Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Nurse Education Today journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/nedt Review Supportingthedevelopmentofinformationliteracyskillsandknowledgein undergraduate nursing students: An integrative review Margaret Purnell a, ⁎ , Bernadette Royal b,1 , Lyndall Warton c,2 a Library Services, Northern Territory Department of Health, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia b Library Services, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia c Innovation and Research Branch, Northern Territory Department of Health, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia ARTICLEINFO Keywords: Nursing students Preregistration nurses Undergraduate nurses Information literacy Library instruction Literature review ABSTRACT Background: Undergraduatenursingstudentshavetheopportunitytodevelopinformationliteracyskillswhileat universitysotheycanworkefectivelyinanincreasinglyinformation-intensiveclinicalenvironment.Thiscanbe achieved through learning how to efectively search for required information, critically evaluate it, apply and reference it. Librarians working in academic libraries can assist with this essential skill development through library instruction, delivery and support. Objectives: Theaimofthisintegrativereviewwastoundertakeananalysisofthepeer-reviewedresearchinthe context of library instruction programs delivered in undergraduate nursing courses. A synthesis of the key themes was also undertaken. Methods: Thispapertakestheformofanintegrativereview.Fourlibrarydatabasesweresystematicallysearched for research articles investigating ‘library instruction’ within ‘undergraduate nursing’ courses. The search strategy was based on synonyms for these two concepts. Results: A total of 26 articles based on 25 studies were identifed for review. Research was undertaken in a numberofdiferentcountrieswiththemostbeingintheUnitedStatesof America (8). Total participants were 2820nursingstudents.Sixteenofthestudieswereaquantitativeapproach,threewerequalitativeandsixwere mixed methods. A range of data collection methods were used that included surveys, interviews, focus groups and an observational study. One study was a randomised controlled trial and one used a mixed methods fnal year thesis analysis. The year level of participants varied with most being in the frst year of their course (12 studies).Sixstudieswereamixofyearlevels.Thefourkeyinter-relatedthemesidentifedwere:collaboration, course-integration, linking to assessments, and confdence. Conclusion: There is evidence to suggest a positive relationship between library instruction and information literacy skill development. Sustained training and support across year levels provides the opportunity for po- sitive student outcomes. 1. Background Twentyyearsago,itwaspredictedthatnurseswouldneedgeneric qualities enabling them to work efectively in a world of information overabundance (CheekandDoskatsch,1998).Thispredictionisnowa reality with nurses working in an increasingly information-intensive environment (Gray, 2016). Therefore, educational opportunities to strengthen the required information literacy skills are important for undergraduate nursing students. Informationliteracy(IL)asaconceptfocusesonaperson'sabilityto interact with information and the cognitive and behavioural processes that are involved (Hepworth et al., 2013). For the purpose of this re- view,informationliteracyskillsandknowledgearetheabilityto:aska focused clinical question (or determine keywords from an assignment question), develop a search strategy from this question, search data- bases and other digital tools, fnd needed information, critically eval- uate and reference what is found, and ultimately implement this in clinical practice (Boruf and Harrison, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104585 Received23January2020;Receivedinrevisedform15July2020;Accepted25August2020 ⁎ Corresponding author at: Library Services, Building 4, Royal Darwin Hospital, Tiwi, NT 0810, Australia. E-mail address: margaret.purnell@nt.gov.au (M. Purnell). @MargPurnell (M. Purnell) 1 Address: Library Services, Red 8, Ellengowan Drive, Casuarina, NT 0810, Australia. 2 Address: Health House, Mitchell Street, Darwin, NT 0800, Australia. Nurse Education Today 95 (2020) 104585 0260-6917/ © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. T