The nurse researcher found a reference to an article that was ...

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The nurse researcher found a reference to an article that was indexed in Index Medicus. What does the researcher discern about this article?
 
  1. It will now be indexed in MEDLINE.
  2. It is a physician authored article.
  3. This article was written after 2004.
  4. The researcher will have to go to the library to access the article.

Question 2

The student researcher is having difficulty locating information on the chosen research topic. The research faculty asks, Have you found any grey literature? What response, made by the student, indicates understanding of this literature?
 
  1. Yes, I did find some information in a conference proceeding from 2 years ago..
  2. No, everything I have found is recent..
  3. Yes, most of what I have found was written by older professors with tenure..
  4. No, I haven't found any articles written outside the United States..

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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: Index Medicus was a print index that has been converted to MEDLINE.
Rationale 2: Index Medicus consisted of articles for medicine, nursing, and allied health, written by various health care disciplines.
Rationale 3: Index Medicus was converted to MEDLINE in 2004.
Rationale 4: The article will be indexed in MEDLINE, which is available online.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: Grey literature is composed of unpublished studies, conference proceedings, dissertations, theses, and technical reports. These works are unpublished and usually not indexed or made available in major databases.
Rationale 2: The designation grey literature has nothing to do with the age of the information.
Rationale 3: The designation grey literature has nothing to do with the age of the researcher.
Rationale 4: The designation grey literature has nothing to do with where the study was written.