Evaluation of citations:
The topic for your nursing research paper is
"Tamoxifen therapy for the treatment of
female breast cancer"
Your research in periodical databases and catalogs
yielded some results listed below. Your job is to evaluate these citations carefully---for
clues that may lead you to accept, reject or think twice about using the
complete information sources.
Remember that each citation may reveal multiple
clues--you will be graded on the comprehensiveness of your evaluation--how
many clues you spot and how well you explain their significance.
As an example here are some to give you and idea
of what to look for:
Various citation elements can be used such as Title, Author, Date
of Publication, Type of publications, Language etc.... Here are some
examples of electronic database search results where citation elements can
help you assess...
I searched a broad access tool, the IAC Academic Index, for the topic of
aspirin. My comments are written in red. Which articles you choose is entirely
dependent on your research focus and the type of information you need.
1) Study links aspirin and stroke risk in women.
very
specific, refers to original research
Norra MacReady.
no credentials
given
The Lancet Sept 4, 1999 v354 i9181 p840 reliable
publication "Lancet" although the publication year 1999--nearly 4
years ago may give you pause....
2) The Life-Saving Power of ASPIRIN!
popular
language, excited approach
Dianne Ammerman, Stuart T. Haines.
no
credentials given for authors
Diabetes Forecast Dec 1999 v52 i12 p56 year? is
Diabetes forecast a reliable journal?
3) Therapeutic Benefit: Aspirin Revisited in Light of theIntroduction of
Clopidogrel.
very specific,
medical/scientific
Dr. Alan Z. Segal.
authors
medical degree listed by journal publisher
Neurology Alert Nov 1999 v18 i3 p20 reliable journal?
year?
Assignment:
1.
Authors: Isaacs
CJD ; Swain
SM
Affiliation: Georgetown Univ Med Ctr, 3800 Reservoir Rd, NW,
Washington DC 20007
Title:
Hormone
replacement therapy in women with a history of breast carcinoma
Source: Hematology/Oncology
Clinics of North America 1994 Feb; 8(1): 179-95 (120 ref)
Language:
English
2.
Vegetarian Times, July 1996 n227 p22(1)
Cancer experts debate tamoxifen. Ben Lilliston.
3.
Authors: Gross
RE ; Major
M
Affiliation: Evelyn H Lauder Breast Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center, New York, New York
Title:
Treatment
options for breast cancer
Source:
Journal of Gynecologic Oncology Nursing 1997 Winter; 7(1): 13-23
(38 ref)
4.
The University of California, Berkeley Wellness Letter, Dec
1999 v16 i3 p1(3)
Can this drug prevent breast cancer? (tamoxifen, brand name
Nolvadex)
5.
JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, Feb 15,
1995 v273 n7 p596(1)
Tamoxifen and Breast
Cancer. (book reviews) Adriane Fugh-Berman.
6.
Authors: Nechushtan
H ; Peretz
T
Affiliation: Oncology Department, Hadassah Ein Kerem, Jerusalem,
Israel.
Title:
[Tamoxifen and
breast cancer]
Source:
Harefuah (Harefuah.) 2002 Aug; 141(8): 718-20, 761, 760
Language:
Hebrew
7.
Title:
Treatments in the Wings: New Drugs Could Replace Even Tamoxifen.
Subject(s)
: BREAST
-- Cancer -- Treatment; CANCER
-- Alternative treatment
Source
: New
York Times , 4/9/2002, Vol. 151 Issue 52083, pF3, 0p
Author(s)
: Tarkan,
Laurie
8.
Title:
Concurrent
chemotamoxifen halves benefit of chemotherapy.
Subject(s)
: TAMOXIFEN;
BREAST
-- Cancer -- Treatment; CHEMOTHERAPY
Source
: Women's
Health Weekly , 7/11/2002, p7, 2p
Author(s)
: Kelly,
Janis
9.
Title: Tamoxifen :new hope in
the fight against breast cancer
Authors:
Kessler,
John F. ; Annussek,
Greg A.
Publication:
New York: Avon Books
Year:
1999
Description:
vi, 202 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Language:
English
10.
Title: The role of Tamoxifen
in the treatment and prevention of breast cancer
Author:
Jordan,
V. Craig
Publications:
St. Louis, MO : Mosby-Yearbook
Year:
1992
Language:
English
Series:
Current problems in cancer,; v. 16, no. 3;
Notes:
includes bibliographical references (p. 165-176).