How to Find Information: Health Care

Most academic libraries produce free handouts for their students ‐ leaflets on particular aspects of literature searching can be found in little plastic display cases conveniently housed near most of our catalogue terminals and entrance lobbies. Some of us have got so far as to put copies of handouts free on our Web pages. The British Library, however, has decided to charge 30p per page for its handout.

With the increased emphasis on “evidence based health care” virtually all health care professionals need to learn how to get access to recorded information. It seems to me that they need guidance...