Navigating the doctoral journey

Journal of Hospital Librarianship

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 345-361

  Mays, Tammy L ^a   Smith, Bernie Todd ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic; Advisors; Consumer health; Dissertation; Doctor of philosophy (PhD) degree; Doctoral education; Education; Educators; Faculty member; Graduate education; Library administrators; Medical librarians; Motivations; Original research; Practitioners; Proposal defense; Strategies; Students; Survival; Teaching; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010583721     PISSN: 15323269     EISSN: 15323277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15323260903250411     Document Type: Article

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