NLM News 1994 May-June; Vol. 49, No. 3

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Contents:

NLM Resources Available Via the Internet
LHC Director Masys to Retire
Fifth Edition of UMLS Knowledge sources Issued
1994 Leiter Lecture Features White House Science Policy Director
Staff Awards & Honors
New Billings Biography Published
NLM in Print
Publications
Monographs & Serial G aps

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NLM Resources Available Via the Internet

	NLM provides many services to the biomedical community using 
the capabilities of the Internet.  Internet users can reach these 
services through basic Internet processes, manual processes such as 
telnet and ftp (file transfer protocol), or through software clients 
such as gopher for gopher servers and Mosaic for World Wide Web 
servers.  

NLM World Wide Web (WWW) Servers

	NLM provides documents and access to many services through its 
World Wide Web servers.  Users must have a Web client such as Mosaic 
that is available for Unix, Macintosh, and PC Windows platforms.  
Mosaic and other Web clients allow NLM to distribute information in 
a publication-look format and to include hypertext links to 
documents, photographs, sound files, video clips, and online telnet 
sessions.  There is no charge for most services.   

	NLM's Home Page, HyperDOC (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/) provides 
information about Library programs, connections to NLM Web servers 
such as the Educational Technology Branch (ETB) World Wide Web 
server (http://wwwetb.nlm.nih.gov/).  The ETB Web server has 
information about computer and multimedia technologies related to 
health professions education.  The National Center for Biotechnology 
Information (NCBI) also has a Web server 
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) that provides both GenBank 
information and search capabilities, as well as information about 
other NCBI programs and services.  Mosaic is available at no charge 
from the National Center for supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at 
the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign through anonymous ftp 
to ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu.

NLM Gopher Servers 

	The NLM gopher (gopher to gopher.nlm.nih.gov) uses the gopher 
server protocol developed at the University of Minnesota.   NLM 
publications, telnet sessions to online services, and links to 
specialized NLM gophers are available.  The gopher menu makes it 
simple for users to browse publications, search them by textword, 
and transfer the publication over the Internet for local use.  
Gopher also permits users to connect via telnet to NLM online 
services including MEDLARS, TOXNET, Locator, and DOCLINE.  Accounts 
are required for MEDLARS, TOXNET and DOCLINE; other services are 
offered at no charge.  Specialized information is available from the 
NLM gopher including toxicology and environmental health information 
and AIDS information.  

NLM Anonymous ftp Servers

	NLM distributes many publications and software programs via 
anonymous ftp (nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov).  NLM publications including NLM 
Fact Sheets, biomedical subject bibliographies, AIDS information and 
newsletters are available.*  The publications server provides most 
documents in both plain text and PostScript formats.  These two 
formats allow users to select either plain text files that contain 
all the textual information, or a PostScript file that allows 
printing the publication in its original format.  NCBI also has an 
anonymous ftp site (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov).  Through this service, NCBI 
makes available GenBank and other sequence databases, submission 
software, Entrez software, and documentation.
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* A Fact Sheet version of this article, titled "National Library of 
Medicine (NLM) Internet-Accessible Resources," is included in the 
list of these fact sheets.
HSTAT

	HSTAT (Health Services/Technology Assessment Text) is a free 
electronic resource that provides access to the full text of 
clinical practice guidelines and other documents useful in health 
care decision making.  HSTAT is available via the NLM Full-Text 
Retrieval System (FTRS) which provides a menu-driven interface to 
the text.  The FTRS can be accessed through telnet to 
text.nlm.nih.gov and login as hstat or HSTAT.  The HSTAT resource is 
available via anonymous ftp (nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov in the 
nlmpubs/hstat directory) and on the NLM gopher (gopher.nlm.nih.gov) 
and the NLM HyperDOC Home Page (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/, select NLM 
Online Information Services, then HSTAT). 

