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The potential of educational comics as a health information medium by McNicol, Sarah

“…Objectives To investigate ways in which educational comics might provide support in dealing with feelings and attitudes towards health conditions, as well as…”
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Information literacy and social networking sites: challenges and stakes regarding teenagers’ uses by Aillerie, Karine, McNicol, Sarah

“…Research has shown that information seeking can act as a motivation to use SNS. In this paper, we identify patterns of information uses of SNS among teenagers…”
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Explaining engagement in self-monitoring among participants of the DESMOND Self-monitoring Trial: a qualitative interview study by Eborall, Helen C, Dallosso, Helen M, McNicol, Sarah, Speight, Jane, Khunti, Kamlesh, Davies, Melanie J, Heller, Simon R

“…The Diabetes Education and Self-Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed (DESMOND) Self-monitoring Trial reported that people with newly diagnosed type 2…”
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Ten challenges in improving quality in healthcare: lessons from the Health Foundation's programme evaluations and relevant literature by Dixon-Woods, Mary, McNicol, Sarah, Martin, Graham

“…Formal evaluations of programmes are an important source of learning about the challenges faced in improving quality in healthcare and how they can be…”
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Using participant-created comics as a research method by McNicol, Sarah

“…Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of participant-created comics as a research method through a project to investigate the life…”
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Humanising illness: presenting health information in educational comics by McNicol, Sarah

“…Research into the effectiveness of comic books as health education tools overwhelmingly consists of studies evaluating the information learnt as a result of…”
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Responding to Concerns About Online Radicalization in U.K. Schools Through a Radicalization Critical Digital Literacy Approach by McNicol, Sarah

“…This article discusses the two main strategies commonly used to safeguard children and young people online; namely, Internet filtering and digital literacy…”
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Developing digital pedagogy through learning design: An activity theory perspective by Lewin, Cathy, Cranmer, Sue, McNicol, Sarah

“…Learning design is growing in importance but is not yet widely adopted by teachers. This paper describes the development of a scenario‐led learning design…”
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School librarians’ intellectual freedom attitudes and practices by McNicol, Sarah

“…Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the most significant censorship issues faced by UK school librarians today and to determine what factors…”
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Modelling information literacy for classrooms of the future by McNicol, Sarah

“…Although numerous models exist to support the development of information literacy skills, most were designed to support 20th-century technologies and…”
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Biblioterapia en el Reino Unido: el desarrollo histórico y las direcciones futuras by McNicol, Sarah, Brewster, Liz

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Joint Use Libraries in the UK by McNicol, Sarah

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'We Can Do It Imaginatively First!': Creating a Magic Circle in a Radical Community Education Setting by McNicol, Sarah

“…Working with social haunting was a community-based participatory research project that aimed to investigate how contested pasts carry affective meanings in…”
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Are social networking sites information sources? Informational purposes of high-school students in using SNSs by Aillerie, Karine, McNicol, Sarah

“…Although social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter are widely used by teenagers, to date, research has focused on their social uses. This research…”
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Near Future School: World building beyond a neoliberal present with participatory design fictions by Duggan, James R., Lindley, Joseph, McNicol, Sarah

“…•Participatory design fictions are useful practices for exploring near future educational scenarios with pupils.•A speculative form of Spinozist governance was…”
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Making Sense of Business Reference: A Guide for Librarians and Research Professionals by McNicol, Sarah

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"Dude! You mean you've never eaten a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?!?" Nut Allergy as Stigma in Comic Books by McNicol, Sarah, Weaver, Simon

“…This article examines the representation of nut allergy in comics aimed at children and young people. It maps the signification and stigma of nut allergy in…”
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The Tech Set 20: Semantic Web Technologies and Social Searching for Librarians by McNicol, Sarah

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The Tech Set 15: Strategic Planning for Social Media in Libraries20132Sarah K. Steiner. The Tech Set 15: Strategic Planning for Social Media in Libraries . London: Facet Publishing 2012. 109 pp. £34.95, ISBN: 978‐1‐85604‐841‐5 by McNicol, Sarah

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The Tech Set 12: Building Mobile Library Applications20132Jason A. Clark. The Tech Set 12: Building Mobile Library Applications . London: Facet Publishing 2012. 113 pp., ISBN: 978‐1‐85604‐845‐3 £34.95 by McNicol, Sarah

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