Information skills training in health libraries: are we any nearer the evidence?

Introduction: For some time health librarians have been wondering whether the training they provide is effective (Eldredge, 2001) and two systematic reviews have attempted to find answers (Brettle, 2003; Garg and Turtle, 2003). Both reviews concluded that there was only limited evidence (based on weak research studies) that training improves search skills, there was no evidence about different types of training and nor was there an