A journal club is an effective tool for assisting librarians in the practice of evidence-based librarianship: A case study

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-40

  Pearce Smith, Nicola ^a  

^a Old Road Campus ^*  (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIBRARY; LIBRARY SCIENCE; METHODOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY SCIENCE; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33646138019     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2006.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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