For those who want to see the article, here's the URL - http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/10/biztech/technology/25zuge.html Susan Detwiler ----- Original Message ----- From: Smith, Catherine <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 10:42 AM Subject: New York Times E-Commerce today > The E-Commerce section of the NY Times has a big writeup on medical > informatics today; lots of interesting and good stuff, but in particular a > column by Dr. Abigail Zuger about medical information on the Web. Some of > her comments raise the hair > > ["The only way to get [details not provided in the abstracts] is to trudge > over to the library, dig out the article and read it."] > > ["Medical libraries will often subscribe [to full-text journals] for > patrons"] > > ...but one hopes that this column will spawn not a few discussions between > librarians and their funding organizations. > > Catherine Arnott Smith, MA, MILS, MSIS > Predoctoral Research Fellow > Center for Biomedical Informatics > University of Pittsburgh > > (412) 521-4117 home > (412) 383-3071 work > but email is best: [log in to unmask]