NLM News 1995 January-February; Vol. 50, No. 1

	The NLM News is published 6 times a year by the National 
Library of Medicine (National Institutes of Health, Department of 
Health and Human Services).  Beginning with Vol. 49, No. 1, the NLM 
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NLM's Office of Public Information (8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, 
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NLM Director, Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D.
Chief, Office of Public Information, Robert B. Mehnert,
Editor, Roger L. Gilkeson; e-mail address: Gilkeson@nih.gov 

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Contents:

o Lister Hill Center Director Appointed
o Monograph & Serial Gaps
o HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS)
o NLM Director to Resign as HPCC Coordinator
o NLM Honor Awards Ceremony
o NLM Alumni Honored
o Toxicology & Environmental Health Information Program Gopher Now 
Available o HSRProj: New Database on Health Services Research 
Projects
o D.C. High School Opens NLM-Supported Media Center
o Doralee Agayoof Dies; Worked 48 Years at NLM
o Publications: CIM 1994; CAIM 1994; NLM Classification; List of 
Serials Indexed for Online Users, 1995; MeSH Supplementary Chemical 
Records, 1995; New Current Bibliographies in Medicine; Scope Note on 
Bioethical Religious Perspectives; Health Database Fact Sheet 
Published.
o NLM in Print 
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Lister Hill Center Director Appointed

Donald A. B. Lindberg, M.D., director of the National Library of 
Medicine, announced today the appointment of Andrew Friede, M.D., as 
director of the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical 
Communications.  
The Lister Hill Center is the Library's research and development 
component.  Named after the late Senator from Alabama, the Center 
explores the uses of computer, communication, and audiovisual 
technologies to improve the organization, dissemination, and 
utilization of biomedical information.  The Center has five branches 
and a staff of 78.
	Before his appointment, Dr. Friede was chief of the Public 
Health Information Systems Branch, Information Resources Management 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Previous 
positions with that agency included assistant to the director for 
scientific projects, chief of the Scientific Systems Section, 
Epidemic Intelligence Service officer, and medical epidemiologist.  
Dr. Friede is a medical officer in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned 
Corps.
	Dr. Friede led the team that designed and implemented CDC 
WONDER, a sophisticated information and communications system that 
provides user-friendly access to 45 databases for 4,000 users 
nationwide, specialized analysis and graphics software, and e-mail. 
It allows the tracking of disease trends and hospitalization rates, 
and provides instant access to CDC reports and recommendations on 
thousands of topics. The system is accessed 4,000 times a day.
	Dr. Friede has a bachelor's degree, Summa Cum Laude, from 
the University of Kansas, his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University, 
and a Masters of Public Health degree from Harvard University.
	Dr. Friede succeeds Daniel R. Masys, who retired from the 
Public Health Service Commissioned Corps last September to become 
director of biomedical informatics at the School of Medicine, 
University of California-San Diego (News, May-June 1994). 
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Monograph & Serial G aps
	NLM regularly seeks the help of the medical library 
community in filling gaps in its monograph and serial collections.  
If you can provide any of these items we would be most grateful.  
Monographs
	If you are able to provide a copy of any of the monographs 
listed below, please send to:
	National Library of Medicine TSD-MONOGRAPHS  Attn: L. Turnage 
Bethesda, MD 20894

Poole-Wilson, P. A., editor.  Congestive heart failure symposium: 
prazosin in ambulatory patients with heart failure.  London: Royal 
Society of Medicine, 1984. (International congress and symposium 
series; no.63) Reid, J. L.; Pickup, A. J., editors.  Calcium 
antagonists and the treatment of hypertension.  London: Royal 
Society of Medicine, 1984. (International congress and symposium
series; no.62)
	Richardson, R. G., editor.  Rheumatological disease 
process: focus on piroxicam. London: Royal Society of Medicine, 
1985. (International congress and symposium series; no.67)
	Shulman, Neil.  Better health care for less.  New York :
Hippocrene Books, 1993.


