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Teaching Information Literacy Skills To Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Collaborative Approach, Suzanne E. Zentz, Kimberly J. Whalen

Suzanne E Zentz, DNP, RN, CNE

Background

An expectation of baccalaureate nursing education is to prepare nurses to implement evidenced-based practice (EBP). This expectation extends far beyond a basic understanding of the research process. BSN prepared nurses must be able to effectively and efficiently identify, analyze, and synthesize evidence (AACN, 2008). The acquisition of information literacy skills is foundational to the development of EBP.

Implementation

The study took place at a College of Nursing within a mid-sized, faith-based university located in the Midwest. Historically, students enrolled in their senior level undergraduate nursing research/EBP course underwent one library instruction session with the nursing librarian to reinforce search …

Acquire And Diagnose: Linking The Problem With Finding Best Sources Of Evidence, Kimberly Whalen

Kimberly J. Whalen

No abstract provided.

Lead, Follow, Or Get Out Of The Way: Teaming Up With Nursing Faculty To Research, Write, And Publish Systematic Reviews., Kimberly Whalen

Kimberly J. Whalen

No abstract provided.

Web Citation Availability: A Follow-Up Study, Mary Casserly, James Bird

James E Bird

The authors report on a study to examine the persistence of Web-based content. In 2002, a sample of five hundred citations to Internet resources from articles published in library and information science journals in 1999 and 2000 were analyzed by citation characteristics and searched to determine cited content persistence, availability on the Web, and availability in the Internet Archive. Statistical analyses were conducted to identify citation characteristics associated with availability. The sample URLs were searched again between August 2005 and June 2006 to determine persistence, availability on the Web, and in the Internet Archive. As in the original study, the …

Comparison Of Wikipedia And Other Encyclopedia For Accuracy, Breadth, And Depth In Historical Articles, Lucy Holman

Lucy B Holman

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Do Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers Result From Meeting Abstracts Of The Biennial Conference On The Biology Of Marine Mammals?, James Bird, Mary Bird

James E Bird

Peer-reviewed publication is at the core of scientific communication. However, with the exception of biomedicine, there has been little analysis of the rate of peer-reviewed publication resulting from conference abstracts. This study examined a random sample of abstracts from the 1989 and 1991 Biennial Conferences on the Biology of Marine Mammals to determine how many were published as peer-reviewed papers. Publication rates were 51.4% (±4.7%) and 51.2% (±4.6%), respectively. This low abstract-to-publication rate, coupled with editorial policies prohibiting citation of conference abstracts in some journals, limits access to recent research, and thus affects the vibrance of the discipline.

Authorship Patterns In Marine Mammal Science, 1985-1993, James Bird

James E Bird

Authorship studies in such disciplines as physics and economics show that with the passage of time there has been an increase in the number of authors per paper, indicating a trend toward more collaboration. In this study, a search was run on the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts database to identify marine mammal science papers published from 1985 to 1993. A total of 1308 papers published in scientific journals was examined. There were weak but statistically significant trends in the increase in the number of authors per paper as well as in the number of multi-authored papers written by authors …