It takes longer than you think: librarian time spent on systematic review tasks.
Introduction: The authors examined the time that medical librarians spent on specific tasks for systematic reviews (SRs): interview process, search strategy development, search strategy translation, documentation, deliverables, search methodology writing, and instruction. We also investigated relati...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 106; no. 2; pp. 198 - 208 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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University of Pittsburgh, University Library System
Apr2018
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