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19 Cards in this Set
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Bibliometrics
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The study of publication patterns
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Boolean operators
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The words AND, OR, and NOT which are used to join or exclude search terms
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Citing Articles Search
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A search that finds articles that cited another article
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Empiricle Literature
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Published works that demonstrate how theories apply to individual behavior or observed events
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Evidence Pyramid
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A pyramid diagram illustrating evidence based information that depicts the potential quality of information, the amount available, and the amount of searching required to find evidence
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Information Literacy
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The competencies necessary to access, retrieve, and analyze research evidence for application to nursing practice
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Journal impact factor
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A way to measure the visibility of research by calculating a ratio of current citations of the journal to all citations in the same time period
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Levels of Evidence
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A scale that provides the user with a quick way to assess the quality of the study design, and therefore the strength of the study conclusions
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Literature Review
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A critical component of the research that provides an in-depth analysis of recently published research findings in specifically identified areas of interest. The review informs the research question and guides development of the research plan.
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Open Access
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Information that is freely available online with few or no copyright restrictions
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Peer Review
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The objective evaluation of the quality of a research study, done by peer researchers without knowledge of the author of the source
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Primary Sources
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Reports of original research authored by the researcher and published in a scholarly source such as a peer-reviewed research journal or scholarly work
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Search Concepts
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Major ideas or themes in a research question
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Search Strategy
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The identification of search concepts and terms and the way they are combined that will be used in the literature review
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Search Terms
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Words or phrases that describe each search concept used to conduct the literature search. They may include variables in the research question, characteristics of the populations of interest, or the theoretical framework of the research problem.
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Secondary sources
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Comments and summaries of multiple research studies on one topic such as systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and meta-syntheses, which are based on the secondary author's interpretation of the primary work
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Seminal Work
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A classic work of research literature that is more than five years old and is marked by its uniqueness and contribution to professional knowledge
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Subject Headings
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Fixed "official" keywords used by many databases to describe major concepts and assigned by indexers to bibliographic records
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Theoretical Literature
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Published conceptual models, frameworks, and theories that provide a basis for the researcher's belief system and for ways of thinking about the problem studied
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