Statistical Measures Alone Cannot Determine Which Database (BNI, CINAHL, MEDLINE, or EMBASE) Is the Most Useful for Searching Undergraduate Nursing Topics. A Review of: Stokes, P., Foster, A., & Urquhart, C. (2009). Beyond relevance and recall: Testing new user-centred measures of database performance. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 26(3), 220-231.

Statistical Measures Alone Cannot Determine Which Database (BNI, CINAHL, MEDLINE, or EMBASE) Is the Most Useful for Searching Undergraduate Nursing Topics. A Review of: Stokes, P., Foster, A., & Urquhart, C. (2009). Beyond relevance and recall: Testing new user-centred measures of database performance. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 26(3), 220-231.

<b>Objective</b> – The research project sought to determine which of four databases was the most useful for searching undergraduate nursing topics. <br><b>Design</b> – Comparative database evaluation. <br><b>Setting</b> – Nursing and midwifery students...

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Main Author: Giovanna Badia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta 2011-03-01
Series:Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
Subjects:
recall
precision
database performance
Online Access:http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/9561/7863

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