Updated edition (1st ed., 1986) of a manual that aids the improvement of searching techniques in the most widely used indexing and abstracting services in the medical sciences, by highlighting the most effective ways of searching the sources, pointing out potential problems and how to overcome them. A companion volume to How to Use Biological Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, and Index Chemicus. For students, medical librarians, researchers, and practicing medical personnel. Comb-binding. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Vols. for 1963- include as pt. 2 of the Jan. issue: Medical subject headings.

Training for research is only available in a few places in the world, so that usually the researcher has to learn to master every step by himself. This entails planning the research, finding out how to obtain funds, searching the literature, analysing the data statistically, preparing visual material and slides, speaking about it in public, writing it up for journals and so on. Books on various aspects of this subject are readily obtain able but this is an attempt to deal with all the steps that are necessary from the start to the finish, and chapters have been planned sequentially with this in mind. Although most of the authors are doctors of medicine, it should help those in any area of science where the undertaking and publishing of research is important. Marco Sorgi conceived the idea of the book and, during an appointment in the University of Birmingham, invited Clifford Hawkins to help in achieving its delivery. May the effort be found to be worthwhile.

Includes Part 1, Number 1: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (January - June)

In the 20th century, poliomyelitis emerged to become a global crippler and killer. But, with the development of preventive vaccines in the 1950s, it looks set to be the first disease to be eliminated by direct human intervention. Divided into four parts, this book presents a world geography of poliomyelitis.

Includes List of periodicals in the World Health Organization Library.