http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/06/do-you-miss-old-fashioned-journals-at-the-medical-library.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:15:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/06/do-you-miss-old-fashioned-journals-at-the-medical-library.html/comment-page-1#comment-92709 Web Media Daily – Wed. June 17, 2009 | Reinventing Yourself... Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:54:19 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=37845#comment-92709 [...] Do you miss old-fashioned journals at the medical library? [...] [...] Do you miss old-fashioned journals at the medical library? [...]

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/06/do-you-miss-old-fashioned-journals-at-the-medical-library.html/comment-page-1#comment-92547 Chukwuma Onyeije Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:03:44 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=37845#comment-92547 I certainly miss wandering around in the stacks. As a young attending I would sometimes spend an entire afternoon researching a presentation or a unique patient in the library. Many times the most interesting thing I found was completely unrelated to what I was searching for. Today, I can do virtually all of my searching from a computer terminal; and in the rare cases where there is no pdf available I can call the library and have them email me a copy. It's more efficient (particularly because in private practice I don't have the luxury of spending half the day in the library). But like Dr. Verghese's article, I do miss the old days. I certainly miss wandering around in the stacks. As a young attending I would sometimes spend an entire afternoon researching a presentation or a unique patient in the library. Many times the most interesting thing I found was completely unrelated to what I was searching for. Today, I can do virtually all of my searching from a computer terminal; and in the rare cases where there is no pdf available I can call the library and have them email me a copy. It’s more efficient (particularly because in private practice I don’t have the luxury of spending half the day in the library). But like Dr. Verghese’s article, I do miss the old days.

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