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Libraries, Hospital

Known as: Hospital libraries, Library, Hospital, Hospital Library 
Information centers primarily serving the needs of hospital medical staff and sometimes also providing patient education and other services.
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2013
Review
2013
The Impact of Hospital Libraries on Patient Care and Clinical Decision-Making: A Survey of Teaching Hospitals
This article reports the results of a survey of 150 doctors working in teaching hospitals in Multan, Pakistan. The survey was… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Medicus Deus: a review of factors affecting hospital library services to patients between 1790-1950.
QUESTION What are some of the historical societal, medical, and public health trends leading to today's provision of hospital… 
1998
1998
Using scientific evidence to improve hospital library services: Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association journal usage study.
BACKGROUND Journal usage studies, which are useful for budget management and for evaluating collection performance relative to… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Information-seeking behavior of health professionals in Hong Kong: a survey of thirty-seven hospitals.
Shortly after the establishment of Hong Kong's Hospital Authority (HA) in 1990, ten library service networks supported by the… 
1995
1995
The value of information supplied to clinicians by health libraries: devising an outcomes-based assessment of the contribution of libraries to clinical decision-making.
The Value project, a study funded by the British Library Research and Development Department and a group of postgraduate medical… 
1995
1995
Internet connectivity for hospitals and hospital libraries: strategies.
Access to Internet resources and communications has rapidly become a necessity in many hospitals nationally. The results of a… 
Review
1974
Review
1974
The place of the hospital library consortium in the National Biomedical Communications Network.
The National Library of Medicine has issued a policy statement outlining expectations of more self-sufficiency at the Basic Unit… 
Review
1973
Review
1973
Library Practice in Hospitals: A Basic Guide
Of the approximately 3,000 health sciences libraries in the United States, some 60% are in hospitals whose holdings average 3,730… 
Review
1969
Review
1969
Basic journal list for small hospital libraries.
This Basic Journal List of forty-eight journal titles is intended as a selection guide for the librarian of the small hospital… 
1968
1968
Selected list of books and journals for the small medical library.
This revised list of 492 books and 138 journals is intended as a selection guide for small or medium-sized hospital libraries or… 
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