Implementing PDA Technology in a Medical Library: Experiences in a Hospital Library and an Academic Medical Center Library

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-19

  Morgen, Evelyn Breck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical informatics; Medical libraries; Microcomputers; PDAs; Personal digital assistants

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SCIENCE; HOSPITAL; LIBRARY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MICROCOMPUTER; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; REVIEW; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LIBRARIAN; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CONNECTICUT; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; LIBRARIANS; LIBRARIES, HOSPITAL; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0037365506     PISSN: 02763869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J115v22n01_02     Document Type: Review

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