The costs and effectiveness of information-skills training and mediated searching: Quantitative results from the EMPIRIC project

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 239-247

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LIBRARIAN; LIBRARY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LIBRARIANS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY SERVICES; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; WALES;

EID: 34247272182     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2006.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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