ACWR303 - Academic Writing for Nursing

Although you have been gathering information throughout your topic formulation, once you have clearly defined the focus of your topic you are best able to conduct a literature search for information that defines, extends, and supports your defined focus. Now you should be ready to really dive in to the research databases and dig out the literature to support your research topic.

This is the phase where you'll really get to know your databases relevant to the discipline of nursing. You'll search them, along with consulting other resources such as the Internet and subject experts, to pull together the information required to support your topic.