Moll W
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1974 Jan;62(1):1-5.
MEDLINE (MEDLARS-ON-LINE) is the new on-line, interactive bibliographic searching system which was recently developed by the National Library of Medicine. The system provides users with lists of bibliographical citations and other information from a three-year file of over 1,250 biomedical journals. A survey testing user reactions was conducted at the University of Virginia Medical Library. The results of the survey are based on replies by 246 users who requested one or more MEDLINE searches between September 1972 and March 1973. The findings indicate that over 93% believe that MEDLINE is a substantial improvement over the traditional methods of searching through the printed indexes. These respondents also stated that the results of MEDLINE searches had assisted them in their clinical or research work, or both. Asked whether they would continue to use MEDLINE after the imposition of user charges on July 1, 1973, about 75% said that they would. The remaining 25% expressed some reservations and doubts. The survey gives reason to believe that with the imposition of user charges the use of MEDLINE will decline.
医学在线数据库（MEDLARS在线）是美国国立医学图书馆最近开发的新型在线交互式书目检索系统。该系统为用户提供了来自1250多种生物医学期刊的三年期文献目录引文列表及其他信息。弗吉尼亚大学医学图书馆进行了一项测试用户反应的调查。调查结果基于1972年9月至1973年3月期间请求进行一次或多次医学在线数据库检索的246名用户的回复。调查结果表明，超过93%的人认为医学在线数据库比通过印刷索引进行检索的传统方法有了实质性改进。这些受访者还表示，医学在线数据库检索的结果在他们的临床或研究工作中，或两者都对他们有所帮助。当被问及在1973年7月1日开始收取用户费用后是否会继续使用医学在线数据库时，约75%的人表示会。其余25%的人表达了一些保留意见和疑虑。该调查有理由让人相信，随着用户费用的收取，医学在线数据库的使用将会减少。
