This document provides an overview of the research lifecycle and resources for various stages including literature searching, funding opportunities, citation management, data collection, manuscript creation, publishing, and more. Contact information is provided for librarians who can assist with resources for nursing research. Exercises are included to familiarize readers with databases for funding sources, surveys, citations, and identifying influential journals.

1. Saving Research Time – Pt. 2
Robin Featherstone Suzanne O’Neill
Research & Instructional Public Services Librarian
Librarian (Nursing)
rfeathe@uwo.ca soneill@fanshawec.ca
(519) 661-2111 ext: 86383 (519) 452-4430 ext: 4346

2. Part Two Literature searching:
Managing citations:
Creating manuscripts:
Research
Publishing:
Life-cycle
Fund searching:
Collecting data: CANADIAN DIRECTORY
TO FOUNDATIONS AND
CORPORATIONS

3. Fund Searching – Gov’t
CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
http://www.cihr.gc.ca
Funding Opportunities Database
NSERC (Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council
of Canada)
http://www.nserc.gc.ca
Biomedical engineering, biostatistics, psychology, life sciences
research related to human health and disease (pathology,
toxicology, nutrition, etc...)
SSHRC (Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council
of Canada)
http://www.sshrc.ca
Sociological, psychological or management research

4. Exercise
Using the CIHR website (http://www.cihr.gc.ca),
answer the following:
1. How many funding opportunities are available from the
Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health?
2. What grant for health professionals has a deadline date
between January and June 2010?

5. Fund Searching - Private
Canadian Directory to Foundations and Corporations
Online directory
2,200 Canadian grant-making organizations
150 American foundations with a history of granting in
Canada
Find using the library catalogue
OR through the Nursing page under “researcher tools”

6. http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing

7. Exercise
Using the Canadian Directory to Foundations
and Corporations, answer the following:
1. How many grantmakers provide funds for
communications disorders research?

8. Managing citations: Literature searching:
Creating manuscripts:
Research
Publishing:
Life-cycle
Fund searching:
Collecting data:
CANADIAN DIRECTORY
TO FOUNDATIONS AND
CORPORATIONS

9. Survey Monkey
Web-based survey creation tool
2 kinds of subscriptions
Basic (Free!)
100 participants maximum
Professional ($20/month, $200/year)

10. http://tinyurl.com/taylorsurvey

11. Managing citations: Literature searching:
Creating manuscripts:
Research
Publishing:
Life-cycle
Fund searching:
Collecting data:
CANADIAN DIRECTORY
TO FOUNDATIONS AND
CORPORATIONS

12. Journal Citation Reports
Identify the most appropriate, influential journals in
which to publish
Confirm the status of journals in which you have
published
Two editions:
JCR Science Edition
JCR Social Sciences Edition*
* Tip: for nursing, search both

13. http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing

14. Journal Citation Reports
• Evaluate a particular journal
– Impact factor
– Immediacy factor
• Consider other journals
– Look at related journals

15. Exercise
• Find the Journal of Emergency Nursing in the
2007 JCR Science Edition
1. What is its 2007 Impact Factor?
2. What is the most closely related journal?
3. Which one has a higher Impact Factor?

16. Exercise
• Conduct a subject search for nursing in the
2007 JCR Science Edition
1. Which journal has the highest Impact Factor?
2. Which journal has the highest Immediacy
Index?

17. Robin Featherstone
rfeathe@uwo.ca
(519) 661-2111 ext: 86383
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing