%0 Journal Article %1 friedman_mapping_2006 %A Friedman, Yelena %D 2006 %J Journal of the Medical Library Association ( JMLA ) %K Articles,Citation analysis,Home health,Nursing,Periodicals %P np-np %T Mapping the literature of home health nursing %U http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1463031 %V 94 %X Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify core periodicals in home health nursing and to determine how well these periodicals were covered by indexing and abstracting services. The study was part of the project for mapping the nursing literature of the Medical Library Association's Nursing and Allied Health Resource Section. Methods: A citation analysis of two core periodicals was done to determine distribution of references by format types and age of citations and dispersion of the literature, according to Bradford's Law of Scattering. The analysis of indexing coverage for Zone 1 and 2 was also provided. Results: The study showed that 64.2 per cent of citations came from periodicals, versus 22.9 per cent from books and 12.9 per cent from other publications. PubMed/ MEDLINE rated highest in average indexing coverage of Zone 1 and 2 periodicals, followed by CINAHL. PsycINFO, SocioAbstracts, and EBSCO Health Business FullTEXT showed practically no coverage for the home health nursing literature. Conclusion: As expected, periodical articles were found to be the primary source for referencing and books, the secondary source. In regard to bibliographic control, no databases provided full coverage of the periodicals in the field of home health nursing. PubMed/MEDLINE and CINAHL gave better results in combination, because CINAHL tended to cover more nursing periodicals, while PubMed/MEDLINE did better with medical titles. (Author abstract)

@article{friedman_mapping_2006, abstract = {Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify core periodicals in home health nursing and to determine how well these periodicals were covered by indexing and abstracting services. The study was part of the project for mapping the nursing literature of the Medical Library Association's Nursing and Allied Health Resource Section. Methods: A citation analysis of two core periodicals was done to determine distribution of references by format types and age of citations and dispersion of the literature, according to Bradford's Law of Scattering. The analysis of indexing coverage for Zone 1 and 2 was also provided. Results: The study showed that 64.2 per cent of citations came from periodicals, versus 22.9 per cent from books and 12.9 per cent from other publications. PubMed/ MEDLINE rated highest in average indexing coverage of Zone 1 and 2 periodicals, followed by CINAHL. PsycINFO, SocioAbstracts, and EBSCO Health Business FullTEXT showed practically no coverage for the home health nursing literature. Conclusion: As expected, periodical articles were found to be the primary source for referencing and books, the secondary source. In regard to bibliographic control, no databases provided full coverage of the periodicals in the field of home health nursing. PubMed/MEDLINE and CINAHL gave better results in combination, because CINAHL tended to cover more nursing periodicals, while PubMed/MEDLINE did better with medical titles. (Author abstract)}, added-at = {2007-12-03T17:48:07.000+0100}, author = {Friedman, Yelena}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26bedda570073b2493cfbb5e25cb8d249/sercarfe}, interhash = {64f0a739bf77ad9b1b98767f5fa6872a}, intrahash = {6bedda570073b2493cfbb5e25cb8d249}, journal = {Journal of the Medical Library Association ( JMLA )}, keywords = {Articles,Citation analysis,Home health,Nursing,Periodicals}, month = {April}, pages = {np-np}, timestamp = {2007-12-03T17:48:26.000+0100}, title = {Mapping the literature of home health nursing}, url = {http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1463031}, volume = 94, year = 2006 }