Themes in Health Sciences Librarianship Literature, 2016–2020: A Keyword and Subject Analysis.
Previous investigations into trends in Library and Information Science literature have revealed changes in the topics librarians publish on over time, with older studies highlighting classification and indexing, and information retrieval and more recent studies highlighting keywords such as Internet...
| Published in: | Medical Reference Services Quarterly Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 228 - 240 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul-Sep2023
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