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Library resources for problem-based learning: the program perspective.

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The impact of a problem based curriculum has been the subject of increasing interest, as evidenced by several recent articles on the subject [1-4]. McMaster was able to design its library to serve a problem-based curriculum, but since there had been no prior experience with such a curriculum, the library was designed to meet needs that could only be guessed at [5]. In addition, the library serves the needs of a research intensive faculty. How the curriculum and the library have interacted over the past 25 years may be helpful to other schools considering problem-based learning.

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J Blake. 1994. Library resources for problem-based learning: the program perspective.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-2607(94)90110-4

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