Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Abstract
This paper discusses the design, development, and evaluation of GRATEFUL
MED, the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) front end software
for microcomputers that was developed to assist physicians and other
health professionals to search NLM's MEDLINE database. A search is
constructed by filling out a form screen with information on the desired
author, title, and/or subject(s); the search can be limited to English
language, review articles, or a particular journal. No knowledge of
Boolean connectors or the Library's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
vocabulary is assumed. The search is constructed and the results reviewed
on the user's microcomputer; that is, while not connected to the NLM
mainframe.published or submitted for publicatio
