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Objective To provide reference for effective scientific literature novelty assessment by investigating its recognition in medical and health staff of a military area command and their use of information resources and need of information .Methods Knowledge of scientific literature novelty assessment , satisfaction of scientific literature novelty assessment report, need and use of information resources were investigated in 149 staff of 9 hospitals with self-de-signed questionnaire .Results The general recognition and satisfaction levels of scientific literature novelty assess-ment were good in medical and health staff of a military area command .However , the information resources were insufficiently used , which was related with the scientific research level and scientific literature novelty assessment popularization .Conclusion Scientific literature novelty assessment should be popularized , staff engaged in scientific literature novelty assessment should be trained, sharing of information resources should be strengthened , and infor-mation service should be expanded and deepened in military area commands.