Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 14:46:00 -0500
From: Christie Degener (UNC Health Sciences) <cdegener_at_email.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: A medical acquisitions question
[Ed. note - this reply came from a colleague off-list]
I think Appleton Lange puts out some USMLE things as well as Lippincott
(unless Lippincott now bought them out). In any event, I would assume
one could place a standing order for these titles with standard
publishers. It sounds like she has covered the waterfront pretty well.
These are very popular items and ours are on reserve or checked pretty
continually.
ELEANOR COOK wrote:
> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 20:21:17 -0500
> From: Karen Assar <kaassar_at_cdrewu.edu>
> Subject: USMLE PREPARATION MATERIALS
>
> I have searched the medlib archives for materials that are recommended for
> USMLE. I am currently preparing a big order of materials for USMLE
> preparation. I have Southland Tutorials, Underground Clinical Vignettes,
> Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews, Recall series, Body Systems Review, usmle
> concepts series,some NMS stuff, Ace the Boards stuff, Boards to Wards stuff,
> First Aid for the USMLE, and some audio tapes from gold standard. My
> questions are these: What other materials would others suggest?,How can I
> be sure I get all the books in a particular series?, How can I keep these
> review materials up to date?, and finally can anyone suggest good
> electronic, audio or visual materials that would be useful or anything else
> that would be good. I have used recommendations from students, Amazon
> reviews, OCLC, and some reviews found in some journals.
>
> Thanks so much and I will summarize for the list if anyone is interested.
>
> Karen Assar, MLS
> 1731 E. 120th St.
> Los Angeles CA 90059
> kaassar_at_cdrewu.edu
> www.cdrewu.edu/kdhsl
> 323-563-9340 phone
> 323-563-4861 fax
>
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