Serials Gaps

Please address serial issues to:
National Library of Medicine TSD-GAPS Attn: C. Fields Bethesda, MD 
20894
American Journal of Gastroenterology 88:12, 1993 
American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 72:4, 1993 
Anesthesiology 78:5, 1993 
Annals of the New York Academy 21, 1911/12; 579, 1990; 666, 1992 
Archives of Dermatology 127:12, 1991
Archives of Internal Medicine 153:16, 1993 Archives of Ophthalmology 
109:4,12, 1991 Biotechnic and Histochemistry 68:3,5, 1993 Bulletin / 
Hospital for Joint Diseases 52:3, 1993 
Canada Communicable Disease Report 18:1-5,8,13, 1992; 19:1,3, 1993 
Cellular Signalling 4:3-6, 1992
Convulsive Therapy 7:4, 1991
Coronary Artery Disease 2:2, 1991
Cutis 47:3, 1991; 51:5, 1993
Developmental Psychobiology 24:4, 1991
Disease-A-Month 32:9, 1986
International Immunology 3:12, 1991
International Journal of Fertility 18:1, 1973 Journal of American 
College Health 39:5-6, 1991 
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume 73:3, 1991
Orthopedic Clinics of North America 25:1, 1994
Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing 6:2-4, 1991; 7:2, 1992
Spine 15:11, 1990
Transactions and Studies of the College of Physicians of 
Philadelphia 34:1-4, 1976; 37:1, 1969; 44:1-3, 1976; 45:1-2, 1978; 
13:2, 1991; 14:2, 1992; 15:1-3, 1993 Transplantation 1:1991
Wisconsin Medical Journal 90:12, 1991
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HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS) 
	The Department of Health and Human Services has announced 
the start of the first 800-number service that provides federally 
approved treatment information about HIV/AIDS.  Now HIV/AIDS 
patients and health care professionals who care for them can call 
ATIS--the AIDS Treatment Information Service--at 1-800-HIV-0440.   
Callers speak to health information experts, including those who are 
fluent in Spanish, about up-to-date AIDS treatments.  Deaf access (TDD) is 
included.  The service is provided Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 
7:00 p.m. EST.  All calls are completely confidential.
	NLM's full-text database HSTAT (Health Services and 
Technology Assessment Text), a major resource for ATIS, is available 
to the public at no charge.  HSTAT is continually updated to include 
all federally approved HIV/AIDS treatment information.  Among the 
clinical practice guidelines found in HSTAT are chapters on early 
HIV infection in adults, caring for adolescents, early HIV infection in 
infants and children, and case management.  
	The HSTAT database can be accessed 24 hours a day via 
computer, using a modem or over the Internet (News, March-April 
1994); see also the new AIDS Information Resources fact sheet in 
this issue, page  ).  For more information on HSTAT, contact:
		National Information Center on Health Services                    
Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR)
		National Library of Medicine
		Bethesda, MD 20894
			Telephone: 1-800/272-4787 (Select 1,6,3,2) or             
301/496-0176
			E-mail: nichsr@nlm.nih.gov
	A phone call to ATIS can also provide access to other 
related Public Health Service information services including: all of 
NLM's databases, such as AIDSLINE, AIDSDRUGS, AIDSTRIALS, DIRLINE, 
etc.; the CDC National AIDS Hotline; the CDC National AIDS 
Clearinghouse; the AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service; the 
HRSA-sponsored Warmline (treatment information for physicians only); the 
SAMHSA National Drug Information, Treatment and Referral Hotline 
(information on drug treatment and community resources); and the SAMHSA 
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information. 
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NLM Director to Resign as HPCC Coordinator
	Dr. Donald A. B. Lindberg, director of the National 
Library of Medicine, recently announced his intention to resign as 
director of the High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) 
National Coordination Office, a post he has held concurrently with 
the NLM directorship since September 1992 (News, September-October 
1992).  The HPCC is the multi-agency Federal initiative that fosters the 
rapid development of high performance computers and networks and the use 
of these resources throughout the Nation.  Dr. Lindberg will remain 
interim HPCC Coordinator until the White House names his successor.
	Dr. John H. Gibbons, assistant to the President for 
Science and Technology, stated that Dr. Lindberg, as HPCC's first 
director, "has done a magnificent job in establishing and leading 
the HPCC Program in its critical formative years."  A recent 
Congressional report by the U.S. General Accounting Office stated 
that "To date, the HPCC Program and its predecessor agency programs have 
been highly successful.  Participating agencies have been instrumental in 
establishing more than a dozen high performance computing research centers 
throughout the U.S."
	In a message to senior NLM staff dated January 5, 1995, 
Dr. Lindberg noted, "Although it has been an exhilarating several 
years, I know there are challenges facing the Library that require 
my full-time attention.  I look forward to devoting my energies to 
these challenges..."
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NLM Honor Awards Ceremony The Library's annual honor awards 
ceremony, held December 13, saluted the achievements of individuals 
