RESOURCE CENTRE MANUAL
HEALTHLINK WORLDWIDE
HAGUE, Howard
Core collection of medical books and journals 2001
4th ed.
London : Medical Information Working Party, 2001, 95 p.
ISBN: 0 95134194 4
An acquisition guide for small or medium sized libraries in a hospital or
comparative medical institutions, including a recommended selection of essential
materials ranging from standard works to student texts. Selection of materials
should be made according to local requirements and resources. It is not
specifically designed for developing countries, but can be useful in selecting
international titles.
Available from: BMJ Bookshop, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H
9JR, UK E-mail: [email protected] Internet:
http://www.bmjbookshop.com
Fax: +44 20 7383 6455
Price: £5.00 plus £1.50 postage and packing
HILL, D R and Stickell, H N
Brandon/Hill selected list of books and journals for the small medical library
BULLETIN OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Vol 89 No 2. Apr
2001, p 131–153.
A useful list to aid the selection of materials, but with an American emphasis.
This list of 630 books and 143 journals is intended as a selection guide for health
sciences libraries or similar facilities. It can also function as a core collection for a
library consortium. Books and journals are categorised by subject; the book list is
followed by an author/editor index, and the subject list of journals, by an
alphabetical title listing. A 'minimal core list' consisting of 81 titles has been
pulled out from the 217 asterisked (*) initial-purchase books and marked with
daggers (+*) before the asterisks. To purchase the entire collection of 630 books
and to pay for 143 2001 journal subscriptions would require US$124,000. The
cost of only the asterisked items, books and journals, totals US$55,000. The
'minimal core list' book collection costs approximately US$14,300.
Web location:
http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&action=stream&
blobtype=pdf&artid=31721,
http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=31721
HILL, D R and Stickell, H N
Brandon/Hill selected list of books and journals in allied health
JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Vol 91 No 1. 2003,
p 18–33.
A useful list to aid the selection of materials, but with an American emphasis.
This list of 434 books and 79 journals is intended as a selection guide for print
literature to be used in a library supporting allied health educational programmes
or allied health personnel in either an academic or health care setting. Because of
the large number, and wide variety, of allied health professions and occupations,
the recommended publications are focused primarily on the educational
programmes listed and recognised by the American Medical Association and
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