Effectiveness of information skills training and mediated searching: Qualitative results from the EMPIRIC project

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-33

  Brettle, Alison ^a   Hulme, Claire ^a   Ormandy, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LIBRARIAN; LIBRARY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LIBRARIANS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY SERVICES; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; WALES;

EID: 34247178505     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2007.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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