Beyond MEDLINE for literature searches

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-182

  Conn, Vicki S ^a,c   Isaramalai, Sang Arun ^b   Rath, Sabyasachi ^a   Jantarakupt, Peeranuch ^a   Wadhawan, Rohini ^a   Dash, Yashodhara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c S317 School of Nursing MU   (United States)

Author keywords

Literature searching; Publication bias; Research synthesis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DATA BASE; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; RECALL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; STANDARD;

COMPUTER USER TRAINING; DATABASES; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDLINE; NURSING RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 0038488386     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2003.00177.x     Document Type: Review

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