CINAHL Introduction

This slide show will show you the basics for navigating CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) through HACC's Libraries.

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Cumulative Index to Nursing and
Allied Health Literature

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Perform
Keyword
searches
here.
Add special
limiters here
(full text,
scholarly,
date ranges,
and more…

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These “limiters” let you search
for articles:
•Published within certain dates.
•About a particular group of
people (women, children,
animals…)
•Scholarly Journals only.
•Age groups
•Type of research.
•Much more…

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Use checkbox to find ideas
for similar or related words
and phrases
Use “drop-down” menus to
choose a particular place to
search (title, author, etc.). (Not
required, but helpful.)
Enter most important search words here. (click
add rowif you have more words to search on.

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Limiters
Results list…

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Limiters:
You may continue to
limit the articles after
the search, if you still
have too many…

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Some articles in search
results will have immediate
access to full text.
If full text is not available, use
the Find It! Button or Journals
A-Z to check if HACC has
access to the journal and
article.

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Article citation page
Link to the full-text
article (if available).Printing, emailing,
citing help, etc.

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Journal information
(name, volume &
issue, date, pages
Additional
information about
article (continue
scrolling for more..)

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Additional
information about
article, including
abstract (summary)
of the article.

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Printing, emailing,
citing help…

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“PDF” version of a
full-text article.
Be sure to use the
print option at top-
left for printing.