Why do biomedical researchers learn to program? An exploratory investigation.
Objective: As computer programming becomes increasingly important in the biomedical sciences and more libraries offer programming classes, it is crucial for librarians to understand how researchers use programming in their work. The goal of this study was to understand why biomedical researchers who...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 108; no. 1; pp. 29 - 36 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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University of Pittsburgh, University Library System
Jan2020
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