CINAHL Introduction

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This slide show will show you the basics for navigating CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) through HACC's Libraries.

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CINAHL

Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature

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Perform Keyword searches

here.

Add special limiters here

(full text, scholarly,

date ranges, and more…

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These “limiters” let you search for articles:• Published within certain dates.• About a particular group of

people (women, children, animals…)

• Scholarly Journals only.• Age groups• Type of research.• Much more…

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Use checkbox to find ideas for similar or related words and phrases

Use “drop-down” menus to choose a particular place to search (title, author, etc.). (Not required, but helpful.)

Enter most important search words here. (click add row if you have more words to search on.

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Limiters

Results list…

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Limiters:

You may continue to limit the articles after the search, if you still have too many…

CINAHLSome articles in search results will have immediate access to full text.

If full text is not available, use the Find It! Button or Journals A-Z to check if HACC has access to the journal and article.

CINAHLArticle citation page

Link to the full-text article (if available). Printing, emailing,

citing help, etc.

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Journal information (name, volume & issue, date, pages

Additional information about article (continue scrolling for more..)

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Additional information about article, including abstract (summary) of the article.

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Printing, emailing, citing help…

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“PDF” version of a full-text article.

Be sure to use the print option at top-left for printing.