Evidence-Based practice mentors: Taking information literacy to the units in a teaching hospital

Journal of Hospital Librarianship

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-22

  Carlos, Arguelles ^a  

^a KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Information literacy; Librarians; Literature searching; Mentors; Nursing practice; Organizational effectiveness; Patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551645008     PISSN: 15323269     EISSN: 15323277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15323269.2011.537989     Document Type: Article

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