and groups throughout the Library.
	The following employees received NIH Merit Awards:
o Christa F.B. Hoffmann, Cataloging Section, for "significant 
leadership in development policies and practices that have 
substantially increased NLM's cataloging output and the currency and 
availability of national level bibliographic records." 
o Richard K.C. Hsieh, Dr. P.H., International Programs, for 
"accomplishments to promote worldwide access to the National Library 
of Medicine's information resources, particularly in developing 
countries." o David  L. Nash, Office of Equal Opportunity, for 
"significant ingenuity and leadership in advancing equal opportunity 
for all employees."
	o Angela B. Ruffin, Ph.D., NN/LM Network Office, for 
"exceptional contributions to the outreach programs of NLM."
	o Catherine Soehner, MEDLARS, Management Section, for 
"leadership and management skills promoting utilization of 
biomedical information by health professionals using Grateful Med."
	o Theodore E. Youwer, Administrative Management Services 
Office, for "demonstration of superior managerial skills which 
greatly enhanced the quality of support services provided the NLM."
	Peggy S. Tillman, Ph.D., Public Services Division, 
received the Philip C. Coleman Award "in recognition of her highly 
valued mentoring and career counselling of NLM staff that result in 
enhanced opportunities for the National Library of Medicine's 
diverse workforce."
	Acknowledgement was made of the following previously 
announced awards:
o NIH Award for Outstanding Service in Small Purchases: To Karen D. 
Riggs, Acquisitions Management Office, for "demonstrating 
outstanding leadership and initiative in the supervision and 
management of NLM's small purchases activities." 
o PHS Commendation Medal: To Richard P. Rodgers, Lister Hill Center, 
for "the creation of advanced demonstration projects for network-
based information discovery and retrieval, with exemplary use of 
graphical interfaces to multimedia resources." 
o NLM Director's Awards: To Alvin J. Barnes, Public Services 
Division, for "furthering NLM's mission by applying remarkable 
library science skills on behalf of the people and of the library 
staff," and to Milton Corn, M.D., for "contributions to the nation's 
health through vigorous and exemplary leadership of NLM's Extramural 
Programs."
o Frank B. Rogers Award: To Dianne McCutcheon, Serial Records, for 
"development of an online interactive SERHOLD module which allows 
SERHOLD coordinators...to view, add, update, or delete holdings data 
directly online...." 
o NLM Board of Regents Award: To Lawrence E. Hunter, Ph.D., Lister 
Hill Center, for "outstanding achievements in the field of 
artificial intelligence and for conception, inspiration and 
contribution to Molecular Biology." 
Over 180 employees were honored with individual and group awards for 
sustained superior performance or for special acts or service.  
Forty-two employees received length-of-service awards, one of whom, 
Thelma Charen of the Medical Subject Headings Section, received a 
fifty-year award.
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NLM Alumni Honored
_  NLM Director Emeritus Martin M. Cummings, M.D., has been elected 
chairman of the Council of Library Resources (CLR) Board of 
Directors.  Dr. Cummings, who was director of the National Library 
of Medicine from 1964 until his retirement in 1983, became a member 
of the Council's Board in 1982, serving recently as vice chairman 
and acting chairman and as a member of the Board's executive committee.  
In the same action, former NLM Regent William N. Hubbard, Jr., M.D., was 
elected vice chairman of the CLR Board.  Dr. Hubbard is former president 
of the Upjohn Company.
_ Edward A. Feigenbaum, Ph.D., another former NLM Regent, was 
recently selected as co-recipient (with Raj Reddy, Ph.D., from 
Carnegie Mellon University) of the Association for Computing 
Machinery's prestigious Turing Award for 1995.
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Toxicology and Environmental Health 
Information Program Gopher Now Available
	The Toxicology and Environmental Health Information 
Program (TEHIP) of NLM's Specialized Information Services Division 
is now represented on the NLM gopher.  The TEHIP Gopher is designed 
to facilitate Internet access to national and international 
resources focusing on toxicology and environmental health.
	Easily accessible are documentation and computer-based 
training materials for the MEDLARS toxicology databases, a calendar 
of meetings, and a list of courses and publications of interest to 
those working in the areas of toxicology, environmental health and 
medicine, and occupational health and medicine.  The Specialized 
Information Services publication Alternatives to the Use of Live Animals 
in Biomedical Testing and Research is also on the gopher in ascii text 
format.  All of these materials are available for downloading to the 
user's system from the gopher (gopher to gopher.nlm.nih.gov) or the 
associated ftp service (ftp to public.nlm.nih.gov).
	The TEHIP gopher team* has identified additional useful 
resources on the Internet, and the connections to these other 
services have been built into the gopher, offering convenient access 
to various national and international sites having information on 
topics related to toxicology and environmental health and medicine.  
