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Institution: STANFORD Univ Med Center  | My Account | E-mail Alerts | Access Rights | Sign In Vol. 6 No. 3, May 1997   Archives  •  Online Features BRIEF REPORTS  This Article  • Abstract  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal Accessing the Scientific Literature The Reality of Virtual Scholarship Richard B. Birrer, MD, MPH; Mary Doherty, MLS Arch Fam Med. 1997;6(3):285-288. References Article references have been provided for searching and linking. Additional reference information may be available in the article PDF. 1. Lindberg DAB. The National Library of Medicine and its role. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1993;81:71-73. PUBMED 2. Shearer B, McCann L, Crump WJ. GRATEFUL MED: getting started. J Am Board Fam Pract. 1990;3:35-38. PUBMED 3. Chambliss ML. Personal computer access to MEDLINE: an introduction. J Fam Pract. 1991;32:414-419. PUBMED 4. Glownrak JV, Bushway MK. Computer networks as a medical resource. JAMA. 1994;271:1934-1939. FREE FULL TEXT 5. Lowe H, Barnett GO. Understanding and using the medical subject headings (MeSH) vocabulary to perform literature searches. JAMA. 1994;271:1103-1108. FREE FULL TEXT 6. Hogar R. PaperChase. JAMA. 1991;266:131-132. FREE FULL TEXT 7. Simpson AL. GRATEFUL MED: a software review. JAMA. 1990;263:1293. 8. Duke S. Turn your computer into a medical library. Med Econ. March 22, 1993;70:231-235. PUBMED 9. Parker MT. Growing supply of medical CD-ROMs merits physician's attention. Am Coll Physician Obstet. 1992;11:6-8. 10. Ebell MH. CD-ROM: a primer for physicians. J Fam Pract. 1993;37:483-487. PUBMED 11. Faughnan JG, Doukas DJ, Ebell MH, et al. Cruising the information highway: on-line services and electronic mail for physicians and families. J Fam Pract. 1994;39:365-371. PUBMED 12. Glowniak JV, Bushway MK. Computer networks as a medical resource. JAMA. 1994;271:1934-1939. FREE FULL TEXT 13. Shaughnessy AF, Slawson DC, Bennett JH. Becoming an information master: a guidebook to the medical information jungle. J Fam Pract. 1994;39:489-499. PUBMED 14. Frisse ME, Kelly EA, Metcalf ES. An Internet primer: resources and responsibilities. Acad Med. 1994;69;20-24. PUBMED 15. Koher J, NorthWestNet. The Internet Passport: NorthWestNet's Guide to Our World Online. 4th ed. Bellevue, Wash: NorthWestNet and Northwest Computing Consortium Inc; 1993. 16. Hahn H, Stout R. The Internet Complete Reference. Berkeley, Calif: Osborne McGraw-Hill; 1994.