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Trends In Health Sciences Library And Information Science Research: An Analysis Of Research Publications In The Bulletin Of The Medical Library Association And Journal Of The Medical Library Association From 1991 To 2007, Sally A. Gore, Judy M. Nordberg, Lisa A. Palmer, Mary E. Piorun Aug 2010

Trends In Health Sciences Library And Information Science Research: An Analysis Of Research Publications In The Bulletin Of The Medical Library Association And Journal Of The Medical Library Association From 1991 To 2007, Sally A. Gore, Judy M. Nordberg, Lisa A. Palmer, Mary E. Piorun

Sally A. Gore

OBJECTIVE: This study analyzed trends in research activity as represented in the published research in the leading peer-reviewed professional journal for health sciences librarianship.

METHODOLOGY: Research articles were identified from the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association and Journal of the Medical Library Association (1991-2007). Using content analysis and bibliometric techniques, data were collected for each article on the (1) subject, (2) research method, (3) analytical technique used, (4) number of authors, (5) number of citations, (6) first author affiliation, and (7) funding source. The results were compared to a previous study, covering the period 1966 to 1990, to identify …


Funding Opportunities For Young Investigators In Radiology, Robert W. Holden, Teresa Williams Apr 2010

Funding Opportunities For Young Investigators In Radiology, Robert W. Holden, Teresa Williams

Teresa Williams

For many investigators in radiology, one of the most frustrating steps of conducting research is the search for funding sources.


Human Rights Reference Sources: A Critical Annotated Bibliography, Chad M. Kahl, Stephanie Davis-Kahl Jan 2010

Human Rights Reference Sources: A Critical Annotated Bibliography, Chad M. Kahl, Stephanie Davis-Kahl

Stephanie Davis-Kahl

The area of human rights has had significant attention both nationally and internationally in the press and in the political arena. While there is a renewed commitment to human rights advocacy, there is also an upward trend in popular culture of depictions of torture. This article provides critical annotations of English-language reference sources, published since 1990, and available both in print and online, in an effort to aid librarians collecting and weeding materials for human rights research.

This article was included in the Journal of Academic Librarianship's Guide to the Professional Literature in 2010. The Guide "is a highly selective …