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Accessibility and Use of Web-Based Electronic Resources by Physicians in a Psychiatric Institution in Nigeria
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Oduwole, Adebambo Adewale; Oyewumi, Olatundun – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2010
Purpose: This study aims to examine the accessibility and use of web-based electronic databases on the Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) portal by physicians in the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro--a psychiatry health institution in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach: Collection of data was through the use of a three-part…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physicians, Psychiatric Hospitals, Access to Information
The Use of Information by Physicians.
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Elayyan, Ribhi M. – International Library Review, 1988
Reviews the literature on the topic of information use by physicians. The five areas presented include the concept of information use, relevant bibliographies and reviews, the use of library related sources of information, the use of nonlibrary related sources of information, and factors affecting information use by physicians. (93 references)…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Sources, Information Utilization, Literature Reviews
A Study of the Use of the AAHSLD Annual Statistics in Member Libraries.
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Hert, Carol A.; McClure, Charles R. – 1990
This study reports findings from a survey of U.S. and Canadian medical libraries belonging to the Association of Academic Health Sciences Library Directors (AAHSLD). Conducted in the spring of 1990 and funded by AAHSLD, the survey had the two primary purposes of assessing the use of the AAHSLD "Annual Statistics" in providing data for decision…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Information Utilization
The Information Needs, Usage and Attitudes of Medical Researchers in Australia. First Report to the National Library of Australia.
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Maguire, Carmel; Lovelace, Eugenia – 1975
Approximately 300 Australian users and non-users of the biomedical computerized data base, MEDLARS, were surveyed by mailed questionnaire in an attempt to determine the needs of present and potential users of the system and their prior experiences with computerized as well as other information services. Results of the survey reveal: (1) an…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Information Needs