Graduate Nursing Resources
The Evidence Based Medicine Guide provides an overview of EBM with information on levels of evidence hierarchies and UK Library resources by evidence level.
An important step in writing a paper is showing the strength and rationale of the evidence you chosen. The following document discusses the reasoning, grading, and creation of a "Table of Evidence." While tables of evidence can differ, the examples given in this article are a great starting point.
- Fineout-Overhold, E., Melnyk, B., Mazurek, Stillwell, S.B., Williamson, K.M. (2010). Evidence-based practice step by step: Critical appraisal of the evidence: Part 1. AJN American Journal of Nursing. 110 (7): 47-52.
- Sample Evaluation Table
The ebook, Literature Reviews for Nursing and Education Graduate Students: Chapter 7 Synthesizing Source has examples of creating a literature matrix.
EndNote Resources
- EndNote Resource GuideUniversity of Kentucky faculty, staff, and students have access to EndNote, a software program that manages bibliographies and citations from research databases.
- EndNote CWYWWord document for demonstration
- EndNote CWYW GuideGuide to using EndNote CWYW from the University College London
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