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Bibliometrics
The study of publication patterns
Boolean operators
The words AND, OR, and NOT which are used to join or exclude search terms
Citing Articles Search
A search that finds articles that cited another article
Empiricle Literature
Published works that demonstrate how theories apply to individual behavior or observed events
Evidence Pyramid
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
Information Literacy
The competencies necessary to access, retrieve, and analyze research evidence for application to nursing practice
Journal impact factor
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
Levels of Evidence
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
Literature Review
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.
Open Access
Information that is freely available online with few or no copyright restrictions
Peer Review
The objective evaluation of the quality of a research study, done by peer researchers without knowledge of the author of the source
Primary Sources
Reports of original research authored by the researcher and published in a scholarly source such as a peer-reviewed research journal or scholarly work
Search Concepts
Major ideas or themes in a research question
Search Strategy
The identification of search concepts and terms and the way they are combined that will be used in the literature review
Search Terms
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.
Secondary sources
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
Seminal Work
A classic work of research literature that is more than five years old and is marked by its uniqueness and contribution to professional knowledge
Subject Headings
Fixed "official" keywords used by many databases to describe major concepts and assigned by indexers to bibliographic records
Theoretical Literature
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