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Availability of Health Education Journals in Academic Libraries
Objective:
To examine the extent of on-site availability of core health education
journals in universities and colleges housing health education degree
programs. Methods: Librarians at the 367 colleges or universities
offering health education programs were asked to indicate whether
or not their campus libraries carried 86 health education journals.
Of the schools surveyed, 197 questionnaires were returned for a
response rate of 54%. Results: Journal coverage ranged from
95.9% of HECU libraries carrying The American Journal of Public
Health to 2.6% carrying The ACSM Health & Fitness Journal. Conclusion:
Health education researchers need to become more involved in decisions
about core holdings, interlibrary loan, and subscriptions to document-delivery
systems that include important health education journals. |