collection emphasizes broad, humanistic aspects including selective acquisition of popular/consumer materials. Particular collection strengths tend to be in the public and behavioral aspects of medicine. Highly technical patient care materials are not collected intensively because they are more appropriately used in the affiliated community hospitals. History of Medicine is collected at the general interest level only with an emphasis on the U.S. and on social aspects. Military/Naval/Aerospace Medicine and Homeopathic Medicine are collected at a very minimal level. Programs not represented on campus (e.g. Dentistry, Pharmacy) are not collected intensively.

FACTORS INFLUENCING COLLECTION

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Anticipated future trends

Collecting should follow and anticipate, when possible, major medical trends and developments. The literature of medicine is, perforce, rapidly outdated. Collection should also reflect significant curricular changes, the nature of on-going health science research, and the establishment of new services and programs such as, for example, the Cancer Center, NeuroVisual Disorders the Chronic Disease Initiative, and the interdepartmental graduate program in Neuroscience. It should be emphasized that the health science programs of MSU are consistently in the top ranks of recipients of research funds from outside sources. The University is further benefited by faculty practice plans generating fee-for- service income.

Relationship with other resources

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The collection necessarily has links to the Clinical Library, Veterinary Medical Center Library, and libraries in those community hospitals affiliated with MSU health science educational/training programs and clinics. Medical education at MSU is community-integrated. Hospital libraries therefore play a significant role in the delivery of information services to our students, residents, staff and faculty. Various media centers in the Colleges of Human Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Nursing house instructional & clinical video and software materials.

The collection is a component of the Biomedical Communication Network as represented by the National Library of Medicine, the Regional Medical Library Program (Region 3- Greater Midwest Regional Medical Library Network in Chicago), and the Basic Units (local health science libraries). Activities of the Network include union lists, document delivery (NLM's Docline), NLM's MEDLARS, and other relevant programs/services. The medical

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