A Review of:
Vibert, N., Ros, C., Le Bigot, L., Ramond, M., Gatefin, J., & Rouet, J.-F. (2009). Effects of domain knowledge on reference search with the PubMed database: An experimental study. Journal of the American Society for Information Science…

Objective – To investigate whether African American students’ computer attitudes predict levels of library anxiety.

Design – A user study in which two instruments were administered to a group of graduate students to measure computer attitudes and library anxiety.

Objective – To describe critical care nurses’ on-duty information-seeking behavior.

Design – Participatory action research using ethnographic methods.

Setting – A twenty-bed critical care unit in a 275-bed community (non-teaching) hospital.

Subjects – A purposive sample of…

Objective - This paper examines the role of a health information professional in a large multidisciplinary project to improve services for head injury.

Methods - An action research approach was taken, with the information professional acting as co-ordinator. Change…

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP) is seeking a Production Editor to join its Editorial Team.

The Production Editor is responsible for the publishing function of the journal, including manuscript layout and formatting of content.

It is with great pleasure that the Research in the Workplace Award (RIWA)* assessment panel announces the winning proposal in 2006/2007 to be for a multi-site randomised controlled trial to determine the impact of providing a virtual reference service (Access…

A review of:
Urquhart, C., and R. Davies. ”EVINCE: The Value of Information in Developing Nursing Knowledge and Competence.” Health Libraries Review 14.2 (1997): 61-72.

Objective – To examine the impact of information on the clinical knowledge and…

The Evidence-Based Scholarly Communication Conference (EBSCC) was held March 11-12, 2010 in Albuquerque, NM. The conference addressed the perceived gap in knowledge and training for scholarly communication principles in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award…

Objective - This study investigates the information literacy of graduate education students, including those in doctoral cohorts. The Association for Research and College Libraries Information Literacy Standards were used a baseline for measurement.

Methods - A survey was sent…

Too often, good research evidence is undermined by the poor quality of scientific reporting. The EQUATOR Network http://www.equator-network.org is a new initiative that seeks to improve the quality and reliability of health research literature.

EQUATOR Network has launched…