Intellectual framework for finding, understanding, evaluating, and using information activities that may be accomplished in part through fluency with information technology and sound investigative methods, but most importantly, through critical reasoning and discernment

    Databases range from specific to general and act as collection points by aggregating information like abstracts and articles from many different journals; two such databases include the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and MEDLINE.

Allow users to surf the Web and find information on nearly anything, although many researchers steer clear of search engines because of the vast amounts of unsubstantiated information. E.g. google

Making full use of available library resources

serves to strengthen information literacy

skills, thus enabling learners to master

content and extend their investigations,

become more self-directed, and assume

greater control over their own learning

Processing Data and Data Analysis

Data analysis is the process by which data collected during the course of a study is processed to identify trends and patterns of relationships

Quantitative data focuses on numbers and frequencies rather than experience and meaning

   Extremely varied in nature, qualitative data can include nearly any information that can be captured and is not numerical

• Discussion abounds in the area of what constitutes evidence

• considered the most reliabl, the randmized conrl trial is often the gold standard for evidence

• Evidence includes standards of practice, codes of ethics, philosophies of nursing, autobiographical stories, esthtics critism, works of art, qualitative studies and the patient and clinical knowledge.