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Resuscitation of the Newborn
Database search training session using National Library for Health
Search 2.0by Charles Harvey
Librarian, Ferriman Information and Library Service
North Middlesex [email protected]
020 8887 2223
November 2008
(updated May 2010)
Enter your Athens login and password.
Click on Healthcare Databases Advanced Search.
Select CINAHL by ticking on the box and then on NEXT
Enter individual concepts then combine them laterSearch for Resuscitation of the newbornType resuscitation in the search boxClick on Map to Thesaurus and then click on SEARCH
Tick on the select box by Resuscitation and then click on SEARCH
View your hits
Now put the second concept newborn in the search box Click on Map to Thesaurus and then click on SEARCH
The preferred term is Infant, NewbornTick on select box by Infant, Newborn and then click on SEARCH
View your hits
You now want to combine your searches. Click on the boxes by Resuscitation and Infant, Newborn and click on COMBINE SELECTED SEARCHES
View your combined results
To reduce this further you can use limits but always use them one at a time.Put the number of the search that you wish to limit [in this case 3] into the search box, set the date limits from 2005 to 2010 to get the most recent articles and then click on SEARCH
View your results
You can if you wish limit this further by type of article [e.g. review].To do this put the number of the search [in this case 4] in the search box, scroll down to Article Journal and Publication type, click on the double arrows on the right, scroll down to review in Publication Type, click on Review and then click on SEARCH.
View your results
If you want to look at the list of articles you have selected then click on the number of hits in the search history screen on the right. A list of articles will appear.
Click on the title line of those you are interested in. Fuller details will appear including abstracts and links to full text articles if they exist. The full text article should appear in a separate window.
Tick on the boxes by the article you are interested in. The number of results should appear in the Results Selected box if you scroll down to the bottom of the page. You can then export the results to your PC, a memory stick etc. To do this click on Export Results
Or you can email them to yourself or a colleague. To do this click on Email Results.
You can also run the same search on another database such as Medline. Click on Search using different databases.
Click on the database you want, in this example Medline. Select the new database you want and click on the box next to it. Click on NEXT.
Click on RE-EXECUTE SEARCH HISTORY Adjust the search with relevant thesaurus terms from Medline if necessary
As well as searching by keywords we can also search by journal and author. Use quotation marks for journals e.g. “new england journal of medicine”. Choose the journal name field.
For authors use the format “surname initial” e.g. “clarke t” or if you don’t know the initial just the surname followed by a * [wildcard] e.g. “clarke*”
You can then combine journal and authors to produce a short list of articles to look at.
Any questions?
Charles HarveyLibrarian, Ferriman Information and
Library ServiceNorth Middlesex Hospital
[email protected] 8887 2223