Questions regarding the TEHIP gopher can be e-mailed to:
tehip@teh.nlm.nih.gov
	Or contact:TEHIP Gopher Project 
Specialized Information Services Division National Library of 
Medicine8600 Rockville Pike, 38A-4s408 Bethesda, MD  20894    
Telephone: 301/496-5022
*Carol B. Haberman, chair; Cheryl E. White, Stacey J. Arnesen, 
Patricia C. Dickinson, Jeanne C. Goshorn, George F. Hazard Jr., Vera 
W. Hudson, Dorothy L. Moore, and Philip I. Wexler. 
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HSRProj: New Database on Health Services Research Projects
	HSRProj--a new database providing access to grants and 
contracts in health services research--is now accessible via NLM's 
MEDLARS network of databases and databanks.  It is presently 
available for searching through Elhill command language (type file 
hsrproj at the MEDLARS prompt to access the database); later this 
year it will be added to the list of Grateful Med's user-friendly 
databases.
	The HSRProj database includes citations to research in 
progress funded by federal and private grants and contracts.  
HSRProj builds upon a prototype developed by staff of the Foundation 
for Health Services Research and the Cecil G. Sheps Center at the 
University of North Carolina with funding from the Pew Charitable 
Trusts.  HSRProj is modeled on the DENTALPROJ database.
	HSRProj contains information describing ongoing projects 
in health services research for use by policy makers, managers, 
clinicians, other decision makers, and researchers seeking others 
working in their field.  It provides access to information about 
health services research in progress before results are available in 
a published form.
	Users can retrieve names of performing and sponsoring 
agencies, names and addresses of the principal investigator,  
beginning and ending years of the project, level of funding, 
information about study design and methodology including demographic 
characteristics of the study group, number of subjects in the study 
population, population baseof the study sample, and source of the project 
data.  Records are indexed with NLM's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and, 
when available, CRISP keywords.  Also, project descriptions are included 
whenever possible.   
	Records cover both grants and contracts awarded by several 
major public and private funding agencies including:  the Agency for 
Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), Health Care Financing 
Administration (HCFA), National Institute on Aging (NIA), National 
Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Mental 
Health (NIMH), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), 
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office of Rural Health Policy, 
Department of Veterans Affairs, Commonwealth Fund, Pew Charitable 
Trusts, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, John A. Hartford Foundation, 
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, and the William T. Grant 
Foundation.
	The National Information Center on Health Services 
Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR), which was established 
at NLM by the 1993 NIH Revitalization Act, coordinated the 
development of HSRProj.  For additional information, please contact 
the NICHSR; e-mail: nichsr@nlm.nih.gov; telephone: 301/496-0176.   
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D.C. High School Opens NLM-Supported Media Center
	On January 11, 1995, Calvin Coolidge Senior High School 
opened a new media center supported by the National Library of 
Medicine.  The center promises to make this D.C. inner city, 
science-oriented school one of the more communications-savvy high 
schools in the nation's Capital.  
	The formal ribbon-cutting ceremony included remarks by NLM 
Director Donald A. B. Lindberg, M.D., and Coolidge principal Leonard 
Upson, as well as by a number of representatives of the D.C. school 
system and D.C. Council member Charlene Drew Jarvis.
	Following the ceremony, guests and representatives of the 
media saw demonstrations of the new center's capabilities by 
Coolidge students and faculty.  The event was coordinated by Cynthia 
Gaines of NLM's Specialized Information Services Division and 
Coolidge librarian Pauleze Bryant.
	The media center is one of the results of a "Declaration 
of Partnership" forged early in 1994 between Coolidge and NLM (News, 
March-April 1994).  
	The work stations in the new media center have been set up 
to access Internet-available resources through such "browsers" as 
NCSA Mosaic--allowing color, motion, and sound in addition to high-
speed linkages to textual information.  NLM staff members have held 
a number of training sessions at the Library and at Coolidge to help 
students and faculty members gain skill in using the new work stations.  
	In addition to its work in helping to establish the new 
media center, NLM has been collaborating with the Coolidge faculty 
and staff to provide a variety of programs designed to encourage 
students to pursue careers in science and medicine, including 
engineering, computer sciences, medical informatics, biotechnology, 
and library and information science.  A number of Coolidge students and 
faculty members spent seven weeks last summer at the Library getting 
valuable training in accessing information now available directly through 
the school's new facility. 

