Beginner's Research Guide

Searching the literature is a skill that nurses need for many reasons. Whether to answer a clinical question, to gather background information on a topic, to meet a grant deadline or write a research paper, nurses and nursing students need to understand how information is arranged before they can locate, evaluate, and apply the knowledge gained. Information may be found in:

• Books
• Scholarly journal articles
• Popular periodicals
• Government documents
• Dissertations
• Fee-based or free sites on the internet
  

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