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Health Libraries Review Contents of Volume 16, 1999 © 1999 Health Libraries Review Published for the Health Libraries Group of the Library Association by Blackwell Science Ltd Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 OEI 25 John Street, London WCIN 2BI 23 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh EH3 6A] Other Editorial Offices: Blackwell Science Inc., Commerce Place, 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5018, USA Blackwell Science (France) Ltd, 10 rue Casimir Delavigne, 75006 Paris, France Blackwell Science Asia, 54 University Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia Blackwell Wissenschafts-Verlag GmbH, Kurftirstendamm 57, D-10707 Berlin, Germany Blackwell Science KK, MG Kodemmacho Building, 7-10 Kodemmacho Nihombashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104, Japan Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of ~ * t.? specific clients, is eranted by Health Libraries Revieu for libraries and other users registered with the Copynght Clearance Centre (CCC) Transactional Reporting Service, provided that the base fee of $14.00 per copy is paid directly to CCC, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01973, USA. This consent does npot eexteend to omehe!e biinInddass Oo}f c oceomipnye ing eusuccnt as copying for general distribution, for advertising or 1 promotional purposes, for creating new collective works or for resale. Spec ial requests should be addressed to the Editor, Health Libranes Review. ISSN 0265-6647/99/$14.00 Health Libraries Review 1s covered by Library and information Science Abstracts (LISA) and Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, and indexed in Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), the Health Care Literature Information Network (HECLINET) and the American Hospital Association's Hospital Literature Index. ISSN 0265-6647 Printed and bi B ton Ri ) id Contents Vol 16 No 1 Editorial J. Palmer Original Articles Meeting the information needs of clinicians for the practice of evidence-based healthcare T. Pyne, K. Newman, S. Leigh, A. Cowling & K. Rounce Genetic information resources: a new field for medical librarians F. Norman Using reading therapy with children E. Schlenther Innovations on the Internet Seres Editor B. Anagnostelis Influencing new ways of networking information: MIRON and the Database Access Project (DAPs) E. Hallam & C. Fowler Brief Communications Collecting, maintaining and using evidence of clinical effectiveness: experience at a district health authority L. Simpson, R. Madhok & P. Whitty The information needs and information seeking behaviour of medical research staff J. Murray, E. Carey & S. Walker Meeting Reports United Kingdom Serials group—21st Annual Conference, University of Exeter, 30th March—Ist April 1998 K. Davis Dental Librarians Group: report of the annual meeting, British Dental Association, London, 20th April 1998. R. Farbey Medical Information 2000: Libraries and Publishing in the next century. A report on the joint Health Libraries Group/Royal Society of Medicine conference held at the Royal Society of Medicine, 21st April 1998. W. Lopatin Everything you wanted to know about the NHS plus the Royal Colleges, societies and associations. Health Care Libraries Group NHS Study Day, Skipton House, London, 19th February 1998 L. Simpson The Centennial Meeting of the Medical Library Association (MLA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 22nd-27th May 1998 T. M. Hodges Research Column Editors J. Farmer & D. Williams Are research priorities a priority for research? National and International News Column Editor B. Madge Book Reviews Obituaries Announcement Vol 16 No 2 Editorial S. Rose Original Articles The Wisdom Project: virtual education in primary care A. O’Rourke, E. Dolman, N. Fox, P. Lane & C. Roberts Evidence into Practice: an information service for primary care professionals V. Monaghan & K. Misso Community access to health information in Ireland J. MacDougall Older people’s health information needs L. Cawthra Skill mix in primary care—creating a bibliography M. Sergison Efficient literature searching in diffuse topics: lessons from a systematic review of research on communicating risk to patients in primary care E.] . Matthews, A. G. K. Edwards,J . Barker, M. Bloor, |. Covey,) K. Hood, R. Pill, I. Russell, N. Stott & C. Wilkinson Innovations on the Internet Series Editor B. Anagnostelis Primary Care Sharing the Evidence (PRISE) project Website: bringing high-quality information to primary health care teams M. Montague & A. Tomlin Brief Communications A checklist for clarifying issues in working with primary care D. Husband, M. Montague & J. Barke Designed to care: the Scottish perspective on primary care in the new NHS A. Melntosh Do PCGs need information officers? T. Roscoe Providing library support for the development of clinical guidelines R. Marriott Meeting Reports Sixth European Conference of Medical and Health Libraries, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 22—27 June 1998 K. Woolfenden Seamless Information: Supporting the Interface Between Health and Social Care. IFM Healthcare Study Day, Bntish Medical Association, London 17th July 1998 H. Shaikh Research Column Editors J. Farmer & D. Williams Research into practice? Vol 16 No 3 A model for the evaluation of search queries in medical bibliographic sources A. A. H. Verhoeven, P. M. Boendermaker, E. J].B oerma & B. Meyboom-dJoen g Searching the nght database. A comparison of four databases for psychiatry journals S. McDonald, L. Taylor & C. Adams Information services for primary care: the organizational culture of General Practice and the information needs of partnerships and Primary Care Groups S. Lacey Bryant Adoption of Internet technology by UK postgraduate centres: a questionnaire survey M. Jordaan & R. Jones A Delphi survey of research priorities and identified areas for collaborative research in health sector library and information services UK M. Dwyer Innovations on the Internet Series Editor B. Anagnostelis An evaluation of EMBASE within the NHS: findings of the Database Access Project working partnership to extend the knowledge base of healthcare E. Hallam & C. Plaice Brief Communication The patient library service in England P. McGee Meeting Report Report on the 6th Congress of the Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA 6), Lusaka, Zambia, 14-18 September 1998 S. McDonald & J]. G. Shaw Research Column EditorsJ . Farmer & D. Williams Rural information deprivation? Vol 16 No 4 Editonal A. Brice & D. Stewart Original Articles Mentoring in professional associations: continuing professional development for librarians A. Ritchie & P. Genont Staff development in the electronic library: lessons for the health sector from the IMPEL2 eLib project G. Walton & C. Edwards CPD: what The Library Association offers K. Wood Distance learning for MLA’s centennial! K. Nesbit Continuing professional development in Australian health libraries G. Fennessy Innovations on the Internet Series Editor B. Anagnostelis Che impact of the Internet and electronic journals on biomedical publishing S. W. Glover Che SuperJournal project: the value of electronic journals to biomedical users F. Norman & Y. Hibbott Brief Communications Continuing professional development in the NHS—what 1s to be done? V.. Fraser Professional development in a virtual learning community P. Levy Reflections on evidence based practice trainingJ . Blenkinsopp Meeting Report Consumer Health Information—New Directions Consumer Health Information Study Day. St Thomas’ Hospital, London, 13 April 1999 H. Hames Research Column EditorsJ . Farmer & D. Williams Evidence-based health service management Book Rev le WS Ack] no. w. ledg: ements. Index