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Impact of end-user search training on pharmacy students: a four-year follow-up study.

The Alfred Taubman Medical Library at the University of Michigan has offered instruction in online literature searching to third-year pharmacy students as a component of the course 'Drug Information and Scientific Literature Evaluation' since 1983. In the spring of 1989, a follow-up study was conduc...

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Published in:Bulletin of the Medical Library Association Vol. 80; no. 2; pp. 124 - 131
Main Authors: Ikeda NR, Schwartz DG
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: University of Pittsburgh, University Library System 1992 Apr
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          Ikeda NR
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          Computerized Literature Searching, End User Education
          Information Seeking Behavior
          Students, Pharmacy
          Education, Pharmacy
          Library User Education Evaluation
          Prospective Studies
          Computerized Literature Searching
          Libraries, Medical School
          Surveys
          Drug Information
          Computer Literacy
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      ab: The Alfred Taubman Medical Library at the University of Michigan has offered instruction in online literature searching to third-year pharmacy students as a component of the course 'Drug Information and Scientific Literature Evaluation' since 1983. In the spring of 1989, a follow-up study was conducted to assess the impact of instruction on four classes of graduates. Of a pool of 151 graduates, 90 (60%) responded to a mailed questionnaire on their use of information and computerized literature searching. The respondents were divided into four subgroups: end-user searchers, users of intermediaries, end users who used intermediaries, and those who did not use computerized literature search systems. Seventy-two percent of the respondents used some type of computerized literature searching, and 42% performed their own searches. The four subgroups differed in general computer use, familiarity with MEDLINE search terminology, information use, reasons for using or not using literature searching, and characteristics of searches (i.e., type, time frame, amount, and frequency). Training in end-user search systems appears to have had an impact on the continued use of computerized literature searching several years after the formal educational program.
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