AVLINE: a search resource for audiovisual instructional materials.

This manuscript describes the historical development and present scope of AVLINE (AudioVisuals-on-LINE), the National Library of Medicine's computer data base of information on nonprint instructional materials in dentistry, medicine, nursing, and allied health. The manuscript outlines the early and present review processes and involvement of dentistry peer reviewers; and provides data describing AVLINE titles by health science discipline and media characteristics for the total data base and the subset of dentistry. The manuscript also includes information on how to access AVLINE and a sample AVLINE citation.