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✦ VOL. 3, NO. 3 ✦ MAY/JUNE 2005 275 Online Discussion Continues to Grow The Annals’ …

A common truism is that no job is finished until the paperwork is done. I suggest that when it
comes to reading an article in Annals, no job is finished until the electronic work is done …

In this issue, Culver and colleagues analyze messages on an Internet-based electronic
bulletin board. 1 They conclude that the medical information on this bulletin board may be …

Physicians have information needs arising from clinical encounters, from questions posed
by patients and colleagues, and from “open book” examinations, such as the American …

In this age of the ever-expanding World Wide Web, many journals are making at least part of
their content available online. Although electronic versions of publications may not …

This month, the online Academic Medicine is introduced as a parallel publication to the print
journal. Although the journal's Web site has provided tables of contents and article abstracts …

For many of us, keeping up with scientific advances is a failing endeavor. Paid abstracting
services, personal subscriptions, and assiduous library visits might fulfill the needs of some …

Millions of people are using social media networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, including
health professionals and patients who exchange information and insights about topics …

Family Practice will move to online-only publication from January 2018; the sixth 2017
edition will be the last printed issue. The Editors and publishers of Family Practice have …

Both ventures belong to the Public Library of Science (PLoS), a non-profit, San Francisco-
based coalition committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a free public …