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- Peg Allen & June Levy
- May 3, 2003
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- Describe initial results from NAHRS Task Force to Map the Literature of
Nursing
- Discuss implications for library collection development and evidence
based practice
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- Protocol adapted from NAHRS Task Force on Bibliographic Access for the
Allied Health Literature
- 1993 – 2000
- Purpose:
- identify core journals
- determine bibliographic coverage
- influence database producers to improve access
- Papers published covered 13 AH disciplines
- http://nahrs.library.kent.edu/activity/mapping/alhealth/index.html
- Nursing study: 1998 NAHRS Research Committee goal
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- Collection development
- Resource for nursing professionals and students
- Indexing possibilities for databases
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- Brandon/Hill Selected Lists
- Print Books and Journals for the Small Medical Library
- Print Nursing Books and Journals
- Murphy, S. “Nursing Research Journals”
- Allen, M. “Key and Electronic
Nursing Journals”
- Essential Nursing References
- Canadian and UK lists
- For links to online subject lists:
- MLA Collection Development Section Website
http://colldev.mlanet.org/subject.html
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- What types of information are cited in the nursing literature?
- What are the core journals cited?
- Which databases access these titles?
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- 1999 – Planning meeting at MLA
- 2000 – Poster session, Selected Phase 1 tables
- 2001
- Paper by Susan Jacobs at MLA
- Protocol revised – see NAHRS website
- Database coverage research
- 2002 – Work continues
- 2003 – Papers in process
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- Select source journal(s) for discipline
- Collect data
- Analyze cited formats – books, articles, others
- For cited journal articles:
- Rank by cited journal title
- Mark off three zones--each with 1/3 of total cited references
- Determine database coverage
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- “Core” nursing titles
- 50 in most cited 118 journals
- “Core” biomedical titles
- Titles from medical & nursing literature related to the nursing
disciplines
- Inclusion of core titles analyzed for project
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- Ontario Learning Resources for Nursing (OLRN) project, 2001
- Ranked version of Key and Electronic Nursing Journals: Characteristics
and Database Coverage. Alphabetical version at http://nahrs.library.kent.edu/resource/reports/specrpts.htm
- Added points for research % and reputation
- Nursing faculty agreed that top-ranked nursing journals were those
they’d recommend
- Raised questions regarding reliance on biomedical literature
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- Quality of searches for published articles
- Skill of searcher
- Databases selected
- Scope of databases selected
- Availability of material retrieved
- Personal preferences of authors
- Nursing specialties – are they representative?
- Biomedical vs. Nursing Publishing
- Quantity of articles; publication frequency
- Currency of data
- Selection of journals and databases for project
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- Additional disciplines in progress
- Phase 3 (1998 – 2000)
- Phase 4 (2000 – 2002)
- Update first studies?
- Funding for data analysis?
- Study systematic reviews on nursing topics?
- Please contact Peg Allen if interested in Phase 4 or other options: pegallen@tznet.com
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Notes