International perspectives and initiatives

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-68

  Murphy, Jeannette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative research; Cross country comparisons; Education; Globalisation; Health informatics; Health information; International collaboration; International trends; Professional associations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; LIBRARIAN; LIBRARY; LIBRARY SCIENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARD;

INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; LIBRARIANS; LIBRARIES, HOSPITAL; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS; LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT; LIBRARY SCIENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 34247279747     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2007.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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