Using a portable wireless computer lab to provide outreach training to public health workers

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Watson, Michael M ^a   Timm, Donna F ^a   Parker, Dawn M ^a   Adams, Mararia ^a   Anderson, Angela D ^a   Pernotto, Dennis A ^a   Comegys, Marianne ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Library outreach; Public health workers; User education; Wireless computing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORK; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LIBRARY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; HUMANS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LOUISIANA; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 33749540087     PISSN: 02763869     EISSN: 15409597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J115v25n04_01     Document Type: Review

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