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CUMULATIVE INDEX TO NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH LITERATURE
WHAT IS CINAHL?
AN OVERVIEW OF THE CUMULATIVE INDEX TO NURSING AND ALLIED
HEALTH LITERATURE
by
MARK HABER
THE COLLEGE OF NEW ROCHELLE, GILL LIBRARY
JANUARY 2009
WHAT IS CINAHL?
• Provides indexing to over 1200 journals• Contains more than 1,000,000 records• Coverage dates back to 1982• Covers nursing, biomedicine, health
sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines
Controlled Vocabulary
• Agreed upon term for a subject or concept
• Cancer USE Neoplasms
• Diabetes USE Diabetes Mellitus
• Heart Attack USE Myocardial Infarction
Heart attack (free text search)
Click “Myocardial Infarction”
Click “Myocardial Infarction”
Limiting Your Search
• Searches in the CINAHL Database can be limited to
• Full text materials
• Peer reviewed journals
Put check marks in relevant boxes and click “Update Results”
Click “Rehabilitation, Cardiac”
Click “More” for additional limiters
Click the title for detailed record
Detailed Record - Citation
Detailed Record - Abstract
Click “PDF Full Text”
Example of full text article
CINAHL Headings
• List of CINAHL Subject Terms• Lists Related Subject Terms• Lists Relevant Sub-Headings
Click “CINAHL Headings”
Type “heart attack” and click “Browse”
Click “Myocardial Infarction”
List of Subheadings
Click “Diet Therapy” and Click “Search Database”
Click inside “Full Text” and “Peer Reviewed” click “Update Results”
Truncation
• The asterisk* at the end of the root of a word retrieves the word and all forms of the word
• Nurs* retrieves nurse, nurses, nursing, etc.
• Herb* retrieves herb, herbs, herbal, etc.• Hospital* retrieves hospitals,
hospitalization, etc.
nurs* and herb* and hospital*
Retrieving the Full Text
• Some articles are available full text
• Others can be requested at the Circulation Desk
• Journal articles, books, and dissertations that are not owned by CNR can be ordered via Illiad
Click title of article
Detailed record of article
Scroll down and click “Search for Article”
Click “Journal”
Request microfiche at Gill Library Circulation Desk
Advantages of Using CINAHL
• Comprehensive indexing of nursing literature
• Subject Headings and Sub-Headings• Boolean Searching