Health librarianship
Subtitle: an introduction
By: Jeffrey T. Huber and Feili Tu-Keefner, editors ; foreword by Fred W. Roper
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9781610693219; 9781610698870
Subjects: Medical librarianship; Medical libraries; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / General; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching
Description: "Intended for students interested in careers as health sciences librarians, this insightful book presents a current view of trends and issues in the field of health librarianship from leading scholars and practitioners"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview of health sciences libraries and librarianship / Katherine Schilling; title: Overview of the healthcare environment / Fay J. Towell; title: Situating health librarianship within the healthcare environment / Anna Getselman and Sandra G. Franklin; title: Evidence-based healthcare/evidence-based practice / Connie Schardt; title: Government agency and professional association resources and services / Keith Cogdill; title: Health librarianship : management and administration / Gerald Perry; title: Technical services in health sciences libraries / Susan Swogger; title: Public services in health sciences libraries / Melissa De Santis; title: Information retrieval / James E. Andrews and Denise Shereff; title: Historical collections in health sciences libraries / Michael A. Flannery; title: Interpersonal skills to the fore : consumer health librarianship / Mary L. Gillaspy; title: Health literacy / Robert Shapiro; title: Outreach services / Julie K. Gaines and Meredith Solomon, AHIP; title: Special populations / Michele A. Spatz; title: Health and biomedical informatics / P.W. Dalrymple and D.L. Varner.