An assessment of the information-seeking abilities and needs of practicing speech-language pathologists

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Nail Chiwetalu, Barbara ^a   Ratner, Nan Bernstein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; LIBRARIAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; LIBRARIANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERIODICALS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY;

EID: 34247378225     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.95.2.182     Document Type: Article

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