title: [Project evidência [evidence]: research and education about accessing scientific databases in Azores].
abstract: Project Evidência [Evidence] intends to promote the use of scientific databases among nurses. This study aims to design educational interventions that facilitate nurses' access to these databases, to determine nurses' habits regarding the use of scientific databases, and to determine the impact that educational interventions on scientific databases have on Azorean nurses who volunteered for this project. An intervention project was conducted, and a quantitative descriptive survey was designed to evaluate the impact two and five months after the educational intervention. This impact was investigated considering certain aspects, namely, the nurses' knowledge, habits and reasons for using scientific databases. A total of 192 nurses participated in this study, and the primary results indicate that the educational intervention had a positive impact based not only on the increased frequency of using platforms or databases of scientific information (DSIs) s but also on the competence and self-awareness regarding its use and consideration of the reasons for accessing this information.
authors.affiliation: Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Angra do Heroísmo da Universidade dos Açores. Angra doHeroísmo, Portugal. hmsoares@uac.pt
authors.forename: Hélia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Sandra M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Ajuda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Fábio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: Márcio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.forename: Patrícia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dutra
authors.forename: Hélder Rocha
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Pereira
mesh_terms: D001394:Azores; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D015399:Nursing Research