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What is CINAHL?
Accessing CINAHL: Use the Databases by Title link on the University of Akron Libraries' homepage to access CINAHL. You can also access CINAHL on this Course Guide.
Searching CINAHL
The Advanced Search in CINAHL looks for a combination of significant words connected by operators (AND, OR).
1. To meet the criteria for your assignment, please limit your search to nursing author(s) by selecting the CINAHL limiter, "First Author is Nurse"
2. At the top of the page, select the 'Choose Databases' from the list and select all databases. Mark the box, "" This will expand the number of citations retrieved.
3. On the search box, type your nursing specialty. For example, travel nursing
4. Click the SEARCH button to run the search.
5. On the Results Page, to meet the criteria for your assignment, please limit your search to the last five years (2016 to 2021) and "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals" Use the limiters located on the left side of the page.
Try these searching strategies to find a supporting article for your writing assignment:
(1) Search for the nursing specialty or a specific aspect of the professional nursing role using keywords:
EXAMPLE keyword search strings:
("maternal nursing" OR "maternal-child nursing")
("Nursing Specialties" OR "Nurses by Specialty" OR "Nurses by Role")
(career* OR "working condition*" OR "work* environment")
AFTER running the search, use limiters to refine search results to the last five years, first author as nurse, for example.
(2) Use CINAHL Headings:
Type your keyword to determine if CINAHL has any recommended headings (database-specific language used to categorized the publications). Then, follow the prompts. See example on handout. Remember that not all words have assigned headings.
(3) Search multiple databases within the EBSCOhost interface. Make sure that the first author is a nurse (i.e. look for educational credentials).
(4) Search PubMed@UA (located in the Database page) to expand your search. Refine your search results to "Nursing Journals"
