Building a bioinformatics community of practice through library education programs

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 71-79

  Moore, Margaret E ^a   Vaughan, K T L ^a   Hayes, Barrie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Communities of practice; Computational biology; Library user education

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; COMMUNITY; COMPREHENSION; DATA BASE; E-MAIL; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SCIENCE; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; INTEGRATED ADVANCED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INTERNET; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY SERVICES; NORTH CAROLINA; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 7244261943     PISSN: 02763869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J115v23n03_08     Document Type: Review

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