Introduction to Reference Sources in Health Science

PART I
The Reference Collection
CHAPTER 1
Organization and Management of the Reference Collection 3
Jean C. Blackwell, Jo Anne Boorkman, and Anneliese Taylor
PART II
Bibliographic Sources
CHAPTER 2
Bibliographic Sources for Monographs 35
Jeffrey T Huber
CHAPTER 3
Bibliographic Sources for Periodicals 47
Feili Tu
CHAPTER 4
Indexing, Abstracting, and Digital Database Resources 61
Laura Abate
CHAPTER 5
U.S. Government Documents and Technical Reports 91
Melody M. Allison
CHAPTER 6
Conferences, Reviews, and Translations  111
Dell Davis, Beatriz Varman, and Mary Jackson
PART III
Information Sources
CHAPTER 7
Terminology 141
Michelle L. Zafron
CHAPTER 8
Handbooks and Manuals 155
Katherine Schilling
CHAPTER 9
Drug Information Sources 169
Susan M. McGuinness and Nancy F Stimson
CHAPTER 10
Consumer Health Sources 215
Mary L. Gillaspy
CHAPTER 11
Medical and Health Statistics 249
Jocelyn A. Rankin and Mary L. Burgess
CHAPTER 12
Directories and Biographical Sources 303
Cheryl Dee
CHAPTER 13
History Sources 327
Lucretia W McClure
CHAPTER 14
Grant Sources 345
Jo Anne Boorkman and Tom Flemming