摘要：As a result of this research, important work is done and important discoveries are made. It is a by-product of this research which is of particular importance to the Army Medical Library. The by-product is a flood of scientific and technical reports in the form of preliminary reports, reports of progress, status reports, summary reports, appendices, and final reports. These reports, numbering in the tens of thousands, are the concern of all research workers and research agencies. The scientific worker is concerned because he needs those reports which contain information pertinent to his work in order that he will neither duplicate work already done nor fail to make use of ideas already worked out. A research agency, such as the Army Medical Library, is concerned because it needs to know of the existence of reports in its field so that copies may be acquired.
