End User Searching in the Health Sciences


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This book, first published in 1986, provides a comprehensive and detailed look at online biomedical database searching by end users. Experts fully assess the numerous implications of end user searching and synthesize a wide variety of views and successful practices. By examining the types of users, institutional settings, products used, and applications, this important volume probes the specific variations among programs and provides a solid overview of end user searching in the health science field. The volume includes informative chapters on determining content and structure of online educational materials, training the end user, the issues in implementing end user search systems, and much more.




User Education in Health Sciences Libraries


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Here is ready access to a wide range of information for librarians who teach users how to best utilize information resources. Library and information science students and practitioners can learn from the educational programs that have been developed over the last decade, as presented in this volume, to build and expand their roles as consultants and educators. Bringing together the best information on the subject from the pages of Medical Reference Services Quarterly, this book is intended to create an interest in user education in libraries and generate ideas for new or expanded user education programs.




Reference and Information Services in Health Sciences Libraries


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General introduction to the field of health sciences librarianship for graduate students and a means of documenting the state of practice of health sciences librarianship.




The Bookmark


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The Library Quarterly


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Includes section "Reviews".










End-user Searching


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