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Mapping selected general literature of international nursing.

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This study, part of a wider project to map the literature of nursing, identifies core journals cited in non-US nursing journals and determines the extent of their coverage by indexing services.

Methods

Four general English-language journals were analyzed for format types and publication dates. Core titles were identified and nine bibliographic databases were scanned for indexing coverage.

Results

Findings show that 57.5% (13,391/23,271) of the cited references from the 4 core journals were to journal articles, 27.8% (6,471/23,271) to books, 9.5% (2,208/23,271) to government documents, 4.9% (1,131/23,271) to miscellaneous sources, and less than 1% (70/23,271) to Internet resources. Eleven journals produced one-third of the citations; the next third included 146 journals, followed by a dispersion of 1,622 titles. PubMed received the best database coverage scores, followed by CINAHL and Science Citation Index. None of the databases provided complete coverage of all 11 core titles.

Conclusion

The four source journals contain a diverse group of cited references. The currency of citations to government documents makes these journals a good source for regulatory and legislative awareness. Nurses consult nursing and biomedical journals and must search both nursing and biomedical databases to cover the literature.

SUBMITTER: Shams ML

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1773024 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mapping selected general literature of international nursing.

Shams Marie-Lise Antoun ML Dixon Lana S LS

Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA 20070101 1

<h4>Objectives</h4>This study, part of a wider project to map the literature of nursing, identifies core journals cited in non-US nursing journals and determines the extent of their coverage by indexing services.<h4>Methods</h4>Four general English-language journals were analyzed for format types and publication dates. Core titles were identified and nine bibliographic databases were scanned for indexing coverage.<h4>Results</h4>Findings show that 57.5% (13,391/23,271) of the cited references fr ...[more]

PMID: 17252056

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