PERIODICALS FOR MEDICAL LIBRARIES

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The selection of periodicals for the medical library is a problem in securing the maximum utility with the available funds. In the case of very large libraries able to cover the entire field of medical periodicals there may be relatively little difficulty in the question of choice. In the case of smaller libraries the problem of selection is crucial. It determines the usefulness of the library. It is easy to expend ample funds without securing a satisfactory library. This article considers the selection of periodicals for the small clinical library. No consideration is made of the problem of the research library, which is essentially different, or of specialized libraries. The selection of periodicals may be made on the basis of the judgment of an individual. Such a judgment will have a degree of validity depending on the medical sophistication of the judge, but it is almost certain to have some

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