Abstract
Objective: to identify the quality of the bibliography used by students in their 4th year of the Nursing Degree at the School of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Chiropody of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Method: the study was conducted through the selection and evaluation of information sources and references from journal articles in 26 Final Degree Projects (FDPs), in order to determine their conformity with the Vancouver Standards, because this is the quotation system more widely used in Health Sciences publications, and recommended by the professors responsible for education and follow-up of FDP groups. Results: out of 957 references in total, there was a selection of 604 (63.11%) journal articles, and 1.545 errors (2.55 per reference) were detected and classified. The group of those with the best scores presented 17.05% of correct references, vs. 9.13% for the group with the worst score. Conclusions: low accuracy in references was found in both groups. However, the projects with higher scores provided more references, higher use of scientific journals, higher agreement with Vancouver Standards, and lower number of errors.
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