CINAHL
YUKA SAHEKI
LIBRARY SCHOOL OF NURSING
USP
BASIC MODULE
JULIANA TAKAHASHI
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Database in Nursing and related fields
CHARACTERISTICS: Includes more
than 600 scien4fic journals
Abstracts, charts, images
18 months embargo for full-‐text access
Descriptor search through CINAHL
(CINAHL Headings)
Full-‐text access star4ng in 1981
Sends up to 50 full-‐text documents through e-‐mail
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TIMELINE: 1940
manual indexing of nursing arRcles
1961 1st ediRon of
CumulaRve Index to Nursing Literature
1977 expansion of arRcle
indexing to biomedicine and
healthcare
1977 changes name to
CINAHL
1984 online database becomes available
2003 EBSCO Publishing acquired the database
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SOURCE TYPES:
Journal arRcles
Books and monographs
DissertaRons and theses
CEUs – ConRnuing EducaRon Units
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ACCESS TO CINAHL: www.sibi.usp.br
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WHAT IS CINAHL HEADINGS
Descriptor used in
associa4on to MeSH
descriptors
Allows you to retrieve relevant records according to your research ques4on
Allows rigorous search strategy,
which contributes to a clear
and objec4ve methodology
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bibee@usp.br
YUKA SAHEKI
JULIANA TAKAHASHI
TRANSLATION TO ENGLISH:
ALINE GONCALVES
LIBRARY SCHOOL OF NURSING
USP