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Searching CINAHL on EbscoHost
Content This computer-based learning (CBL)
course reviews the basics of searching CINAHL to
find research and clinical literature. Note
this course has 27 slides and should take 20-30
minutes to complete
Revised March 2008
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What is CINAHL? Accessing CINAHL Planning a
Search Searching CINAHL Limiting your Search
Results What is a Research Article What is a
Special Interest filter? Viewing Results Results
Folder Full text electronic articles Does the
Health Sciences Library own it?
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What is CINAHL?

• Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health
  Literature.
• Covers the following areas
• Nursing, Cardiopulmonary Technology, Emergency
  Services, Health Education, Laboratory
  Technology, Medical Assistance, Medical Records,
  Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy.

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What is CINAHL?

• Indexes journal articles, healthcare books,
  nursing dissertations, selected conference
  proceedings, and standards of professional
  practice, educational software, and publications
  of the American Nurses Association the National
  League of Nursing.
• Covers 1982-present 70 of the citations are
  also in MEDLINE.

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Accessing CINAHL

• You will find a link to CINAHL in the Quick Links
  on the Health Sciences Librarys home page at
  http//library.luhs.org

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Planning a Search

• Develop your question.
• How do patients cope with leukemia?
• Divide the question into important searchable
  concepts.
• Concept 1 Leukemia
• Concept 2 Coping
• Search each concept separately, and then combine.
• Do not search general terms like effect, results.

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Searching CINAHL

• On the CINAHL Headings search screen, enter the
  first concept for your question.
• CINAHL will map the term or phrase to the most
  appropriate subject heading.

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Searching CINAHL

• Check the box in front of the most appropriate
  heading.
• Check the Explode box, to search for the concept
  as well as narrower, more specific terms.
  Click Search.

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Searching CINAHL

• Subheadings are used to further describe a
  particular aspect of a CINAHL subject heading.
• Find Subheadings by clicking on the hyperlinked
  subject heading. Example click on the word
  Leukemia.
• (Subheadings are seen on the next slide)

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Searching CINAHL
To narrow your search, you may select one or more
subheadings that relate directly to your
question. Click Search to search the term with
subheading(s). Caution The use of subheadings
is very restrictive, be careful in using them.
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Searching CINAHL

• Check the Major Concept box if you want to
  retrieve articles where the search term is the
  major focus of the article. Citations retrieved
  will be more relevant and specific.
• Caution the use of major focus is very
  restrictive be careful using it.

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Searching CINAHL

• The search term is posted to the main screen. In
  this example, the search will retrieve articles
  about the diagnosis of leukemia.

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Searching CINAHL

• To search your next concept, click on the Tab
  CINAHL Headings and repeat the steps in slides
  8-12.

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Searching CINAHL

• Once all the concepts have been searched, combine
  the terms to focus your results.

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Searching CINAHL

• On the Search History screen, check the boxes (1)
  in front of the concepts you want to combine.
• Click on ADD (2) to post to the main search box.
• Then click on Search (3).

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Limiting Your Search Results

• Use the Refine Search tab to focus search
  results.

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Important Limits

• Scroll through to see all the choices. Important
  Limits include
• Research Articles
• Publication Year
• Publication Type (Clinical Trials, Research
  Instrument)
• Age Groups
• Special Interest Filters

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What is a Research Article?

• Indicates an original (includes secondary
  analysis) complete research study containing data
  collection, methodology, discussion of results.
• The limit to Research Articles is a feature
  unique to CINAHL.

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What is a Special Interest Filter?

• This limit includes several types of articles.
• The Evidence based practice filter contains
• Articles from special journals such as Evidence
  based medicine Evidence based nursing.
• Articles selected in other journal titles that
  are relevant for that filter.
• Research articles (including systematic reviews
  clinical trials), meta analysis, best practice
  articles, practice guidelines.
• Articles about evidence based practice (theory,
  methodology etc.)

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Viewing Results

• To view your results click on the View Results
  hyperlink.

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Viewing Results

• Click Add to save a citation to the Folder.
• The Folder will then show it has items.

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Results Folder

• Click on the option needed
• Print E-mail Save Export

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Results Folder

• Export feature allows you to send your citations
  to a bibliographic manager such as Refworks.
• For Information about using Refworks or other
  products to format bibliographies, contact a
  Research Services Librarian at 6-9192.

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Full Text Electronic Articles

• Some citations will have a link to electronic
  articles.
• PDF full text articles with same pagination and
  format as the print version.
• HTML full text article without pagination.

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Does the Health Sciences Library own it?

• You will find a link to the e-journal list and
  the library online catalog in the Quick Links on
  the Health Sciences Librarys home page at
  http//library.luhs.org

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Searching CINAHL
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We hope this Computer Based Learning course has
been both informative helpful. Feel free to
review the screens of this course until you are
confident about your knowledge of the material
presented. Click the Take Test button on the
left side of the screen when you are ready to
complete the requirements for this
course. Click on Reports and select Transcript
to view your completed education. Select Exit to
close the Student Interface.
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