LibGuides: Nursing Information Literacy Tutorial: 1.3 Primary Nursing Sources

What's a Primary Source?

A primary source in science is a document or record that reports on a study, experiment, trial or research project. Primary sources are usually written by the person(s) who did the research, conducted the study, or ran the experiment, and include hypothesis, methodology, and results.

Primary Sources include:

Pilot/prospective studies
Survey research
Case studies
Lab notebooks
Clinical trials and randomized clinical trials
Dissertations

CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
To Find Primary Sources in CINAHL:
1) Select Advanced Search
2) Go to Publication Type and select Clinical Trial, Randomized Clinical Trial and Dissertations.
(Hold down the CTRL key to select multiple items in the list)

MEDLINE with Full Text This link opens in a new window
To Find Primary Sources in Medline:
1) Select Advanced Search
2) Under Publication Type, select Clinical Trial, Controlled Clinical Trial, and Randomized Clinical Trial.
(Hold down the CTRL key to select multiple items in the list)

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition This link opens in a new window
To Find Primary Sources in AJCN:
1) Go to Advanced Search
2) Under article types, select Case Report
(Hold down the CTRL key to select multiple items in the list)

ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
To Find Primary Sources in Science Direct:
1) Go to Advanced Search
2) Under Article Types, select Case Reports
(Hold down the CTRL key to select multiple items in the list)

SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
To Find Primary Sources in socINDEX:
1) Go to Advanced Search
2) Under article types, select Case Study and Dissertation
(Hold down the CTRL key to select multiple items in the list)

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
To Find Primary Sources in Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection:
1) Go to Advanced Search
2) Under article types, select Case Study
(Hold down the CTRL key to select multiple items in the list)

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