoyan, Helen E. Fischer, Wenda Webster; Reel, Linda B. Margaret W. Gordon, and Craig A. Rob- Total quality management (TQM) in a hospital ertson [reviewl 54-5 The impact of IAIMS at Georgetown: strategies library: identifying service benchmarks, and outcomes, 263-75 Landwirth, Trudy K. 347-52 National Medicine recommended Burnham, Judy F.; Shearer, Barbara S.; Wall, Flack, Virginia see Glitz, Beryl Library of formats James C. Florance, Valerie for bibliographic citation by Karen Patrias Combining new technologies for effective col- Medical knowledge for clinical problem solv- [reviewl 205-6 lection development: a bibliometric ing: a structural analysis of clinical ques- Lansdale, Metta T., Jr. study using CD-ROM and a database tions, 140-9 Space planning in the special library by Roberta management program, 150-6 Forsman, Rick Fridfeld and Caryl Masyr [reviewl 203-4 Byrd, Gary D. Future competencies of the information professional Leatherbury, Maurice C.; Lyders, Richard A. Annual meeting proceedings [ed.], 66-102 by Special Libraries Association [re- Trends in medical school library statistics in the Peer review in scientific publishing: papers from the view], 204-5 1980s, 9-18 First International Congress on Peer Review Leaders in libraries: styles and strategies for success Lindberg, Donald A. B.; West, Richard T.; Corn, in Biomedical Publication by Council of Bi- by Brooke