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ArticleBiomedical digital libraries2006

Technology mediator: a new role for the reference librarian?

David K Howse, Paul J Bracke, Samuel M Keim

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Article in Biomedical digital libraries, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. The emerging informationist specialty: a systematic review of the literature.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2008
    Pooled it
  2. Evidence-based Medicine Search: a customizable federated search engine.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2008
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

David K HowseArizona Health Sciences Library, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, P,O, Box 245079, Tucson, AZ 85724-5079, USA. dhowse@ahsl.arizona.edu
Paul J Bracke
Samuel M Keim

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Arizona Health Sciences Library has collaborated with clinical faculty to develop a federated search engine that is useful for meeting real-time clinical information needs. This article proposes a technology mediation role for the reference librarian that was inspired by the project, and describes the collaborative model used for developing technology-mediated services for targeted users.

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PMID17040566
PMCPMC1618854

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