BOLTs (Brief Online Learning Tutorials) are:

• Resources for you when you need more information or clarification
• Brief 3-5 minute animated chunks of information

If you wish to obtain CEUs for the BOLTs, please click on the "Participate in the LISTEN Project link located on the left menu.

Recognizing and Prioritizing Information Needs

• Recognizing Questions (Notes)
• Information Sources (Notes)
• How Do You Know Which Database to Use? (Notes)
• When Do You Have Enough Information? (Notes)

Seeking & Accessing Information

• Seeking Information Effectively (Notes)
• Seeking Information Efficiently (Notes)
• Ways to Extract Information (Notes)
• Organizing & Integrating Information (Notes)
• What Makes a Good Searcher (Notes)
• Be A Smart Googler (Notes)
• Emailing Attachments (Notes)
• Working with CINAHL Search Results (Notes)
• Understanding PubMed Display Formats (Notes)
• Using Social Bookmarking (Notes)
• Using Google Scholar (Notes)

Evaluating Information

• Evaluating Resources for Currency (Notes)
• Evaluating Resources for Objectivity (Notes)
• Evaluating Resources for Authority (Notes)
• Evaluating Resources for Accuracy (Notes)
• Internet Source Anatomy (Notes)

Evidence-Based Nursing Practice (EBNP) Concepts and Resources

• Benefits and Advantages of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice (Notes)
• Key Steps for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice (EBNP) (Notes)
• Build a Clinical Question Using PICO (Notes)
• Identifying Evidence-Based Nursing Practice Resources (Notes)
• Asking Answerable Questions (Notes)

EBNP Searching & Evaluating

• Database Searching Basics (Notes)
• Finding a Hard Copy Resources in the Library (Notes)
• Boolean Operators (Notes)
• Levels of Evidence (Notes)
• Using Appropriate Search Words (Notes)

EBNP Application to Practice

• Lifelong Learning Techniques (Notes)
• Information Literacy in Practice (Notes)
• Implementing EBNP in your Organization (Notes)
• Benefits of Nursing Informatics (Notes)
• Patient Education Resources on the Internet (Notes)

Additional BOLTs

• Creating an Electronic Folder (Notes)

Note: Visit this page from time to time. Other BOLTs will be added as they are developed.

BOLT References