Locator

	NLM Locator is a client-server interface that allows menu-
driven Internet access to NLM's CATLINE (cataloged records of 
monographs and serials), AVLINE (audiovisuals), and SERLINE (serials 
owned by NLM and other libraries).  NLM designed Locator for novice 
or infrequent users to access the files representing the NLM 
collection.  The interface requires no training and allows searching 
these files without learning NLM's interactive command-driven search 
interface.  To access Locator, use VT100 emulation and telnet to 
locator.nlm.nih.gov, login as locator.
Services Available Via Telnet
	Many of NLM's established services are available over the 
Internet through telnet.  These services include MEDLARS, TOXNET, 
and DOCLINE.  The Internet allows users with accounts to connect 
without a modem or telephone line.  The MEDLARS system includes 
MEDLINE and other biomedical databases covering AIDS, bioethics, 
cancer, chemicals, organizations, health planning and 
administration, history of medicine, population information, and 
toxicology.  Individuals with accounts may telnet to 
medlars.nlm.nih.gov.  The TOXNET system provides bibliographic 
files, chemical dictionary files, and databanks with information on 
hazardous substances, carcinogens, toxicity, and the Toxic Chemical 
Release Inventory.  Individuals with accounts may telnet to 
toxnet.nlm.nih.gov.  DOCLINE is NLM's automated interlibrary loan 
request and referral system for biomedical libraries.  Registered 
libraries may telnet to DOCLINE at medlars.nlm.nih.gov.

Summary   

NLM provides many services via the Internet.  The best way for new 
Internet users to learn more about NLM and its services is to use a 
tool such as gopher or Mosaic.  Using this software, users may 
explore the various documents and services which are available.  For 
further information, you may contact NLM program areas by e-mail.

NLM E-mail Addresses (Internet)

Office of Public Information			
	publicinfo@occshost.nlm.nih.gov
Anonymous ftp service				
	ftpadmin@nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov
E.T. Net							
	TLC@lhc.nlm.nih.gov
Grateful Med assistance				
	gmhelp@gmedserv.nlm.nih.gov 	
Gopher services					
	admin@gopher.nlm.nih.gov
History of Medicine Division				hmdref@nlm.nih.gov
		
Interlibrary Loan/DOCLINE				ill@nlm.nih.gov	
		
International Programs Office				hsieh@nlm.nih.gov	
		
MEDLARS Management Section 				mms@nlm.nih.gov	
		
MeSH vocabulary suggestions				meshsugg@nlm.nih.gov
		
National Center for Biotechnol. Information 
							info@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov	

National Information Center for Health Services 
Research and Technology Assessment			nichsr@nlm.nih.gov

Preservation information				pres@nlm.nih.gov

Reference assistance					ref@nlm.nih.gov  	
		
Toxicology Information Program				toxmail@tox.nlm.nih.gov


LHC Director Masys to Retire

	Daniel R. Masys, M.D., director of the Library's Lister Hill 
National Center for Biomedical Communications since 1986, will 
retire from the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps in 
September to become director of biomedical informatics at the School 
of Medicine, University of California-San Diego.

	NLM Director Donald A. B. Lindberg, M.D., in announcing Dr. 
Masys' retirement at the most recent Board of Regents meeting, 
observed that "In the eight years since [Dr. Masys] joined the 
NLM...he has provided a wonderful style of leadership to Lister Hill 
that was collegial, helpful, and inspiring--and spilled over to all 
of NLM." 

	In addition to his directorship of NLM's research and 
development component, Dr. Masys was also instrumental in the 
Library's initial strategic planning for factual databases and was 
heavily involved in the early program development and establishment 
of NLM's National Center for Biotechnology Information.
	The NLM Board of Scientific Counselors, in May 1992, cited Dr. 
Masys for his "outstanding leadership of LHNCBC," and noted that he 
"has made many major decisions that have affected the institution 
positively.  The growth of quality and professionalism of the people 
and products of the LHNCBC has been exceptional."  

	As a member of the Federal Coordinating Committee on Science 
Engineering and Technology's, Subcommittee on High Performance 
Computing, Communications and Information Technology, he encouraged 
NLM and NIH to participate wholeheartedly in what is now a 
multimillion dollar program in High Performance Computing and 
Communication (HPCC) with potential for major findings in medical 
informatics.  He recently led the NLM effort to support healthcare 
applications under the HPCC Program.  Twelve research and 
development projects were awarded, totaling $26 million over 3 
years. 

	Dr. Masys also carried out his own research projects, which 
included the development of information retrieval software for two 
NLM interactive videodisc projects--in microanatomy and in the 
Prints and Photographs Collection of NLM's History of Medicine 
Division.

	Dr. Masys is an honors graduate of Princeton University and 
the Ohio State University College of Medicine.  He received 
postgraduate training in internal medicine, hematology and medical 
oncology at the University of California, San Diego, and the Naval 
Regional Medical Center, San Diego.  

	His interest in medical informatics began when, as a computer 
programmer, he developed a series of microcomputer programs to 
assist in clinical cancer research while practicing as a cancer 
specialist.  In 1984, Dr. Masys became a computer medical specialist 
in the Computer Communications Branch of NIH's National Cancer 
Institute, and there helped develop the PDQ (Physician Data Query) 
online cancer information system.  He served as chief of the 
International Cancer Research Data Bank of the NCI before coming to 
the Library as LHNCBC director in 1986.

	Dr. Masys is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal 
Medicine, and is a fellow of both the American College of Physicians 
and of the American College of Medical Informatics.

	He served as chair, NIH Computer Scientist Review Committee, 
as DHHS delegate to the Federal Computer Networking Council for 
1988-1992, and as chair in 1993 of the U.S. Surgeon General's 
Professional Advisory Committee for Physicians.  He is founding 
associate editor of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics 
Association (1992-) and is a member of the board of directors of the 
American Medical Informatics Association.  Among his awards are the 
Public Health Service Commendation Medal and the U.S. Surgeon 
General's Exemplary Service Medal.  He also received the NIH 
Director's award. 

	Dr. Masys' co-workers throughout NLM wish him continued 
success as he returns to California where much of his early 
professional career began.


Fifth Edition of UMLSR Knowledge Sources Issued

	The 1994 edition of the Unified Medical Language System  
(UMLS) Knowledge Sources is now available.  Intended primarily for 
system developers, the new edition includes a fourth Knowledge 
Source--the SPECIALIST   Lexicon--and a set of lexical programs 
useful to system developers.  It also contains substantial 
enhancements to the Metathesaurus , the addition of Internet 
addresses to the Information Sources Map, and improvements to the 
hierarchical structure of the Semantic Network.

	The SPECIALIST Lexicon contains syntactic information for many 
Metathesaurus terms, component words, and English words, including 
verbs, that do not appear in the Metathesaurus.  Eventually the 
Lexicon will contain syntactic information for most component words 
in concept names present in the Metathesaurus.  At that time, the 
limited amount of syntactic information currently in the 
Metathesaurus will be removed.  The lexical programs included with 
the 1994 UMLS Knowledge Sources can be used in conjunction with 
information in the Lexicon and new normalized indexes to the 
Metathesaurus to compare local controlled vocabularies, free text, 
or user search terms to the content of the Metathesaurus.

	The new edition of the Metathesaurus has 190,863 concepts and 
371,742 terms (including synonyms and lexical variants) from 24 
different source vocabularies.  This represents a growth of about 
25% from last year.  New in 1994 are all preferred terms for 
procedures from the International Classification of Diseases, 9th 
edition--Clinical Modification (ICD9-CM), all preferred terms for 
procedures from the College of American Pathologist's SNOMED 
International, the complete Universal Medical Device Nomenclature 
produced by ECRI, Georgetown University's Home Health Care 
Classification of Nursing Diagnoses and Interventions, and the 
majority of the CRISP vocabulary used to index grants funded by the 
National Institutes of Health and other Public Health Service 
agencies.  More ICD9-CM terms now have connections to NLM's Medical 
Subject Headings (MeSH).  Metathesaurus browsers for both Macintosh 
and DOS environments are issued with the UMLS Knowledge Sources.

	As with previous editions, the 1994 UMLS Knowledge Sources are 
available free of charge under the terms of an experimental 
agreement.  Those who signed an experimental agreement for a 
previous edition will receive the new version automatically.  Others 
may download sample records, documentation, and copies of the 
experimental agreement from the NLM anonymous ftp server at 
nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov (UMLS documents are located in the umls section 
of the nlmpubs directory) or may request these materials from Betsy 
L. Humphreys, assistant director for health services research 
information, e-mail: blh@nlm.nih.gov.

	UMLS research is fundable under NLM's Extramural Programs, 
under UMLS-related contract solicitations, and also through the 
National Science Foundation's Program in Database Acitivities in 
Biological, Behavioral, and Social Sciences.  More than 450 
individuals and institutions worldwide are currently experimenting 
with the UMLS Knowledge Sources.  Prototype UMLS applications are in 
use at a number of sites.


1994 Leiter Lecture Features 
White House Science Policy Director

	The 1994 Joseph Leiter Lecture was presented by M.R.C. 
Greenwood, Ph.D., on May 24, in NLM's Lister Hill Center auditorium.  
Dr. Greenwood is associate director of science in the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President.  
Her talk, titled "21st Century Science," focussed on new methods, 
new opportunities, and new funding policies that will be necessary 
as science moves into the next century.  

	Attempting to prognosticate about the future of science is 
dangerous, Dr. Greenwood noted at the beginning of her talk.  For 
example, in 1943, Thomas J. Watson, then chairman of the board of 
IBM, said, "I think there is a world market for about five 
computers."  That said, Dr. Greenwood went on to imagine the life of 
an academic scientist in the third decade of the 21st century--a 
scenario which provided an illustration of two main issues which 
occupied much of the rest of her talk.  These had to do, first, with 
the flow of information within science and between science and the 
broader society; and the second, with the structure of the 
scientific community itself.

	"Within the Administration," she said, "we see information 
technology as an incredibly powerful tool for economic and social 
change.  It offers the potential to increase economic productivity 
in the same way that the interstate freeway system did.  It can 
revolutionize education by bringing the best instructors 
electronically to any location and by giving students more control 
over their own learning.  It can contribute to urban and rural 
development, increase the citizen's role in democratic decision 
making, enable people to telecommute rather than drive to work."  
Dr. Greenwood predicted that "the development of information 
technology could have as dramatic an influence on society as the 
development of the steam engine did in the 19th century."

	Before taking on her present duties in Washington last 
November, Dr. Greenwood had served as dean of graduate studies at 
the University of California at Davis from 1989 to 1993.  She came 
to UC Davis from Vassar College where she had been the John Guy 
Vassar Professor of Natural Sciences, chair of the Department of 
Biology, and director of the Undergraduate Research Summer 
Institute.

	The Joseph Leiter Lectureship was established in 1983 to honor 
Joseph Leiter, Ph.D., who for 18 years was associate director of 
NLM's Library Operations Division.  Dr. Leiter, who was present at 
Dr. Greenwood's lecture, retired in 1983 after a Federal service 
career of 50 years.  The Lectureship is co-sponsored by NLM and the 
Medical Library Association.

	Dr. Greenwood's lecture was videotaped, and copies are 
available for short-term loan by writing to the Chairman of the 
Joseph Leiter Lectureship, National Library of Medicine, Bldg. 38, 
Rm. 2W-04A, Bethesda, MD 20894.


Staff Honored at Board of Regents Meeting

	NLM Director Donald A. B. Lindberg, M.D., made three awards to 
NLM staff at the recent meeting of the NLM Board of Regents.  

	The 1994 NLM Director's Award was presented to Alvin Barnes of 
the Staff Library, Public Services Division.  Mr. Barnes was cited 
for "furthering NLM's mission by applying remarkable library skills 
on behalf of the people and of the Library staff."  Mr. Barnes is 
retiring after 42 years of Government service, 34 with the National 
Library of Medicine.

	Dr. Lindberg presented a second NLM Director's Award to Dr. 
Milton Corn, acting associate director for Extramural Programs, "for 
contributions to the Nation's health through vigorous and exemplary 
leadership of NLM's Extramural Programs."  

	The director presented the 1994 Frank B. Rogers Award to 
Dianne McCutcheon of the Technical Services Division.  Ms. 
McCutcheon was cited for the "design and development of an online 
interactive SERHOLD module which permits serial holdings of the 
National Network of Libraries of Medicine to be updated directly 
online."

	Dr. Lindberg also presented certificates to retiring Board 
members Dr. Lawrence J. DeNardis and Rachael Anderson, who also 
received a gavel for her service as Board chair.

[Photos]
Dr. Lindberg presents one of two 1994 NLM Director's awards to Mr. 
Barnes.
Dr. Corn			Ms. McCutcheon

Colaianni Receives MLA Honor

	Lois Ann Colaianni, NLM associate director for Library 
Operations since 1984, was designated a life-long Fellow of the 
Medical Library Association by MLA's Board of Directors.  She was 
recognized for her contributions to health sciences librarianship 
and inducted into fellowship at the association's 1994 annual 
meeting held in May in San Antonio, Texas.  
	Since coming to NLM in 1981, Mrs. Colaianni has received 
numerous honors, including the NIH Director's Award (1987), the MLA 
President's Award for her part in editing the Handbook of Medical 
Library Practice, Volume III (1989), election to the Board of 
Directors of the National Information Standards Organization (1989), 
and the First Distinguished Alumnus Award from UCLA's Graduate 
School of Library and Information Science (1992).  Her leadership 
roles have included the presidency of MLA (1979-80) and the 
chairmanship of the Section of Biological and Medical Science 
Libraries of the International Federation of Library Associations 
and Institutions (1987-89).


