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Morris F. Collen, MD
Oakland, Calif

JAMA. 1986;255(16):2159-2160.

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In Reply.—

In response to the letters received on the article "Full-Text Medical Literature Retrieval by Computer," we first want to point out that the primary objective of the article was to disseminate the data collected in the pilot test. Although alternative available systems were briefly mentioned, since all the full-text services were in a relatively early state of development, their comparative assessment would have been out of date by the time of publication.

Rucker and Elwell agreed with the favorable search features of the MEDIS service, and their criticisms were primarily directed at (1) the admittedly limited number of journals currently available, which are being increased monthly; and (2) the cost-effectiveness of the search process, which depends on the purpose for the search. For a scientific research or educational search where response time is not important and comprehensiveness of relevant citations is paramount, a library using the National Library . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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