Information overload and how to lighten it.
The overabundance of information resources, and the inadequacy of current information retrieval methods, are considered with special reference to the scholarly record of the health sciences. Both formal and informal means for finding information, and for keeping abreast of new knowledge, are reviewed, with practical suggestions for lightening the load. Continuing educators are seen as having a special role in this process.
D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D007255:Information Services; D008523:MEDLARS; D014481:United States