title: The Institute for Biomedical Communication of the South African Medical Research Council.
abstract: The need exists in the biomedical community for comprehensive, timely and easily obtainable information. The Institute for Biomedical Communication of the South African Medical Research Council meets this need. An overview of the activities of the institute is presented. Other services, such as the provision of documents, editing of manuscripts, and the evaluation of new information technologies, are also described.
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D004282:Documentation; D007253:Information Centers; D007255:Information Services / Q000191:economics; D008523:MEDLARS; D011643:Publishing; D013019:South Africa; D014175:Translating; D014481:United States