Information seeking habits of clinical information by nurses at Nigeria's premier university teaching hospital: A survey

Journal of Hospital Librarianship

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-192

  Komolafe, Helen O ^a   Onatola, Ayo ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d St Christopher IMD College of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical information needs; Clinical nurses; Information seeking habits; Nigeria; University teaching hospitals

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649201427     PISSN: 15323269     EISSN: 15323277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15323260801928480     Document Type: Article

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