Brandon/Hill selected list of print books and journals for the small medical library

• Published in: Bulletin of the Medical Library Association Vol. 89; no. 2; pp. 131 - 153
• Main Authors: HILL, Dorothy R, STICKELL, Henry N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL Medical Library Association 01.04.2001
• Subjects: Acquisitions; And; Bibliographies; Bibliography as Topic; Book Selection; Catalogs, Library; Exact sciences and technology; Information and communication sciences; Information science. Documentation; Journalism, Medical - standards; Libraries, Medical - statistics & numerical data; Library Collection Development - economics; Medical libraries; Medicine; Periodicals; Primary documents; Sciences and techniques of general use; Selection aids; Small libraries; Specialized information sources; Specialized information sources (paper or electronic format); United States; United States; Medical science; Biomedical information; Price; Periodical; Book; Author; Special library; Printed document; Core collection; Bibliography
• ISSN: 0025-7338

After thirty-six years of biennial updates, the authors take great pride in being able to publish the nineteenth version (2001) of the "Brandon/Hill Selected List of Print Books and Journals for the Small Medical Library." This list of 630 books and 143 journals is intended as a selection guide for health sciences libraries or similar facilities. It can also function as a core collection for a library consortium. Books and journals are categorized by subject; the book list is followed by an author/editor index, and the subject list of journals, by an alphabetical title listing. Due to continuing requests from librarians, a "minimal core list" consisting of 81 titles has been pulled out from the 217 asterisked (*) initial-purchase books and marked with daggers (dagger *) before the asterisks. To purchase the entire collection of 630 books and to pay for 143 2001 journal subscriptions would require $124,000. The cost of only the asterisked items, books and journals, totals $55,000. The "minimal core list" book collection costs approximately $14,300.