Introduction to Reference Sources in the Health Sciences, Sixth Edition (Medical Library Association Guides)

Jeffrey T. Huber, Susan Swogger

ISBN 10: 0838911846 / ISBN 13: 9780838911846

Published by Amer Library Assn Editions, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to Reference Sources in the Health Sciences, Sixth Edition (Medical Library Association Guides)
• Publisher: Amer Library Assn Editions
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838911846
• ISBN 13: 9780838911846
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Prepared in collaboration with the Medical Library Association, this completely updated, revised, and expanded edition lists classic and up-to-the-minute print and electronic resources in the health sciences, helping librarians find the answers that library users seek. Included are electronic versions of traditionally print reference sources, trustworthy electronic-only resources, and resources that library users can access from home or on the go through freely available websties or via library licenses. New chapters cover health information seeking, point-of-care sources, and global health sources. This valuable resources will point both library staff and the users they serve in the right direction.

About the Author

Jeffrey T. Huber is Director, School of Library and Information Science, at the University of Kentucky. He completed his master's at University of Kentucky and earned his doctorate at the University of Pittsburgh and has been on the faculty in the School of Library and Information Studies
at Texas Woman's University since 1998. He held a concurrent appointment as associate director for research at the Houston Academy of Medicine Texas Medical Center (HAM TMC) Library from 2001 to 2008. During that time he also was appointed adjunct associate professor in the School of Health Information Sciences at the Health Science Center at Houston, University of Texas.


Susan Swogger began her interest in libraries by repairing books as a student worker, eventually going to the University of Texas at Austin for library school. She spent some years as director of a psychology library in Phoenix before joining the University of North Carolina's Health Sciences Library as Collections Development Librarian.