cinahl step by step searching examples

8/14/2019 CINAHL Step by Step Searching Examples

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CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)

Search Examples

1. Performing a Keyword/Subject Search:

Type in keywords into separate search boxes: bariatric surgery and anesthesia you do

not have to change search fields.

You can narrow your search to make it more specific by selecting

limiting boxes on the lower part of the search page.

Click or type in specifics in limit boxes. For example: Publication year =2002-2008 and choose peer reviewed.

You can select many other limit boxes or categories, but keep in mind that

adding more limits will narrow your search and limit your retrieval.

After entering your keywords and limit selections, click search. You will

retrieve 16 articles.

You can then click on the article title for any of the 16 citations and obtain

detailed records for each article which will show: article title, author(s),

source, language, subjects, and the abstract of the article (if an abstract is

present).

On the results screen, you can click on Add to folder for any of the 16

citations. The citation(s) chosen will be added to a folder (at the top) forlater use during the search session.

Also, on the results screen, for any of the 16 articles, you can also click

on 360 Link to Full Text to see if the article has full text access. If there

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is no full text available, you can then click on Request Digital Delivery of

the article and follow these steps:

Select home institution

Enter Access ID and PW

Click submit

Review article details

Enter date needed by

Click submit

Click OK

Article ordered

2. Performing an Author Search combined with a specific article the person has written:

Type in the authors name in the first search box : last name followed by

first and middle initials: Venable HD, then select the AU (author) field by

selecting this from the pull-down menu. This will limit the searching to an

author.

In the second separate box, type in the title of an article: Anesthesia for

Bariatric Surgery, and then select the TI (title) field by selecting this from

the pull-down menu. This will limit this search box to a title.

Then, click search. You will see that you retrieve one article citation:

Anesthesia for bariatric surgery. VenableHD; Schlink CL Plastic SurgicalNursing, 2004 Jul-Sep; 24 (3): 99-101 (journal article)

You can then click on the article title itself to obtain a detailed record for

this article which will show: article title, author(s), source, language,

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subjects, and no abstract. You can also add citations to the save folder

(as in KW search).

On the results screen, you can also click on 360 Link to Full Text to see

if the article has full text access. If there is no full text available, you can

then click on Request Digital Delivery of the article by following these

steps:



Click submit



Click submit

Click OK

Article ordered

3. Performing a Journal Title Search and then adding a subject:

Type in a journal title abbreviation or a full journal title into the first search

box, for example: AANA (for American Association of Nurse

Anesthetists), then select the SO (journal title) field by selecting this from

the pull-down menu. This will limit the searching to a source (e.g.

journal).

In the second separate box, type in the subject: bariatric surgery. No

field need be specified.

Then click search. You will see that you have retrieved one article in the

AANA Journal on the topic, bariatric surgery:

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The frequency of respiratory failure in patients with morbid obesity

undergoing gastric bypass. (includes abstract); Blouw EL; Rudolph AD;

Narr BJ; Sarr MGAANA Journal, 2003 Feb; 71 (1): 45-50 (journal article -

research, tables/charts)

You can then click on the article title itself to obtain a detailed record for

this article which will show: article title, author(s), source, language,

subjects, and the abstract of the article. You can also add citations to the

save folder (as in KW search).

On the results screen, you can also click on 360 Link to Full Text to see

if the article has full text access. If there is no full text available, you canthen click on Request Digital Delivery of the article by following these

steps:



Click submit



Click submit

Click OK

Article ordered

In all three search examples, if an article is ordered, it will be delivered via e-mail from

the ArticleLinker Service.

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Nancy A. Wilmes, Nursing Librarian Liaison, 8/25/08

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