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@article{citeulike:1412631, abstract = {The purpose of this study was to evaluate the information-seeking practices of nurses before and after access to a library's electronic collection of information resources. This is a pre/post intervention study of nurses at a rural community hospital. The hospital contracted with an academic health sciences library for access to a collection of online knowledge-based resources. Self-report surveys were used to obtain information about nurses' computer use and how they locate and access information to answer questions related to their patient care activities. In 2001, self-report surveys were sent to the hospital's 573 nurses during implementation of access to online resources with a post-implementation survey sent 1 year later. At the initiation of access to the library's electronic resources, nurses turned to colleagues and print textbooks or journals to satisfy their information needs. After 1 year of access, 20\% of the nurses had begun to use the library's electronic resources. The study outcome suggests ready access to knowledge-based electronic information resources can lead to changes in behavior among some nurses.}, address = {Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. tannery@pitt.edu}, author = {Tannery, N. H. and Wessel, C. B. and Epstein, B. A. and Gadd, C. S.}, citeulike-article-id = {1412631}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2006.04.006}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17289463}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17289463}, doi = {10.1016/j.outlook.2006.04.006}, issn = {0029-6554}, journal = {Nurs Outlook}, keywords = {fox-citation, information-literacy, librarians, libraries, nursing}, number = {1}, pages = {15--19}, posted-at = {2007-06-25 23:18:42}, priority = {2}, title = {Hospital nurses' use of knowledge-based information resources.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2006.04.006}, volume = {55}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1412631 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1412631 N2 - The purpose of this study was to evaluate the information-seeking practices of nurses before and after access to a library's electronic collection of information resources. This is a pre/post intervention study of nurses at a rural community hospital. The hospital contracted with an academic health sciences library for access to a collection of online knowledge-based resources. Self-report surveys were used to obtain information about nurses' computer use and how they locate and access information to answer questions related to their patient care activities. In 2001, self-report surveys were sent to the hospital's 573 nurses during implementation of access to online resources with a post-implementation survey sent 1 year later. At the initiation of access to the library's electronic resources, nurses turned to colleagues and print textbooks or journals to satisfy their information needs. After 1 year of access, 20% of the nurses had begun to use the library's electronic resources. The study outcome suggests ready access to knowledge-based electronic information resources can lead to changes in behavior among some nurses. IS - 1 JF - Nurs Outlook SN - 0029-6554 AD - Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. tannery@pitt.edu EP - 19 TI - Hospital nurses' use of knowledge-based information resources. VL - 55 SP - 15 KW - fox-citation KW - information-literacy KW - librarians KW - libraries KW - nursing AU - Tannery, NH AU - Wessel, CB AU - Epstein, BA AU - Gadd, CS PY - 2007///b UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2006.04.006 ER -