Teaching medical information retrieval and application courses in Chinese universities: A case study

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 316-322

  Clark, Adam W ^a   Li, Hong Mei ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CURRICULUM; DATA BASE; LIBRARY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

CHINA; CURRICULUM; DATABASES AS TOPIC; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY SERVICES; TEACHING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 78149486927     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2010.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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