Assessing availability of scientific journals, databases, and health library services in Canadian health ministries: A cross-sectional study

Implementation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Léon, Grégory ^a,b   Ouimet, Mathieu ^a,b   Lavis, John N ^c,d,e   Grimshaw, Jeremy ^f,g   Gagnon, Marie Pierre ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care; Information science; Knowledge transfer; Library science; Research evidence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LIBRARY; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS;

CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; INTERLIBRARY LOANS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY SERVICES; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875195002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-34     Document Type: Article

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