Course Readings

Burright MA, Hahn TB, & Antonisse MJ. (2005). Understanding information use in a multidisciplinary field: A local citation analysis of neuroscience research. College & Research Libraries, 66(3):198-210.

Booth A. (2003). Bridging the research-practice gap? The role of evidence based librarianship. New Review of Information and Library Research, 9:3-23.

Booth A. (2006). Clear and present questions: formulating questions for evidence based practice. Library Hi Tech, 24(3):355-368.

Brettle A. (2003). Information skills training: A systematic review of the literature. health Information & Libraries Journal,20 (Suppl.1:3-9. (Systematic review).

Brown CM & Ortega U. (2005). Information-seeking behavior of physical science librarians: Does research inform practice? College & Research Libraries, 66(3):231-247.

Durrance, J. C., Fisher, K. E., & Hinton, M. Bouch. (2005). How libraries and librarians help : A guide to identifying user-centered outcomes. Chicago: American Library Association.

*Eldredge JD. (2000). Evidence-based librarianship: searching for the needed EBL evidence. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 19(3): 1-18.

Gonzalez-Alcaide G, Castello-Cogolles L, Navarro-Molina C, et al. (2008). Library and information science research areas: analysis of journal articles in LISA. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 59(1):150-54.

Haddow G & Klobas JE. (2004). Communication of research to practice in library and information science: closing the gap.Library and Information Science Research, 26(1):29-43.

Koufogiannakis D & Slater L. (2004). A content analysis of librarianship research Journal of Information Science, 30(3):227-239.

Marshall JG. (1992, Apr). The impact of the hospital library on clinical decision making: the Rochester study. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 80(2):169-78. (Randomized controlled trial)

McKnight M. (2000, Jul). Interlibrary loan availability of nursing journals through DOCLINE and OCLC: a five-state survey. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 88(3):254-5.

Evidence-Based Medicine 

Olsen O, Middleton P, Ezzo J, Gøtzsche P, Hadhazy V, Herxheimer A, Kleijnen J, McIntosh H. (2001, Oct 13). Quality of Cochrane reviews: assessment of sample from 1998. BMJ, 323:829-832.

Sackett DL, Rosenberg WM, Gray JA, Haynes RB, Richardson WS. (1996, January 13). Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn't. BMJ, 13:312(7023):71-2.

* Greenhalgh, T., & NetLibrary, I. (2001). How to read a paper (2nd ed.). London: BMJ Books.This is available as a book, and as a series of articles published in BMJ, for example:Greenhalgh, T. (1997). How to read a paper. statistics for the non-statistician. II "significant" relations and their pitfalls. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 315(7105), 422-425. The articles are all very practical and form the core of critical evaluation instruments used in EBM - and in LIS, as well.

Haynes RB, Wilczynski N, McKibbon KA, Walker CJ, Sinclair JC. (1994, Nov-Dec). Developing optimal search strategies for detecting clinically sound studies in MEDLINE. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 1(6):447-58.

Miettinen OS. (2001, Aug 21). The modern scientific physician: 1. Can practice bescience? CMAJ, 165(4):441-2.

Miettinen OS. (2001, Sep 4). The modern scientific physician: 2. Medical science versus scientific medicine. CMAJ, 165(5):591-2.

* Sackett D, Strauss S, Richardson W, Rosenberg W, & Haynes, R. (2000). Evidence-based medicine: how to practice and teach EBM (2nd ed.). London, UK: Harcourt Publishers, Ltd. This is the 'bible' of EBM.

Schardt C & Mayer, J. (2004). Introduction to evidence-based medicine. Duke University Medical Center Library and Health Sciences Library, UNC-Chapel Hill. EBM Tutorial

Evidence-based Library & Information Practice

Bao XM. (2000, Nov). An analysis of the research areas of the articles published in C&RL and JAL between 1990 and 1999. College & Research Libraries, 61(6)6:536-44.

* Bayley L & Eldredge J. (2003). The structured abstract: an essential tool for researchers. Hypothesis, 17(1):1,11-13.

* Booth A. (2003). Bridging the research-practice gap? The role of evidence based librarianship. New Review of Information and Library Research, 9:3-23.

Booth A. (2001). Turning research priorities into answerable questions. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 18:130-32.

Booth A & Brice A. (2003). Clear cut?: facilitating health librarians to use information research in practice. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 20(Supp. 1):45-52.

*Booth A & Brice A. (2004). Evidence-based practice for information professionals: a handbook. London, England: Facet Publications. If the Sackett, et al. book is the 'bible' for EBM, this is its equivalent in LIS.

Booth A & Eldredge JD. (2003, Jun). Editorial. Health Information & Libraries Journal, 20(1 Supp.1):1-2.

Bradley J & Marshall J. (1995, Sept). Using scientific evidence to improve information practice. Health Libraries Review, 12(3):147-157.

