RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Grateful Med: Getting Started JF The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice JO J Am Board Fam Med FD American Board of Family Medicine SP 35 OP 38 DO 10.3122/jabfm.3.1.35 VO 3 IS 1 A1 Barbara Shearer A1 Lee McCann A1 William J. Crump YR 1990 UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/3/1/35.abstract AB When a local medical library is not available, it is often necessary for physicians to discover alternate ways to receive medical information. Rural physicians, particularly, can make use of a computer program called Grateful Med that provides access to the same literature available to physicians in large cities. This program permits the user to perform database searches on the National Library of Medicine database (MEDLINE), corresponding to the primary index to medical literature, Index Medicus. In this article, we give the procedure for procuring a National Library of Medicine password and for making efficient use of the Grateful Med program.