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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1991
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ423395 |
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- Health Information Services in Ontario Public Libraries. Marshall, Joanne And Others Community Information Services Continuing Education Foreign Countries Health Materials Health Promotion Library Collections Library Role Library Surveys Public Libraries Reference Services User Needs (Information) Systematically examines the provision of health information in Ontario's larger public libraries. The survey, which elicited a 90 percent response rate, showed that health requests accounted for about 8 percent of all reference questions. The major problems faced by public librarians in providing health information were incomplete or unclear queries, and inadequate collections. (18 references) (Author/SD)