Burdick AJ, Doms CA, Doty CC, Kinzie LA. (1990, Oct). Research activities among health sciences librarians: a survey. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 78(4):400-402.

Crumley E & Koufogiannakis D. (2002). Developing evidence based librarianship: practical steps for implementation. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 19(2):61-70.

Dimitroff A. (1992, Oct). Research in health sciences library and information science: a quantitative analysis. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 80(4):340-6.

Eldredge J. (1997, Fall). Evidence-based librarianship. Hypothesis, 11(3):4-7.

Eldredge J. (2000). Evidence-based librarianship: an overview. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 88(4):289-302.

* Eldredge J. (2000). Evidence-based librarianship: formulating EBL questions. Bibliotheca Medica Canadiana, 22(2):74-7.

* Eldredge JD. (2000). Evidence-based librarianship: searching for the needed EBL evidence. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 19(3): 1-18.

Hartley J, Sydes M, & Blurton A. (1996). Obtaining information accurately and quickly: are structured abstracts more efficient? Journal of Information Science, 22(5):349-356.

Hernon P. (2001, March). Editorial: Components of the research process: where do we need to focus attention? Journal of Academic Librarianship 27(2):81-89.

Hernon, P. (1999, July). Editorial: Research in library and information science: reflections on the journal literature. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 25(4):263.

Koufogiannakis D & Slater L. (2004). A content analysis of librarianship research Journal of Information Science, 30(3):227-239.

Medical Library Association. (1999). MLA Research Section Research bibliography. Chicago, IL: The Association.

Powell RR. (1992, Jul-Sep). Impact assessment of university libraries: a consideration of issues and research methodologies. Library & Information Science Research, 14(3) 245-57.

Powell RR, Baker LM, Mika JJ. (2002). Library and information science practitioners and research. Library & Information Science Research, 24:49-72.

Schneider E, Mankin CJ, & Bastille JD. (1995, Jan). Practical library research: a tool for effective library management. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 83(1):22-6.

Searing S. (2004). Which is better - Library Lit or LISA?

Searing S. (2004). Strategies for finding LIS information (pathfinder).

Segal J. (2000). Collaboration between theory and evidence-based practice - two cultures: librarians and professors. 66th IFLA Council and General Conference Jerusalem, Israel, 13-18 August.

Stoffle CJ, Allen B, Morden D, Maloney K. (2003). Continuing to build the future: Academic libraries and their challenges. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 3(3): 363-380.

Turner K. (2002). Do information professionals use research published in LIS journals? 68th IFLA Council and General Conference, August 18-24, 2002.

Williams JF & Winston MD. (2003). Leadership competencies and the importance of research methods and statistical analysis in decision making and research and publication: A study of citation patterns. Library & Information Science Research, 25:387-402.

Trahan E. (1993). Applying meta-analysis to library and information science research. Library Quarterly, 63(1):73-91.

* Marshall JG & Neufeld VR (1981). A randomized trial of librarian educational participation in clinical settings. Journal of Medical Education, 56(5):409-16. This very important study was the first randomized trial in librarianship.

* Durrance, J. C., Fisher, K. E., & Hinton, M. Bouch. (2005). How libraries and librarians help : A guide to identifying user-centered outcomes. Chicago: American Library Association.

* McClure, C. & Hernon, P. (1991). Library and information science research : perspectives and strategies for improvement. Norwood, N.J. : Ablex Pub. Corp., c1991.

Haddow G & Klobas JE. ( 2004). Communication of research to practice in library and information science: closing the gap.Library and Information Science Research,26(1):29-43.

Brown CM & Ortega U. (2005). Information-seeking behavior of physical science librarians: Does research inform practice? College & Research Libraries, 66(3):231-247.

Antonisse MJ, Burright MA,& Hahn, TB. (2005). Understanding information use in a multidisciplinary field: A local citation analysis of neuroscience research. College & Research Libraries, 66(3):198-210.

Booth A. (2006). Clear and present questions: formulating questions for evidence based practice. Library Hi Tech, 24(3):355-368.

McKnight M. (2000, Jul). Interlibrary loan availability of nursing journals through DOCLINE and OCLC: a five-state survey. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 88(3):254-5.

4th International Conference on Evidence-based Library and Information Practice
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Scherrer CS & Dorsch JL. (1999, Jul). The evolving role of the librarian in evidence-based medicine. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 87(3):322-8.

Library Association Research Policies

Association of College and Research Libraries (2000). ACRL Statement on Professional Development. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.

Medical Library Association, Research Task Force. (2007). The Research Imperative: The Research Policy Statement of the Medical Library Association. Chicago, IL: The Association.

Special Library Association. (2001). Putting our values to work: A new research statement June 2001, the role of research in special librarianship. Alexandria, VA: SLA.