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Looking for a needle in a haystack: searching the Internet for quality resources.
1School of Nursing, Griffith University, Nathan.
Contemporary Nurse
|May 16, 2002
Summary
This paper guides nurse researchers on effectively searching the Internet for high-quality nursing resources. It addresses challenges in finding reliable online information and offers practical solutions for productive research.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Research
- Information Science
Background:
- The Internet offers vast nursing research materials.
- Accessing and locating these resources can be challenging due to variability.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore issues in searching the Internet for quality nursing resources.
- To provide practical guidance for nurse researchers.
Main Methods:
- Exploration of Internet searching challenges for nurses.
- Identification of key search strategies and resources.
Main Results:
- Variable nature of online resources complicates searches.
- Difficulty in locating specific, high-quality nursing information.
Conclusions:
- Effective Internet searching requires specific strategies and tools.
- Guidance provided aims to improve nurse researchers' online information retrieval productivity.