Information needs and barriers to accessing electronic information: Hospital-based physicians compared to primary care physicians

Journal of Hospital Librarianship

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-260

  Davies, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Database searches; Electronic health information; Internet; Literature searches; Medical informatics; Physicians

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960946125     PISSN: 15323269     EISSN: 15323277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15323269.2011.587103     Document Type: Article

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