Developing an evidence-based list of journals for nursing

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 105-109

  Sherwill Navarro, Pamela ^a   Kennedy, Joy C ^b   Allen, Margaret Peg ^c  

^a Remington College of Nursing   (United States)

^b Hmong Health Education Network ^*  (United States)

^c Hmong Health Education Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HUMAN; LIBRARY SCIENCE; NURSING; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HUMANS; LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS; LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT; NURSING; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84901420068     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.102.2.009     Document Type: Article

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