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AbstractObjective -To evaluate nursing students' information literacy (IL) confidence and competence after a four year implementation of a curriculum-integrated information literacy program.Design -Web-based and paper-based information literacy questionnaire.Setting -Two Schools of Nursing in Newfoundland, Canada.
Subjects -422 undergraduate nursing students.Methods -A 20-item questionnaire was distributed to nursing students at two School of Nursing programs. Questions were designed to test one or more of the nine learning outcomes set forth for the IL program. At one School of Nursing, web-based questionnaires were sent via email, while paper-based questionnaires were distributed in class at the second School of Nursing.Main Results -Because response rates were low at one of the nursing schools, these questionnaire responses were not examined, nor were they included in the data analysis. The 422 completed questionnaires were divided into groups based on the number of IL sessions attended. The class of 2011 attended