Structuring the pre-search reference interview: A useful technique for handling clinical questions

Bulletin of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 239-247

  Booth, Andrew ^a   O'Rourke, Alan J ^a   Ford, Nigel J ^b  

^a Health Services Research Section   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERVIEWS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0033910642     PISSN: 00257338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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