Searching the literature: a researcher's perspective.
There are many clinical questions that nurses may not have answers for in everyday practice. This dilemma leads many of them to look to the research for answers, guidance, or even more questions. Today's professional nurse should be familiar with common literature search methods. This article leads the nurse researcher through the process of finding relevant literature in a step-by-step method and defines common jargon related to the search.
Columbia St. Mary's Hospital-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. lczaplew@columbia-stmarys.org
Lynn M
LM
Czaplewski
D016208:Databases, Factual; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D015399:Nursing Research; D012108:Research Personnel