A structured approach to documenting a search strategy for publication: A 12 step guideline for authors

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 878-886

  Kable, Ashley K ^a   Pich, Jacqueline ^a   Maslin Prothero, Sian E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Framework; Literature review; Literature searching; Search strategy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

DOCUMENTATION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84868304283     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.02.022     Document Type: Article

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