Utilizing grounded theory to explore the information-seeking behavior of senior nursing students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The ability to find and retrieve information efficiently is an important skill for undergraduate nursing students. Yet a number of studies reveal that nursing students are not confident in their library searching skills and encounter barriers to retrieving relevant information for assignments.

Objectives

This grounded theory study examined strategies used by students to locate information for class assignments and identified barriers to their success.

Methods

Purposive sampling was used to recruit eleven students, who were asked to record their searching processes while completing a class assignment, and semi-structured, open-ended, audiotaped interviews took place to discuss the students' journals and solicit additional data. Methods of information seeking

SUBMITTER: Duncan V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3257490 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature