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The latest release of GRATEFUL MED offers medical libraries an opportunity to monitor searching patterns of end users searching the databases of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). A GRATEFUL MED use log records information from each search session. Analysis of the log from a recent beta test program at the Welch Medical Library indicates that most NLM searches occur in the MEDLINE database. Moreover, the study reveals that searchers overlook many user-friendly features of the program. Evaluation of the use log suggests changes for future versions of the program.
最新版的GRATEFUL MED为医学图书馆提供了一个机会，来监测终端用户搜索美国国立医学图书馆（NLM）数据库的搜索模式。GRATEFUL MED使用日志记录每个搜索会话的信息。对韦尔奇医学图书馆最近一个测试版程序的日志分析表明，大多数对NLM的搜索都发生在MEDLINE数据库中。此外，该研究还表明，搜索者忽略了该程序的许多用户友好型功能。对使用日志的评估为该程序的未来版本提出了改进建议。
