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Evidence-Based Librarianship

Searching for the Needed EBL Evidence

Jonathan D. Eldredge PhD, MLS Collections and Information Resources Development, The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Library, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
Pages 1-18 | Published online: 12 Oct 2008
 
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ABSTRACT

This paper discusses the challenges of finding evidence needed to implement Evidence-Based Librarianship (EBL). Focusing first on database coverage for three health sciences librarianship journals, the article examines the information contents of different databases. Strategies are needed to search for relevant evidence in the library literature via these databases, and the problems associated with searching the grey literature of librarianship. Database coverage, plausible search strategies, and the grey literature of library science all pose challenges to finding the needed research evidence for practicing EBL. Health sciences librarians need to ensure that systems are designed that can track and provide access to needed research evidence to support Evidence-Based Librarianship (EBL).

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