[For a history of nursing care and nurses in Italy: the indications for research on sources and bibliography].

This is the final article of a series, where main problems and social conditions of italian nurses at the beginning of the century were analyzed, and a thorough (but not exhaustive) list of the main bibliographic sources is presented. Historical research on the recent origins of the nursing profession (beginning of the century) can be very awkward and time consuming because many of the original sources are not very well known, not readily available and scattered in several major and minor libraries and private associations. Knowing what is available and what has already been used for historical research can give a further impulse to the research and enrich the data base and information on readily available sources.