CINAHL has some great limits that you can use, especially when you have more than enough results.
Where can you find your limits? After running your search, click on the Search Options link on the right side of the page. The limits will come up in a box. Select the limits you need then hit the Search button at the bottom of the screen.
Always do your limits as your last step when searching. Why? Because you may accidentally leave out the perfect article for your paper.
In addition to limits for English and a range of years are:
- Age Groups: range from infants to adults.
- Evidence-Based Practice: includes systematic reviews, clinical trials, meta analyses, qualitative studies, etc.
- Full Text: this limit may leave out articles we get from other vendors besides Ebsco. I recommend not using it.
- Inpatient
- Outpatient
- Peer Reviewed
- Pregnancy
- Research Article
