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Mapping The Literature Of Pediatric Nursing: Update And Implications For Library Services, Carol L. Watwood
Mapping The Literature Of Pediatric Nursing: Update And Implications For Library Services, Carol L. Watwood
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Objective
The purpose of this study was to identify core journals and other types of literature cited in four major pediatric nursing journals and to characterize coverage of these resources in major bibliographic databases. The study was part of the “Mapping the Literature of Nursing Project” of the Medical Library Association's Nursing and Allied Health Resource Section. It updates a similar analysis published in 2006 and determines whether citation patterns have changed over time.
Methods
Cited references from articles published in 4 pediatric nursing journals between 2011 and 2013 were collected. Cited journal titles were ranked according to number of …