[Caption for Photo A] 
Coolidge principal Upson, NLM director Lindberg, and Coolidge 
librarian Pauleze Bryant open the high school's new Library Media 
Resource Center.


[Caption for Photo B] Pamela Meredith, head of NLM's Reference 
Section and coordinator of NLM-Coolidge training activities, watches 
as Coolidge student Joel Desormeaux demonstrates some of the 
features of the new Internet hookup.  A member of WRC-TV's camera 
crew records the event for broadcast later in the day.
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Doralee Agayoff Dies; Worked 48 Years at NLM
Friends and colleagues at the NLM mourn the passing of an era.  
Doralee Agayoff, senior reference librarian and an employee of the 
National Library of Medicine for nearly five decades, died on 
December 28, 1994, after a long illness. Mrs. Agayoff entered government 
service on April 23, 1946, when she joined the staff of the Army Medical 
Library located in downtown Washington, D.C.  In 1962, the Library changed 
its name to the NLM and relocated to its present site in Bethesda.  Her 
48-year career with the Library was spent in the various incarnations of 
what is now called the Collection Access Section. 
	During her career at NLM, Agayoff received numerous 
commendations.  Her astuteness in locating information and her 
unusual depth of knowledge of the General Collection and the 
collection of the History of Medicine Division earned her a 
comparison to such fictional detective greats as "Miss Marple" and 
"Sherlock Holmes."  An article written on her 45th anniversary with the 
Library called her the "sleuth of the stacks."  Staff and patrons alike 
admired her for even-handed, gentle manner as well as for her experience 
and expert advice.  A favorite place for her was the History of Medicine 
Division, where she would spend hours searching and identifying little 
known sources.
In recalling her greatest challenge on the job, she once stated, "I 
left my computer untouched for almost a year before I decided to 
give it a try, but when I did my job was never the same.  It opened 
another world." 
Since Mrs. Agayoff loved children and was an enthusiastic supporter 
of NIH, a fund has been established in her memory at the Children's 
Inn.  Those wishing to contribute should contact Jean Buergler at 
the Children's Inn: (301) 496-5672.           
--Julia Player, Public Services Division
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PUBLICATIONS

