Evidence-based medicine: An opportunity for health sciences librarians

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 63-71

  McCarthy, Laine H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COMPACT DISK; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIBRARIAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CD-ROM; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LIBRARIANS; MEDLINE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030333933     PISSN: 02763869     EISSN: 15409597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J115V15N04_06     Document Type: Note

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