New Billings Biography Published

	The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine in Boston has 
recently published a new biography of John Shaw Billings (1838-
1913).  Order Out of Chaos: John Shaw Billings and America's Coming 
of Age chronicles the life of the great Civil War physician who not 
only directed for 30 years what was to become the National Library 
of Medicine, but who was also a prominent statistician, planned the 
Johns Hopkins Hospital, was the first director of the New York 
Public Library, and founded the Index-Catalogue and Index Medicus.  

	According to the publisher, unlike Fielding Garrison's 
biography of Billings, published a few years after Billings' death, 
the new work does not concentrate on Billings' military career.  
"Instead, with the aid of documents not available to Garrison, [the 
author] explores Billings' interests and efforts in promoting and 
organizing libraries, in controlling biomedical knowledge, and in 
furthering the health of the millions."

	The author, Carleton B. Chapman, received his medical degree 
from Harvard in 1941.  Following military service as a surgeon in 
World War II, he was professor of medicine at the University of 
Texas Southwestern Medical School, dean of the Dartmouth Medical 
School, vice-president of Dartmouth college, and president of the 
Commonwealth Fund of New York.  Following retirement from the Fund, 
he was professor and chairman of the Department of Medical History 
at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in 
New York City.

o Order Out of Chaos: John Shaw Billings and America's Coming of 
Age.  Carleton B. Chapman.  1994, xvi+420 pages, illustrated, 
casebound, $28.95 (prepaid/postpaid).  Distributed by Science 
History Publications: Special Sales Department [SHP], Watson 
Publishing International, P.O.B. 493, Canton, MA 02021.  Telephone: 
617/828-8450; Fax: 617/828-8915.

[Photo]
This photograph of the 25-year-old Billings, ca. 1863, is one of 
many illustrations Dr. Chapman obtained from NLM's Prints and 
Photographs Collection for inclusion in the new Billings biography.


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.)

Coligan N. Selection and acquisition of Latin American monographs at 
the U.S. National Library of Medicine. In: Block D, ed. SALALM 
[Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials] and 
the area studies community. Austin, SALALM, Inc., 1994;176-80.

Hauser SH. Roy G, Thoma GR. Optical disk jukebox performance in 
multi-user applications. Opt Data Stor 1994;10:53-5.

Henderson J. More with less: first impressions of the Canadian 
DOCLINE pilot. Bibl Med Can 1994;15(4):183-6.

Lacroix E-M. SAIL: automating interlibrary loan. Bull Med Libr Assoc 
1994 Apr;82(2):171-5.

Mehnert RB. National Library of Medicine adds new on-line database 
[HSTAR]. AMWA J;9(1):20.

Walker FL, Thoma GR. Access to document images over the Internet. 
Proceedings of the ninth national conference on integrated online 
library systems. Medford NJ: Learned Information, 1994;185-97.

Weimer KH. A citation comparison of sourcebooks for audiovisuals to 
AVLINE records: access and the chief source of information. Libr 
Resour & Tech Serv 1994 Apr;38(2):119-31.

Wurangian N. Local systems implementation: working smarter with 
OCLC. OCLC Syst Serv 1993 Summer;9(2):32-6.

o "Grateful Med" "Loansome Doc" are really serious learning. _Tex 
Nurs 1993 May;67(5):14. _ _

o Adam's family values [Visible Human Project]. Economist 1994 Mar 
4;130(7853):94,97.

o Common sense about AIDS: free databases make electronic 
information more accessible.  AIDS Alert Suppl 1994 Mar:1-2.

o National Library of Medicine sets AIDS databases free: online 
charges dropped. AIDS Alert 1994 Mar:45-6.

o NLM nixes AIDS database fees. Libr J 1994 Feb 15;119(3):99-100.

o Nursing classifications recognized by National Library of 
Medicine. Am Nurse 1993 Mar;25(3):9. _ _

o Toxicology Data Bank. Natl Clgh Poison Control Cent Bull 1979 
Feb;23(2):4-5. _ _


Publications

A Review of Evaluation Instruments 
in Interactive Instruction

	This monograph from the Lister Hill Center's Educational 
Technology Branch incorporates and assesses instruments to evaluate 
interactive instruction in nursing and other health sciences.  The 
authors, Susan M. Sparks, R.N., Ph.D., and Marjorie A. Kuenz, Ph.D., 
analyze the characteristics of the instruments and provide a topical 
guide for instrument development and selection.  They also offer 
overall observations about the evaluation process.

o Interactive Instruction in Nursing and Other Health Sciences: 
Review of the Evaluation Instruments. $44.50 ($89 foreign); $17.50 
microfiche ($35 foreign m/f).  National Technical Information 
Service, Springfield, VA 22161. 703/487-4650.  Accession No. PB94-
127909.

