By Rebecca | Published:
October 2, 2009
Printed versions of the CINAHL Tutorials have been posted to the Nursing Research Guide’s Tutorials & Video’s page. The files are Word documents which can either be opened directly from the guide or saved onto your computer. Since these files have images, they may take a little while to download onto your computer.
By Rebecca | Published:
August 27, 2009
The CE modules in CINAHL and Nursing Reference Center have been awarded two years’ accreditation by the ANCC! Nursing Reference Center has over 300 CE modules and will be doubling its CE offerings over the next year. CINAHL has over 100 CE modules. The modules will take between an hour to several hours to complete. [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
August 21, 2009
Rebecca Raszewski, the Nursing Liaison from LHS Chicago, has created three sections of tutorials. These can be found in the Tutorials & Videos section of the Nursing Research Guide:
Searching CINAHL Tutorials: These tutorials will show you how to do subject heading and keyword searches, how to combine your search terms, and how to apply [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
June 23, 2009
Proud of a search you did in CINAHL? You can share your search history (the steps of how you did the search) with others by printing, emailing, or saving it! Here’s how you can do that:
Add the citations you want to your folder.
Go up to the Folder icon towards the top of the [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
February 27, 2009
Working on a group project and you need to use CINAHL? Share your folder of citations in CINAHL with your group members. In order to do this, you need to have a CINAHL account. To create an account, click on the Sign Into Ebsco Host link at the top of CINAHL. Here is how to [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
February 6, 2009
Found citations in CINAHL that you want to save? Here are the steps for saving citations to a folder in CINAHL:
Select the citations you want by clicking on the Add to Folder icon below each citation.
Scroll up to the Sign into My EbscoHost towards the upper right hand corner of the screen.
Login with your CINAHL [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
February 5, 2009
Content from Pre-CINAHL has been moved into CINAHL. Pre-CINAHL is a separate database which provides current awareness of new journal articles before they were given subject headings. On March 31st, Pre-CINAHL will be discontinued as a stand-alone product.
Don’t want Pre-CINAHL records included in your CINAHL search? Click on the Exclude Pre-CINAHL limit in the Search [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
October 20, 2008
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 [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
September 19, 2008
While scouting around for some websites for a presentation, I found these podcasts about library databases such as CINAHL, PubMed, and the Cochrane Library. These podcasts were created by the DiMenna-Nyselius Library of Fairfield University which is located in Connecticut. They are mostly “interviews” with library databases. Each database has its own persona which talks [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
September 12, 2008
Found the perfect citations in CINAHL but only have a few hours before your paper is due? Use RefWorks to save some time. Export your citations from CINAHL into RefWorks then use RefWorks to create your bibliography! Here is what you would do:
After finishing your search In CINAHL, click on the Add to Folder link [...]