Open AccessIdentifying gaps in consumer health library collections: a retrospective review
Author(s) -
Eleni Giannopoulos,
Michelle Snow,
Mollie Manley,
Katie McEwan,
Andrew Stechkevich,
Meredith Giuliani,
Janet Papadakos
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the medical library association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1558-9439
pISSN - 1536-5050
DOI - 10.5195/jmla.2021.895
Subject(s) - medical library , world wide web , library science , medline , computer science , information retrieval , data science , political science , law
The objective of this study was to determine if search request forms, which are used when a patron's request for information cannot be fulfilled at the time of contact with the library team, can be used to identify gaps in consumer health library collections.