Access to Scientific Literature in Rural Veterinary Practice

The advent and use of new technologies is affecting rural veterinary practices in a number of ways, including increasing access to digital information in even the least urbanized areas of the country. Veterinary practitioners who can connect to the internet have access to much of the veterinary, medical, and agriculture literature published anywhere in the world. This access to scientific literature in rural areas is equal to that available anywhere in the U.S. with the possible exception of within the walls of a library at one of the colleges of veterinary medicine.