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A Guide to Searching Cinahl

A GUIDE TO SEARCHING CINAHL A Database for Nurses

& Allied Health Professionals

WHAT IS CINAHL? Cinahl provides indexing/abstracts for 3,000 journals from the fields of nursing

and allied health.

Cinahl Plus with Full-Text is the world’s most comprehensive source of full-

text nursing and allied health journals, providing full-text for 750+ journals

indexed in Cinahl.

HOW TO GET CONNECTED Go to www.hselibrary.ie and enter your Athens username & password in the

ATHENS LOGIN box on the left of the screen.

Select EBSCOhost Databases from the list of available resources

Select Cinahl Plus with Full Text from the list of databases

SUBJECT SEARCH Before you begin, ask yourself what are the key concepts in your question.

List them on paper– these are your search terms.

E.g. the management of cancer pain in children

There are three key concepts in your topic: cancer, pain and children.

List other terms that might express the same concepts.

E.g. cancer, neoplasms, child, infant, etc.

Enter your search terms and click on the drop-down menu (Select a

Field) to redirect your search term to more specific database fields:

Author, Journal Title, Word in Subject Heading, etc. (see e.g. on p. 2)

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REFINING YOUR SEARCH Search Options are available on the main search page to help you

refine/limit your search. Search options include:

Publication Date

Full-Text

Research Articles

Evidence Based Practice

Age Groups

Select the search options you want to use and click the Search button at the

top of the screen. The results page will now display the results of your refined

search.

SEARCH RESULTS


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Here are the results of the search on the management of cancer pain in

children.

At the top of the screen, 1-10 of 684 indicates that there are 684 results, with

10 results listed on each page. All results are in reverse chronological order,

beginning with the most current result.

To temporarily store articles of interest, click the Add to Folder button.

To access stored articles, click Folder View on the right of the screen.

From here you can print, email and save your results.

FULL-TEXT ARTICLES

To limit your results to full-text only:


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Tick the Full-Text box on the right of the screen

Click the Update Results button

From the original 684 results, there are 128 available full-text.

Click the PDF Full-Text icon to open a full-text article.

The PDF may take a few moments to open. To print, save or email the article,

select the appropriate icon within the PDF document.

COMBINING SEARCHES

When developing your search, you may find it useful to combine the results of

two or more sets from your overall search strategy. You can combine


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searches by clicking the Search History/Alerts button (above your results on

the main search page).

1. Select the searches you want to combine by ticking the relevant boxes

2. Click Add to place these items into the search box

3. Finally click Search

SAVING SEARCHES

From the Search History/Alerts page, you can also save your search

history, log off and return at a later date to continue your search.


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Before you can save searches, you need to login to your personal

account by clicking Sign in to My EBSCOhost (towards top of

screen).

When you do this for the first time, click I’m a New User to register.

Once registered, enter your EBSCOhost username & password and

click the Login button.

To save your current search click Save Searches/Alerts. Enter a

name for your search and click Save. To retrieve the search at a later

date, sign into My EBSCOhost and click Retrieve Searches.

Remember to sign out of My EBSCOhost at the end of your session

(the sign out button is at the top of your screen).

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AUTHOR, TITLE & JOURNAL SEARCH

To find a specific citation/reference, enter some or all of the following

information into the search boxes on the main search page:

Author

Title (i.e. article title)

Journal Title

From the drop-down menus, select the appropriate search fields and click

Search. It’s not necessary to enter search terms into all the boxes. The

results page will now display the results.

EVIDENCE-BASED CARE SHEETS

Select this option at the top of the main search page to view information

leaflets dealing with prognosis and diagnosis. Conditions are listed

alphabetically. A search option is also available.


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QUICK LESSONS

Provides a synopsis on a variety of topics. This option is also available from

the main search page. Click More and select Quick Lessons.

ASK-A-LIBRARIAN

If you need assistance with a search or are looking for a specific article, the

Ask-A-Librarian option allows you to email your enquiry to a librarian from the

HSE Regional Library Service, who will contact you to assist with same.

HSE North East Regional Library & Information ServiceOur Lady of Lourdes Hospital

Phone: 041 9843696

Fax: 041 9843626

Email: [email protected]

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