Cumulated Index Medicus, 1994
	The 1994 edition of Cumulated Index Medicus  (Volume 35) 
may now be ordered from the Government Printing Office (see advance 
order form, page   ).  This compilation of citations appearing in 
the monthly Index Medicus in 1994 is scheduled to appear in April 
1995.  Cumulated Index Medicus, 1994. Price: $397 ($496.25 foreign) per 
set of 17 books (shipped in three cartons).  Available from the 
Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-
7954.  GPO Phone Orders: 201/783-3238. Stock Number: S/N 617-052-
00309-1.

Cumulated Abridged Index Medicus, 1994
	
	This annual cumulation of citations appearing in the 
monthly Abridged Index Medicus is expected to appear by early March 
1995.  Order from GPO.
_ Cumulated Abridged Index Medicus, 1994. Price: $93 ($111.60 
foreign). Stock Number: S/N 017-052-00320-8.

NLM Classification, Fifth Edition, 1994 
	
	The last issue of the News reported on the imminent 
arrival of the new edition of the NLM Classification at the 
Government Printing Office.  Since that announcement, several 
printing problems occurred which were beyond the Library's control, 
but as this issue of the News goes to press NLM has learned that GPO 
received its shipment in mid-February and has begun filling back orders.  
Any questions about orders should be addressed to GPO.  For those who 
missed the last announcement, ordering information is provided below.  
_ National Library of Medicine Classification, Fifth Edition, 1994.  
$40 ($50 foreign).  GPO Stock Number: S/N 017-052-00319-4.  (Address 
orders to: New Orders, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, 
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954.  Fax: 202/512-2250.)
List of Serials Indexed for Online Users, 1995
	
	The 1995 edition of the LSI is scheduled to appear in 
early April and may now be ordered from the National Technical 
Information Service (see below).  It contains 8,378 serial titles 
(3,763 are indexed in MEDLINE) listed alphabetically by abbreviated 
titled followed by full title.  It is designed to provide complete 
bibliographic information on serials and congress proceedings cited in 
MEDLINE (including the backfiles), AIDSLINE, Health Planning & 
Administration (HEALTH), BIOTECHSEEK (abbreviated BIOSEEK), and HSTAR. 
_ List of Serials Indexed for Online Users, 1995.  Price: $24 ($48 
foreign); $12.50 microfiche ($25 foreign m/f).  National Technical 
Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161. 703/487-4650.  Accession 
No. PB95-965201.

MeSH Supplementary Chemical Records, 1995
	
	This publication, scheduled to appear in early March, is 
designed to assist indexers and the users of Index Medicus and 
MEDLINE.  For the indexer, it provides more specific entries than 
those available in Medical Subject Headings.  It permits users of 
Index Medicus to locate the chemical subject headings under which 
citations referring to a more specific chemical can be found.  Contains 
records of approximately 23,000 chemicals which since 1970 have been 
mentioned in a significant way in journals indexed in MEDLINE.  (The 
present list does not include any of the chemical descriptors that are 
found in the D category of MeSH.)
_ Medical Subject Headings, Supplementary Chemical Records, 1995.  
Price: $50 ($100 foreign); $24 microfiche ($48 foreign m/f). 
National Technical Information Service.  Accession No. PB95-965001.
New Current Bibliographies in Medicine
	
	NLM's Reference Section produces a series of 
bibliographies covering a distinct subject area of current interest 
to the biomedical community.  
	
