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CINAHL CINAHL CINAHL (Cumulative Index of Nursing and CINAHL (Cumulative Index of Nursing and

Allied Health Literature)Allied Health Literature) is the authoritative is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database provides researchers. This database provides indexing for 2,928 journals from the fields of indexing for 2,928 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1981.  (Description from dating back to 1981.  (Description from EBSCOhost.)EBSCOhost.)

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ObjectivesObjectives Familiarize the student with the use Familiarize the student with the use

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appropriate article information.appropriate article information. Find and retrieve full-text articles.Find and retrieve full-text articles.

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Enter a keyword search for

“breast cancer”

The results list is very large.

Keyword searches are not always the most effective way to find

articles.

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Instead of a keyword search, check

the box next to “Suggest Subject Terms”

This will show you subject terms used

by the indexersto classify articles.

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The result returns a list of subject terms used by the indexers

to classify articles.

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Selecting the Scope Note displays

information aboutthe meaning of

The Subject Term

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Combine your keyword with a Subject Term

by checking the box to the left.

Choose to combine the terms with “and, or, not” from

the drop menu and then press Search Database to

see the results.

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The results from the searchhave been focused

and narrowed significantly.

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The search is narrowed by Age from the left column.

The choice is automatically added to the search

and the results update

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The searcher is only Interested in full text articles.

Use the check box next to“Linked Full Text” and

press “Update Results”.

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Full Text can be viewedby selecting the

Full Text link.

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The document can beprinted, e-mailed oradded to a folder.

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2.2. Save relevant information to a Save relevant information to a folder.folder.

3.3. E-mail to yourself with APA citation E-mail to yourself with APA citation format.format.

4.4. Print a full-text article with APA Print a full-text article with APA citation format included.citation format included.

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