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CINAHL Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature

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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…

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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.

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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.