Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106458
Title: Nurses’ information use and literature searching skills for evidence based practices
Authors: Majid, Shaheen
Theng, Yin-Leng
Foo, Schubert
Zhang, Xue
Mokhtar, Intan A.
Luyt, Brendan
Chang, Yun-Ke
Keywords: DRNTU::Library and information science
Issue Date: 2013
Source: Majid, S., Foo, S., Zhang, X., Mokhtar, I. A., Luyt, B., Chang, T.-K. et al. (2013). Nurses’ information use and literature searching skills for evidence based practices. Malaysian journal of library & information science, 18(1), 67-78.
Series/Report no.: Malaysian journal of library & information science
Abstract: Medical and healthcare literature is growing exponentially, and medical professionals, including nurses, need to possess basic literature searching skills to retrieve information for clinical decision making. This study aims to investigate the use of different medical information sources by nurses and their literature searching skills. Questionnaire survey was adopted for data collection and a total of 1,486 nurses from two public hospitals in Singapore participated in this study. It was found that human and printed sources were used more frequently by the nurse, as compared to online sources. For literature searching, nurses used basic search features, and only less than one-quarter of them were familiar with Boolean and proximity operators. The study suggests that hospital libraries should play an active role in improving literature searching skills of nurses which may subsequently result in increased use of electronic information sources.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106458
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24016
Schools: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information 
Rights: © 2013 University of Malaya. This paper was published in Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science and is made available as an electronic reprint (preprint) with permission of University of Malaya. The paper can be found at the following official URL: [http://www.researchgate.net/publication/256487398_Nurses_information_use_and_literature_searching_skills_for_evidence_based_practices]. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic or multiple reproduction, distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
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