CINAHL provides access to citations from virtually all English language nursing journals, publications from the American Nurses' Association and the National League for Nursing, and primary journals from thirteen allied health disciplines. More than 800 serial publications are regularly reviewed and included in CINAHL. Selected nursing and allied health-related books are also included. CINAHL contains records from 1982 to the present, with abstracts for more than 215 journal titles, and full text for more than 250 journals

ADVANCED SEARCHING (This is the default search technique)

Advanced Searching allows you to search for words in specific database fields and also to utilize a variety of tools to limit your search.

The Fielded Search feature allows you to restrict your search to certain fields in the database, and to combine several search terms for more precise results.  Type your search term(s) in the appropriate text box(es), and select a field to search from the adjacent pull-down menu. You can search terms only in the field of the Abstract, Article title, Author, Author Affiliation, Editors, Subject, Volume, Journal Name, and Publication Date or Year. You can also search within the Subject Headings of the works for specific words.

An Advanced Search also offers a variety of techniques for limiting and expanding your search results.  CINAHL allows you to limit your search to include only articles that have Full Text or an Abstract available; articles from a particular Publication Year; articles from a particular Publication Type; articles in a particular Language; and articles within a specific Journal or by a specific Author. If you are looking for a discussion of a specific type of person, you can also limit to Gender and Age of the persons discussed. Finally, you can also limit to a specific type of care of area of medical practice within the Special Interest area at the bottom of the search screen.

NOTE: One of the Publication Type options in the pull down menu is a Systematic Review.

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OTHER SEARCH TOOLS AND OPTIONS

CINAHL offers a variety of unique options for the user when searching the database.  Some of these features include:

• Looking through the CINAHL Headings (or MESH Headings) will give you an idea of what this database uses as subject headings.
• Browsing the Publications to see what journals will be indexed in this database.
• The final Search Option is to search for Images.

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VIEWING

There are two different options for viewing articles: Full Text or PDF Full Text.  Selecting Check LinkSource allows you to search the Pace University Catalog to find out if we subscribe to the publication either in print or via full text in another database.

PDF Full Text provides a scanned black and white image of the article that is available for viewing in Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Full Text provides the full text of the article and color photographs, if available. 

Full Text

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MARKING

To mark records, click on the folder image to the right of each item in the results list or the Add to Folder icon when viewing an individual record. After you add the item to your folder. The folder will change to read Added.

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PRINTING

Click the Print button at the top of the screen to open the Print Manager.

1. Click the Print button to print. This database will automatically print both the citation and abstract. You may deselect either by clicking in the checked boxes beside Detailed citation and abstract (for the citation) and HTML Full Text (when available) (for the Full Text).
2. To print from PDF Full Text. Click on the printer icon  in the top left corner of the Adobe box.

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EMAILING

Click on the E-mail icon at the top of the screen to open the E-mail Manager Screen

• Type your e-mail address and a subject heading in the text boxes provided.
• Click in the boxes next to the formats and/or information you want e-mailed.
  • HTML Full text (when available) will send you the article in the text of an email,
  • Detailed citation and abstract will send you only the citation of the article,
  • PDF as separate attachment (when available) will send you the Page Image in PDF file as an attachment which is viewable with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• You may also send yourself a link to an article or to your last search performed in CINAHL. You can do this by clicking on the Links tab and then choosing from either option.
• Click the Send button

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SAVING

• Click on the Save icon at the top of your results screen to open the Save Manager.
• Choose the Full text (when available) or Detailed citation and abstract.
  • You may also save links to articles or search strings by choosing the Links tab.
• Click the Save button, which will format the article for saving.
• Use your browser's save options. Click on File from the browser's menu.
• Click on Save As…
• The system will automatically save the results to the a:\ drive. You must specify a filename ending in .txt to save as text format.
• Click Save.

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