Inside outreach: A challenge for health sciences librarians

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 327-337

  Fama, Jane ^a   Berryman, Donna ^b   Harger, Nancy ^f   Julian, Paul ^f   Peterson, Nancy ^c   Spinner, Margaret ^d   Varney, Jennifer ^e  

^a Access Services   (United States)

^b National Network of Libraries of Medicine   (United States)

^c New England States Consortium Systems Organization   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Autism Consortium of Boston   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH SCIENCE; LIBRARIAN; LIBRARY SCIENCE; LITERATURE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIBRARY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LIBRARIANS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY SERVICES; MASSACHUSETTS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 27144542831     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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