Trends in reference usage statistics in an academic health sciences library

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-30

  De Groote, Sandra L ^a   Hitchcock, Kristin ^b   McGowan, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH SCIENCE; LIBRARY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LIBRARIES, DIGITAL; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846953537     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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