Denise F. Polit and Bernadette P. Hungler. As mentioned above, these are good for narrowing down a topic. For specific aspects of a topic, use books and scholarly journals, such as nursing and medical journals. For information on what has been done over time, use books, bibliographies, scholarly journals, newspapers or government documents. For the most up to date information, use articles from scholarly journals.
Books are good for concepts, history and theory.
However, due to the length of time it takes to get a book published, books will not contain the most recent information. OXF 1994 Don't forget to look for books which are bibliographies. Nursing is interdisciplinary. FirstSearch s WilsonSelect supplies the full-text of all articles indexed and includes the Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, Modern Healthcare and Geriatrics . FirstSearch s Periodical Abstracts supplies the full-text of American Journal of Nursing, Nursing, JAMA and Lancet .