Chapter 7

A research journal article written by the researchers who conducted a study is a [blank_start]primary[blank_end] source of research review.

Descriptions of studies prepared by someone other than the investigators are considered [blank_start]secondary[blank_end] sources.

A search strategy sometimes called "footnote chasing" is the [blank_start]ancestry[blank_end] approach.

A major resource for finding research reports are [blank_start]bibliographic[blank_end] databases.

When doing an electronic database search, one often begins with one or more [blank_start]keywords[blank_end].

CINAHL is the most important bibliographic database for [blank_start]nurses[blank_end].

MEDLINE is a very important bibliographic database for health care [blank_start]professionals[blank_end] around the world.

Examples of Boolean operators include [blank_start]AND[blank_end] and OR.

The controlled vocabulary used to code entries in [blank_start]MEDLINE[blank_end] is called MeSH.

The MEDLINE database can be accessed for free through [blank_start]PubMed[blank_end].

If a researcher has been prominent in an area, it is useful to do an [blank_start]author[blank_end] search.