New CBM on Calcium Intake

	NLM's Reference Section has produced a new bibliography, 
Optimal calcium intake, in support of a recent NIH Consensus 
Development Conference, as part of its 1994 series of Current 
Bibliographies in Medicine (CBM94).  

	CBM94 series subscriptions, to include approximately 10 
titles, are available for $60 ($75 foreign) or individually for $8 
($10 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.  Recent 
CBMs are also accessible through FTP (see "AIDS Bibliography" 
below).

o CBM 94-4: Optimal calcium intake.  January 1990 through April 
1994.  775 citations. [S/N 817-010-00004-1]

AIDS Bibliography: Geographics Added, FTP Access

	Beginning in 1994, geographic subject headings have been added 
to the AIDS Bibliography, NLM's monthly listing of references to 
articles, books, and audiovisuals on HIV/AIDS (GPO: $76; $95 
foreign; GPO List ID AID94).  Users can now easily retrieve articles 
discussing the spread of AIDS in New York City, for example, or the 
incidence of AIDS/HIV in pregnant women in Uganda--simply by looking 
under the relevant city, state, country, or region of the world.  
(Note: NLM always indexes to the most specific term, so that an 
article on AIDS in San Francisco, for example, would not also be 
indexed to California or the Southwestern United States unless the 
article specifically discussed the state and/or region.)  

	The three most recent issues of the AIDS Bibliography are now 
available to anyone with Internet access through FTP (File Transfer 
Protocol).  FTP to nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov and login as nlmpubs.  The 
index file in each directory provides information about the files in 
that directory.  (Suggestions, comments, or questions may be 
submitted by e-mail to ftpadmin@nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov.)

NLM Current Catalog, 1993 
NLM Audiovisuals Catalog, 1993

	The final editions of these two catalogs are now available 
from the Government Printing Office (see below).  It was announced 
last year that publication of both quarterly and annual editions 
would cease following the 1993 cumulations (News, May-June 1993).  

	NLM cataloging information will still be found in NLM's 
databases CATLINE and AVLINE (among the user-friendly files 
searchable through Grateful Med software).  The databases are also 
accessible through NLM Locator, the Library's public access catalog.  
To access NLM Locator via the Internet, telnet to 
locator.nlm.nih.gov and login as locator (lower case).  

o NLM Current Catalog, Annual Cumulation, 1993. $84 ($105 foreign).  
Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-
7954.  202/783-3238. Stock Number: 017-052-00317-8. 

o NLM Audiovisuals Catalog, Annual Cumulation, 1993. $33 ($41.25 
foreign).  Superintendent of Documents (see above).  Note: Included 
automatically as fourth quarterly for subscribers; available 
separately: Stock Number 717-138-00004-0.

AHA Publishes Resource Lists

	The American Hospital Association's Resource Center has 
published new Selected Resources lists on Patient-Centered Care and 
Trends in U.S. Health Care.  To receive single copies, call 312/280-
6263, or send a self-addressed mailing label with your request to 
the American Hospital Association Resource Center, 840 North Lake 
Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611.

Kennedy Institute Publishes Scope Note
on Human Gene Therapy

	The National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature of the 
Kennedy Institute of Ethics has published a new title in its "Scope 
Note" series on human gene therapy.  The Scope Note provides 
background information about the history of gene therapy in the 
U.S., describes the procedure itself, lists some of the diseases 
that may prove amenable to gene therapy, and discusses the ethical 
issues involved.  Arguments both for an against such therapy are 
cited in the paper which includes annotated citations to statements 
by various health and medical associations, and to articles 
concerning the philosophical, public policy, religious, and other 
aspects of the therapy.  The Scope Note originally appeared in the 
March 1994 issue of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal.  A 
separate, 15-page reprint is 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, 1-800-633-4389.


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

	Cole, D.J.A., editor. Protein metabolism and nutrition. 
London, Boston: Butterworth; 1976.  International Symposium on 
Protein Metabolism and Nutrition, 1st, Nottingham, Eng., 1974.
	Freedman, Dan, editor. Nurses in Vietnam: the forgotten 
veterans. Austin, Tex.: Texas Monthly Press; c1987.
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