Information Sources in the Life Sciences 4th edition

It is true that all ages are ages of transition. It seems to me, however, that in regard to a book on information sources in the life sciences this is even more of an age of transition than most. Both the life sciences and methods of handling information have changed considerably since the last edition of this book in 1987. On present predictions, however, they are both likely to have changed out of all recognition by 2007. Molecular genetics did already exist in 1987, but developments in molecular biotechnology since then, and therefore in its information services, have been so...