Developing the Librarians' Role in Supporting Grant Applications and Reducing Waste in Research: Outcomes From a Literature Review and Survey in the NIHR Research Design Service

New Review of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2017, Pages 258-274

  Edmunds Otter, Mary L ^a   Wright, Judy M ^b   King, Natalie V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

embedded librarians; funding; grant writing; health librarians; Researchers; sytematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020752501     PISSN: 13614533     EISSN: 17407834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2017.1330219     Document Type: Article

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