Aim: The aim of this study was to determine data collection tools in nursing researches in Turkey.Methods: This study included nine literatures. This literature were that had ten national/international nursing congress and symposium books realized in Turkey and five in peer reviewed nursing journals in Turkey. Consequently, the sample of these study 1328 researches that wasn't had article and that literatures was during the period 1991-2008 years. Methods of researches in sample was overviewed, used data collection tools was determined. Results: The evaluation of research reports indicates that 91.2% of the papers were used questionnaire forms developed by researchers. A questionnaire form word was equal pool, identifier form, personal pres...