| Researching Online for Dummies with Cdrom R Basch, DT Press IDG Books Worldwide, Inc., 1998 | 35* | 1998 |
| The newly minted MLS: What do we need to know today? ME Bates Searcher 6 (5), 30-33, 1998 | 28 | 1998 |
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| Free, fee-based and value-added information services ME Bates, D Andersen The Faciva 2002 White Paper Series, 2002 | 22 | 2002 |
| Second Review of the Private Finance Initiative M Bates Great Britain, Treasury, 1999 | 20 | 1999 |
| The Internet. ME Bates Online 21 (1), 47-51, 1997 | 18 | 1997 |
| Embracing the Filter Bubble ME Bates Online Searcher 40 (5), 72, 2016 | 17 | 2016 |
| When knowledge sharing works ME Bates EContent 28 (6), 17-18, 2005 | 16 | 2005 |
| Report on confidential enquiries into maternal deaths in England and Wales 1967-1969 H Arthure, J Tomkinson, G Organe, M Bates, AM Adelstein, JA Weatherall Reports on health and social subjects, 1-128, 1972 | 16 | 1972 |
| Lotus Notes in Action: Meeting Corporate Information Needs. ME Bates, K Allen Database 17 (4), 1994 | 15 | 1994 |
| Electronic clipping services: A new life for SDIs. ME Bates Online 18 (4), 43-50, 1994 | 15 | 1994 |
| Super searchers do business: The online secrets of top business researchers ME Bates Information Today, Inc., 1999 | 14 | 1999 |
| Information-at your fingertips ME Bates Management Review 81 (10), 41-45, 1992 | 13 | 1992 |
| The use of rapid diagnostic kits for the rapid presumptive identification of bioterrorist agents J Bates Microbiology Australia 27 (2), 64-65, 2006 | 12 | 2006 |
| Building & running a successful research business: A guide for the independent information professional ME Bates Information Today, Inc., 2003 | 12 | 2003 |
| How to implement electronic subscriptions. ME Bates Online 22 (3), 80-85, 1998 | 11 | 1998 |
| Can I facebook that? ME Bates Online 31 (5), 64-64, 2007 | 10 | 2007 |
| First review of the private finance initiative by Sir Malcolm Bates M Bates London: HMSO, 1997 | 10 | 1997 |
| Outsourcing, co-sourcing, and core competencies: what's an information professional to do? ME Bates Information outlook 1 (12), 35-37, 1997 | 9 | 1997 |
| Say What?'Deepfakes' Are Deeply Concerning ME Bates Online Searcher 42 (4), 64, 2018 | 8 | 2018 |
