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CINAHL

CINAHL

CINAHL staff have created expanded records for approximately ninety instruments that are commonly used in nursing research studies. These expanded records include information such as original population, question format, administration, psychometrics, and information on how to obtain copies. Some of these also include the full-text of the instrument. To view the full text of the instrument, if available, click on the Change Display button, click on Complete Record, and then click on Confirm Changes. Or, click on View Complete Record at the end of each citation. Example: rosenberg self esteem scale and research-instrument in dt Search Sample Some full text instruments are available as a pdf file. Look in the IM (Images) field for the file name, i.e. 95031390. To view the full text, enter this address on the web: http://www.lib.washington.edu/uwdocs/cinahl/<filename>.pdf

Locating Research in CINAHL:Publication Type

• Try using research instrument in the Document Type field alone or along with the name of a specific instrument.

• Example: rosenberg self esteem scale in in Search Sample Document Type (DT) • Example: mcgill pain and research-instrument in dt

Search Sample

• Minority group

– Suni Muslims– Native Americans– Hearing impaired– Mexicans– Haitians

Precision of Using Assigned Subject Headings

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– Sight impaired– Pakistanis– Vietnamese– Congolese– Navaho– Puerto Ricans

Minority groups: Minority groups

– Chinese– Arab Americans– Seminoles– Learning disabled– Gays and lesbians– Quadriplegics

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– Navaho

• Minority groups:•

– African Americans

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– Cubans•

– Sikhs– Jews

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– Eskimos

Using Clinical Queries to Limit Searches in CINAHL and Medline

High Sensitivity

Precision versus Recall

High Specificity

Precision versus Recall

Best Balance

Precision versus Recall Precision versus Recall

Searching EBSCO Databases

CINAHL:Using the Instrumentation Field

Instrumentation Field in CINAHL

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