Document (#7671)

Author

Kupferberg, N.

Title

Librarians deal with health queries

Source

PNLA quarterly. 58(1993) no.2, S.15-16

Year

1993

Abstract

Contribution to a feature on health care within the library systems. Considers the role libraries should play in providing medical information to library users, with particular reference to the Mountain States of the Pacific Northwest USA, in light of a survey of academic libraries in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming: 3 large states with no medical schools or large medical libraries. Results show that academic libraries in all 3 states surveyed are performing a significant function in providing medical information to users, including the general public. Receiving medical questions has become an established part of a reference librarian's routine in academic libraries of all sizes, and such questions are particularly common in smaller libraries, such as community and two year college libraries

Theme

Informationsdienstleistungen

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