Topics and Features of Academic Medical Library Tutorials

Author(s)

Rozalynd P. Anderson, University of South Carolina - School of Medicine LibraryFollow
Steven P. Wilson, University of South Carolina - School of Medicine LibraryFollow
Felicia Yeh, University of South Carolina - School of Medicine LibraryFollow
Betty Phillips, University of South Carolina - School of Medicine LibraryFollow
Mary Briget Livingston

Document Type

Article

Subject Area(s)

Library Science

Abstract

In a 2007 study, librarians at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Library examined freely available online tutorials on medical library Web sites. The team identified tutorial topics, determined common design features, and assessed elements of active learning in library-created tutorials; the team also generated a list of third-party tutorials to which medical libraries link. This article updates the earlier study, describing changes and trends in tutorial content and design on medical libraries’ Web sites; the project team plans to continue to track trends in tutorial development by repeating this study annually.

Publication Info

Postprint version. Published in Medical Reference Services Quarterly, Volume 27, Issue 4, Winter 2008, pages 406-418.

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/WMRS

© 2008 by Haworth Press (now Taylor & Francis)

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http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/WMRS

© 2008 by Haworth Press (now Taylor & Francis)