Evaluating a health sciences library residency program: what have we learned?
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SUBMITTER: Scherrer CS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2947125 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct
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Evaluating a health sciences library residency program: what have we learned?
Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA 20101001 4
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