New document delivery services mean that once you have located the reference you can request a copy of the article by post, fax or e-mail. There are a growing number of full-text reference sources on the Internet. New health information sources are appearing every month on the Internet. So remember that even if your library does not have a particular item, they can get it for you - and if necessary, within hours. Your library is part of a network of healthcare libraries not only in your region, but nationally and world wide.
Libraries are information nodes.
They cooperate, know who has what, and can extend local services many times over. Their professional staff are the Sherlock Holmes's of the health information world - they know how to find the evidence. Judy Palmer Health Libraries Information Network John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.