Effectiveness of bibliographic searches performed by paediatric residents and interns assisted by librarians. A randomised controlled trial

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 273-284

  Gardois, Paolo ^a   Calabrese, Roberto ^b   Colombi, Nicoletta ^b   Deplano, Annamaria ^b   Lingua, Carla ^b   Longo, Filomena ^b   Villanacci, Maria C ^b   Miniero, Roberto ^c   Piga, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decision support; Evidence based library and information practice; Evidence based practice; Evidence based medicine; Health science; Health services research; Information seeking behaviour; Librarians; Library and information science; Reflective practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSTRUMENTATION; LIBRARY; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PEDIATRICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MALE; PEDIATRICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 80155208540     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2011.00957.x     Document Type: Article

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