title: Implementing a personalized resource management program for a small medical library by using LinkOut.
abstract: End users want easy access to electronic full-text articles from their desktops. This small medical library has implemented an easy and cost-effective resource management program to meet this user need. This column will describe the implementation, use, and maintenance of the National Library of Medicine's LinkOut, a personalized resource management program that provides immediate access to the library's online journal full-text holdings via hyperlinks.
authors.affiliation: Sun Coast Hospital, Medical Library, Largo, FL 33774, USA. drkelly@mail.uch.org
authors.forename: Dorothy R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D019992:Databases as Topic; D007992:Libraries, Hospital; D007993:Libraries, Medical; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009317:National Library of Medicine (U.S.); D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface