Using scientific evidence to improve hospital library services: Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association journal usage study

Bulletin of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 301-306

  Dee, Cheryl R ^a   Rankin, Jocelyn A ^b,c   Burns, Carol A ^d,e   Marsh, Spencer ^f   Afes, Van ^f   Fortney, Lynn M ^f   Givens, Mary King ^f   Harriman, Joy ^f   LaBeause, Jan ^f   McCann, Jett ^f   Powers, Elaine G ^f   Suter, Cindy E ^f   Walters, Gwen ^f   Warren, Karen Thompson ^f  

^a Watson Clinic   (United States)

^b Medical Library Peyton Anderson Learning Resources Center

^c MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Health Sciences Center Library

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL SERVICE; LIBRARY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; SAMPLE; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0031849824     PISSN: 00257338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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