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James S. Rucker, MA
Saint Anthony Medical Center

Pamela M. Elwell, MSLS
Mount Carmel Medical Center Columbus, Ohio

JAMA. 1986;255(16):2157-2158.

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To the Editor.—

The article and editorial about MEDIS, the full-text medical literature retrieval system offered by Mead Data, describe an elegant system for accessing medical literature.^1,2 However, they have not addressed all of the questions concerned with searching this data base.

Each of us has been searching on-line for a number of years. Recently, we both attended a demonstration of the MEDIS system in conjunction with a MEDLINE update in Dayton, Ohio.

Although favorably impressed by the searching features available with this system, the limited number of journals included in the system seemed to be a detrimental factor. Noticeably missing are such significant journals such as British Medical Journal, New England Journal of Medicine, and Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Also, some general categories such as radiology, anesthesiology, and gastroenterology are not represented in the library of journals offered in full text.

The entire data base simply . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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