School of Health Sciences
RLO: How to conduct a literature search
Resources
| Title/link | Description |
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What is Referencing? (RLO) |
An introduction to referencing and its purpose. |
An introduction to online databases of journals relevant to nurses (eg CINAHL, BNI). |
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What are journals? (RLO) |
Introduction to academic, professional, general and subject-based journals for nurses. |
How to construct literature search enquiries using the thesaurus, focus or explode your search, use the search term taxonomy to refine your search and combine these methods into an advance search protocol. |
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Introduction to the modified Harvard style of literature referencing, incorporating an interactive referencing tool for students. |
Glossary
- Aspirin: A mild analgesic used in the treatment of headaches and mild pain
- Boolean operators: Words that are used to combine search terms together eg AND or OR
- CINAHL: A database of nursing and nursing related journals
- German measles: The common name for rubella infection
- Paracetamol: An analgesic and anti-inflammatory used in the treatment of mild pain or inflammation
- Rubella: A common viral infection, characterised by fever and a red macula rash
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© 2007 School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham
Developers: Liz Hilton, Fred Riley
Content author: Jenny Coombs, Wendy Stanton
RLO released: 27th July, 2007
Page last updated: 27 July, 2007