title: Using the Internet to conduct research.
abstract: The internet has become an everyday communication tool for countless people throughout the world. It has a variety of potential uses in education, practice and research, but only in the last decade have nurse researchers begun to take advantage of the multiple uses the internet has to offer. The author reviews the uses of the internet to conduct research and addresses challenges and issues that currently influence web-based research.
authors.affiliation: University of Central Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Ahern
mesh_terms: D003197:Computer Literacy; D003200:Computer User Training; D003625:Data Collection / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration; D020407:Internet / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012107:Research Design; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D014584:User-Computer Interface