Hospital nurses’ information retrieval behaviours in relation to evidence based nursing: a literature review

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 3-23

  Alving, Berit Elisabeth ^a   Christensen, Janne Buck ^a,b   Thrysøe, Lars ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bibliographic databases; evidence based practice; information literacy; information retrieval; information seeking behaviour; information sources; nurses; review, literature

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SEEKING; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL;

EID: 85040661680     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hir.12204     Document Type: Review

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