CINAHL Video Tutorials
These tutorials teach how to conduct effective searches in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) database. CINAHL is the premier nursing literature database available at the Medical Library. These videos demonstrate how to build a focused question for an effective search in CINAHL, the CINAHL headings system, how to combine and limit searches, how to export search results to citation management systems such as EndNote and RefWorks, and much more.
- CINAHL Video Tutorials #1: Introduction
This is the first of the CINAHL video tutorials series, covering the access of CINAHL, setting up EbscoHost account, and an overview of the interface.
Available » Video - CINAHL Video Tutorials #2: Formulating Your Questions
This tutorial teaches how to formulate, using the PICO model, a focused, well-built question for an effective, exhaustive literature search in CINAHL.
Available » Video - CINAHL Video Tutorials #3: CINAHL Headings (Part I)
This tutorial introduces the CINAHL Headings system used in the CINAHL database - what it is and why it helps conduct a better search in the system.
Available » Video - CINAHL Video Tutorials #4: CINAHL Headings (Part II)
This tutorial covers CINAHL headings tree structure, exploding a heading, using a heading as a major concept, and subheadings.
Available » Video - CINAHL Video Tutorials #5: Combining and Limiting Searches
This tutorial teaches how to combine searches using Boolean operators and how to set common limits on searches, such as age groups, time spans, publication types, etc.
Available » Video - CINAHL Video Tutorials #6: CINAHL Search Result Display
This tutorials covers the search result display of CINAHL, including how to save, email, print search results, and how to find full text of articles.
Available » Video - CINAHL Video Tutorials #7: Exporting Searching Results to RefWorks
This tutorial demonstrates how to export search results from CINAHL to RefWorks, a popular web-base citation management application available at the Medical Library.
Available » Video - CINAHL Video Tutorials #8: Exporting Searching Results to EndNote
This tutorial demonstrates how to export CINAHL search results to EndNote, a popular desktop citation management application. It covers step by step instructions for the Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari browsers on both Windows and Mac systems.
Available » Video - CINAHL Video Tutorials #9: Saving Searches
This tutorial demonstrates how to save search strategy / search history permanently in CINAHL to allow retrieval and automatic rerun in the future.
Available » Video - CINAHL Video Tutorials #10: Saving Searches as Alerts and RSS Feeds
This tutorial demonstrates how to save your search strategy / history as an email alert or RSS feed, which allows you to keep current with new research developments of your topic. This video also wraps up the CINAHL Video Tutorials series.
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