Comprehensive weeding of an academic health sciences collection: The Briscoe Library experience

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 94-98

  Tobia, Rajia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH SCIENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIBRARY; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; HUMANS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036461819     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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