El ejercicio de cualquier profesión sanitaria conlleva la obligación de conocer exhaustivamente los últimos hallazgos científicos para asegurar la eficiencia y eficacia en la toma de decisiones terapéuticas. Es, por tanto, necesario el dominio de las principales fuentes de rigurosa información científica, así como el manejo y preservación de los datos obtenidos. El manual “Documentación en Ciencias de la Salud” plantea una introducción a las fuentes de información científica, presentando las principales tipologías documentales y las estrategias de búsqueda y técnicas de interrogación más apropiadas para identificar los documentos que permitan satisfacer las necesidades informativas del profesional sanitario. Asimismo, se describe el movimiento Open Access que pretende mejorar el sistema de comunicación científica mediante la optimización del acceso a la información y la maximización del impacto de la investigación. Finalmente, se muestran algunas de las herramientas y procedimientos existentes para gestionar y evaluar el impacto de los documentos de interés seleccionados.

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

This edition of well over 50,000 entries not only updates its predecessor but considerably increases the coverage of Latin America and Eastern Europe. I have been aided in this work by two colleagues at Glasgow University Library, Dr Lloyd Davies and Barbara MacMillan, and in general revision by Kate Richard. Close on 20% of the text has been altered. The equivalences, introduced into the last edition, linking acronyms in different languages for the same organization, have been extended. New to this edition is the cross-referencing between a defunct organization and its successor. Otherwise the policies adopted in previous editions have been retained: strictly local organizations are omitted, but the subject scope includes activities of all kinds; the country of origin of a national organization is given in brackets, unless it is the home country of the title language or can be readily deduced from the title itself. Acronyms of parent bodies of subsidiary organizations are also added in brackets. A select bibliography guides the reader to specialist works providing more detailed information. Particularly at a time of such widespread political change affecting organizational structures in so many countries, it is impossible to ensure complete up-to-date accuracy in a work of this kind. Readers are earnestly invited to inform me of any errors and omissions for attention in a later edition of this work. H. H. Bibliography Acronyms, Initialisms and Abbreviations Dictionary. 13th edn. Gale Research Co. , Detroit, 1989.

Health Information Management: What Strategies? contains the Proceedings of the Fifth European Conference on Medical and Health Libraries and gives a full account of the state-of-the-art of European medical librarianship. This book is the fifth in a well-received series of proceedings of the European conferences and together the volumes form a valuable source for medical librarians in Europe. The quality of papers reflects the growth of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL) towards maturity and the ongoing professional development of its members. The field of medical and health information has no geographical borders, therefore medical librarianship needs to be an international and multinational cooperation. The book reflects the important developments ongoing in medical informatics and medical information management. These subjects are touched upon as they have a close connection to medical librarianship. The future of medical libraries will be dominated by strong alliances with computer departments and health and hospital management departments. Many contributions deal with the strategies medical librarians can or will develop in order to incorporate the many tools of modern information technology into library policy and practice.