User library service expectations in health science vs. other settings: A LibQUAL+® Study

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 38-45

  Thompson, Bruce ^a   Kyrillidou, Martha ^b   Cook, Colleen ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIBRARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36148990309     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2007.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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