title: Historical methodology for nursing research.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the basic tenets of historical research methodology, with emphasis on researching nursing history.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To introduce students and researchers to historical research, through substantive guidelines for library and archival research, and definitions of primary and secondary sources. To discuss ethical considerations--particularly those provoked by recent scholarly interest in the history of ordinary people. To explore issues of external and internal criticism. To discuss analysis, synthesis, and presentation of historical findings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Historical research, as a type of scholarly inquiry, requires attention to methodology to uncover and interpret findings for nursing.
authors.affiliation: Northern Illinois University, School of Nursing, DeKalb 60115, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lusk
mesh_terms: D001109:Archives; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006663:Historiography; D006676:History of Nursing; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007994:Libraries, Nursing; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D012107:Research Design