Medical information retrieval and utilization

Author: Chen Jie
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: This book is suitable for teaching literature information retrieval and utilization to medical undergraduates and master's students. It is also suitable for continuing education of medical, educational, and research personnel, as well as for self-study reference for library and information staff. Based on the practical needs of medical literature information retrieval and utilization and its teaching in China, this book systematically discusses the theory and methods of medical literature information retrieval and utilization. It provides detailed introductions to the main Chinese and English retrieval publications used by medical and health personnel in China. Additionally, it offers necessary introductions to traditional Chinese medicine literature information retrieval, patent literature information retrieval, conference literature information retrieval, and major reference books. The book also provides thorough explanations of modern CD-ROM retrieval, full-text literature retrieval, and especially internet-based network retrieval. Furthermore, it delves into the topics of novelty search consultation, information research, literature reading and accumulation, and paper writing.