Minter M E
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1973 Jul;61(3):314-8.
The Medical Center Library contracted to provide bibliographic information services for the Tobacco and Health Research Institute of the University of Kentucky. This new department is now an integral part of the Medical Center Library providing reference and literature services in the tobacco and health area. Operating as a quasi-independent unit of the Medical Center Library, THIS (Tobacco and Health Information Services) functions separately in all areas of library operations, or more specifically, as a special library within a library. Its collection differs from that of most libraries in that it consists almost solely of periodical reprints instead of books and journals. The diversity of disciplines which tobacco and health literature encompasses has created the need for the development of a current awareness service for researchers. It is the belief of the author that there is a definite trend toward library collections such as THIS within larger medical libraries, as more institutes with special areas of interest are being formed.
医学中心图书馆签订合同，为肯塔基大学烟草与健康研究所提供书目信息服务。这个新部门现在是医学中心图书馆的一个组成部分，在烟草与健康领域提供参考和文献服务。作为医学中心图书馆的一个准独立单位，烟草与健康信息服务部（THIS）在图书馆运营的各个方面都独立运作，或者更具体地说，是图书馆内的一个专业图书馆。它的馆藏与大多数图书馆不同，几乎完全由期刊重印本组成，而非书籍和期刊。烟草与健康文献所涵盖的学科多样性，使得有必要为研究人员开发一种现刊通报服务。作者认为，随着越来越多具有特定兴趣领域的机构不断涌现，大型医学图书馆中像烟草与健康信息服务部这样的馆藏有明显的发展趋势。
