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Evidence Based Nursing
This guide provides information on evidence based practice in nursing
These may be great sources, but remember they are not peer reviewed.
Editorial
Opinion pieces
Letters to the editor
Books Reviews
Elements of a Peer Reviewed Article
Look for these elements when you're evaluating an article to confirm that it's peer reviewed:
Article Title: Usually rather lengthy, includes technical terms and methodologies.
Author(s) & their credentials: In addition to their names, you may also see author's credentials. This includes information about where they work/teach, their degrees, and contact information. It is include to help establish their authority.
Abstract: A brief summary of the article-Often divided into the same sections as the article text. Readers use abstracts to quickly determine if the article will help meet their information needs.
Article Text: The actual text of the article is usually divided sections with headings: Introduction, literature review, methods, results, discussion, and conclusion. There are frequently also charts and other visual representations of data.
References: You'll find in-text or footnotes throughout an academic article and a lengthy list of corresponding citations at the end of a scholarly article. These references are there to connect a scholarly article to the larger field of research and demonstrate the evidence and other research that the work is based on. References can be a great place to look for additional resources.
