To the Editor.—
I agree with Karl Singer, MD (241:1492, 1979), that information retrieval is difficult, and piles of journals tend to accumulate on and around my desk. I also have read Fuller's1 article titled "A System for Filing Medical Literature," and I have set up a system similar to those described by both authors. I have found that the advantages mentioned are duplicated in my office: easy access, low expense, instant lectures, and up-to-date information.I might add a few additional points: On receiving journals, I circle, in the table of contents, the page references of the articles that I want to review and have the office nurse tear out or photocopy articles during whatever spare time exists. After the article has been isolated from the journal, I have a chance to scan or study it; I then circle a key term in either the title or abstract, by