Choosing and using methodological search filters: Searchers' views

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 133-147

  Beale, Sophie ^a   Duffy, Steven ^b   Glanville, Julie ^c   Lefebvre, Carol ^d   Wright, Dianne ^c   Mccool, Rachael ^c   Varley, Danielle ^c   Boachie, Charles ^e   Fraser, Cynthia ^e   Harbour, Jenny ^f   Smith, Lynne ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d Lefebvre Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bibliographic; Database searching; Databases; Information services; Librarians; Methodological filters; Surveys

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEARCH ENGINE;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; SEARCH ENGINE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84903387282     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hir.12062     Document Type: Article

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