nurs 4100 - fall 2014
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Library 101 Effective Searching CINAHL Plus with Full Text Nursing Resources
NURS 4100 Nursing Research
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Off-Campus Access
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How do you search?
Identify search concepts
cardiovascular disease heart disease cardiac vascular atherosclerosis hypertension coronary artery
treatment prevention diagnosis prognosis
Condition - Disease Question Type
Identify search concepts
age sex ethnicity socioeconomic status
mortality rates disease incidence pain disability lower risk specific value
Patient Demographics Measurable Outcomes
Connecting Your Terms
AND = narrow
OR = expand
NOT = exclude
nutrition AND cholesterol
migraine OR headache
aneurysm NOT brain
Search Strategy
“sleep apnea” AND (headache OR migraine) AND work absences
(“cerebrovascular accident” OR CVA OR stroke) AND (aphasia OR language) AND (prevention OR decrease risk)
• Use “ “ or ( ) to keep words together & in order• Connect different concepts with AND• Connect similar concepts with OR
Search Strategy Worksheet
Concept 1
AND
Concept 2
AND
Concept 3
Main idea Related idea Subtopic
OR OR OR
Synonym Synonym Synonym
OR OR OR
Synonym Synonym Synonym
Advanced Search Features
Limiters full text
scholarly (peer reviewed) date
By typeinformation sources not created equal
Advanced Search Features
Limiters subject
controlled vocabulary used by indexers to describe the content
Advanced Search Features
truncation type part of a word plus an asterisk (*) into the search
box to find variations of a word stem nurs* finds nurse, nurses, nursing
medica* finds medical, medication
obes* finds obese, obesity
pregnan* finds pregnant, pregnancy
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
clayton.edu/library
Homepage: Basic Search
Publication Search
enter journal name or subject area
Change radio button
Publication Record
Indexing & full text coverage
Publication Record
New Search: Advanced Search
Advanced Search
Limit Your Results
Limit Your Results
Limit Your Results
Results List
Results List
Results List
Detailed Record
Full Text Access
Search History
My EBSCOhost
Nursing Resources
Print Resources
Class R = Medicine (General) RB Pathology RC Internal Medicine RD Surgery RG Gynecology & obstetrics RJ Pediatrics RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology RT Nursing
Electronic Resources - Reference
eBooks on EBSCOhost Gale Virtual Reference Library Oxford Reference
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy Magill’s Medical Guide, 6th ed. Health Reference Series
Electronic Resources - Articles
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source Alt HealthWatch Health Source: Nursing/Academic LexisNexis Academic MEDLINE with Full Text
Multimedia
Films on Demand Bates' visual guide to physical examination (14 vol.
DVD set)
MedlinePlus Anatomy Videos Johns Hopkins Podcasts National Institutes of Health Research Radio Podca
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Instruction Session Presentation