title: Non-conventional technologies for data collection in Brazilian dissertations and theses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to characterize non-conventional technologies used for data collection of dissertations and theses available in the Catalog of Theses and Dissertations (CEPEn) of the Brazilian Nursing Association (ABEn).
  
  
  METHODS
  this is a documentary research, whose data were collected in the catalogs of theses and dissertations available at the ABEn website, from Volumes XIX to XXI. The indicators collected were: academic level; educational institution; year; qualification of the author; setting; non-conventional technology used; type of technology; association with conventional techniques; methodological design; benefits and methodological limitations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  from a total of 6346 studies, only 121 (1.91%) used non-conventional technologies for data collection, representing the fi nal sample of the study.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  it is concluded that Brazilian Nursing researches still need methodological innovations for data collection.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brasil.
authors.forename: Pétala Tuani Candido de Oliveira
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Salvador
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brasil.
authors.forename: Cláudia Cristiane Filgueira Martins
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brasil.
authors.forename: Kálya Yasmine Nunes
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: de Lima
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brasil.
authors.forename: Kisna Yasmin Andrade
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brasil.
authors.forename: Viviane Euzébia Pereira
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D004212:Academic Dissertations as Topic; D001938:Brazil; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D015399:Nursing Research