	The CBM94 series concludes with the two titles listed 
below; they are available individually for $8 ($10 foreign). 
	The Superintendent of Documents has announced prices for 
the 1995 series, which begins with the bibliography on Gaucher 
disease (see below).  The annual subscription price is $47 ($58.75 
foreign); individual copies: $4.75 ($5.94 foreign). A list of 
available titles appears in each monthly issue of Abridged Index 
Medicus and Index Medicus. 
 Mail orders to: New Orders, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 
371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954.  GPO Phone Orders: 202/783-3238.  
Current Bibliographies in Medicine may also be downloaded at no cost 
via the Internet through the NLM Gopher (gopher.nlm.nih.gov) and via 
FTP (ftp to nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov and login as: anonymous, using your 
e-mail address as the password). 
_ CBM 94-9:  Bioelectric impedance analysis in body composition 
measurement. January 1989 through December 1994. 627 citations. [S/N 
817-010-00009-1]  Produced for an NIH Technology Assessment 
Conference.  
_ CBM 94-10: Infectious disease testing for blood transfusions. 
January 1975 through October 1994. 1,888 citations. [S/N 817-010-
00010-5]  Produced for an NIH Consensus Development Conference. _ 
CBM 95-1:  Gaucher disease.  January 1984 through January 1995. 594 
citations. [S/N 817-011-00001-2]  Produced for an NIH Technology 
Assessment Conference.
Part 2 of Scope Note on Bioethical Religious Perspectives 
	The National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature of 
the Kennedy Institute of Ethics has published the second part of the 
two-part "Scope Note," Religious Perspectives in Bioethics.  
Providing bibiliographic citations to literature about the divergent 
attitudes religion can bring to bioethical issues, the 22-page 
resource (Scope Note 26) includes the views of Native American religious 
traditions, Protestantism (with specific information on individual 
denominations and sects), and Roman Catholicism.  (The earlier Scope Note 
25 alphabetically presented African religious traditions, Baha'i Faith, 
Buddhism and Confucianism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Hinduism, Islam, 
Jainism, and Judaism.)  Topics covered include the physician-patient 
relationship, treatment refusal, contraception, abortion, sterilization, 
reproductive technologies, genetics, human experimentation, organ 
donation and transplantation, death, euthanasia, suicide, and 
prolongation of life.  Separate reprints of Scope Notes 25 and 26 
are available from the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature, 
Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057-
1065, for $5 each, prepaid ($8 overseas airmail).  For further 
information, contact Pat McCarrick, 1-800-MED-ETHX.

Health Database Fact Sheet Updated
	The American Hospital Association Resource Center has 
updated its four-page fact sheet on the Health Planning and 
Administration (HEALTH) database.  File HEALTH provides access to 
journal articles concerned with the administrative aspects of health 
care delivery.  It is one of the NLM databases accessible in a user-
friendly mode via Grateful Med.  To request a single, complimentary copy 
of AHA's fact sheet, send a self-addressed mailing label to the AHA 
Resource Center, American Hospital Association, One North Franklin, 
Chicago, IL 60606, or call 312/422-2000.
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NLM in Print
	The following references cite works that discuss the 
products and services of the National Library of Medicine.  If you 
know of other appropriate citations for this column, please send 
reprints or references to the editor, NLM News, National Library of 
Medicine, Bethesda, MD 20894. (Note: Some of the articles below may 
be from journals that are out of scope for the NLM collection and are 
therefore not available from the Library on interlibrary loan.)
	Baldwin F. Linking up with MEDLINE. Pa Med 1994 Oct;:12-3.
	Benson DA, Boguski M, Lipman DJ, Ostell J. GenBank. 
Nucleic Acids Res 1994 Sep;22(17):3441-4.
	Cahn MA. Practice guidelines: a piece of the quality 
puzzle.  Bull Med Libr Assoc 1994 Jul;82(3):312-4.
	Chisnell C, Dunn K, Sittig DF. A quantitative method for 
identifying specific educational needs among CD plus MEDLINE 
searchers: a pilot study. Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care 
1994;:979.
	Corn M. Funding for computer-assisted instruction 
projects. Acad Med 1994 Dec;69(12):958-60.
Crabtree AB. Teaching OVID/MEDLINE in the hospital library. Natl 
Network 1994 Apr;18(4):15-6. DuBois K, Rizzolo MA. Cruising the 
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