ABSTRACT
Nurses must know how to locate and evaluate health information to optimize their professional practice. However, much of the information available online and in print lacks credibility, and navigating professional research databases can prove complex. As more nursing students and nurse educators move from centralized, brick-and-mortar campuses to satellite locations and online courses, the need for adaptable library services becomes pronounced. This article describes a program that serves decentralized nursing students and nurse educators. Relationship building, one-to-one contact, and flexibility are program hallmarks. Services provided by the program and evaluation methods are discussed, and ways of building collaboration are recommended.
AUTHORS
Received: August 14, 2008
Accepted: January 27, 2009
Posted: November 25, 2009
Ms. Hallyburton is Reference Librarian, Health Sciences Liaison, Hunter Library, and Dr. St. John is Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina.
Address correspondence to Ann Hallyburton, MSLS, AHIP, Reference Librarian, Hunter Library, Western Carolina University, 124 Central Drive, Cullowhee, NC 28723; e-mail: ahallyb@email.wcu.edu.
doi:10.3928/01484834-20091118-04
