CINAHL is a database that indexes literature in the nursing field. It can be accessed through the Messiah College library homepage by selecting "Databases," then "Sciences and Health," and then "CINAHL." The document provides information on how to perform basic and advanced searches in CINAHL, including searching subject headings, exploding subjects, limiting searches, and searching for subjects as major concepts. It also outlines how to navigate search results, display records, save results, export to RefWorks, email results, and print results from CINAHL.

1. CINAHL
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What is CINAHL? A database that indexes the literature of the nursing field.
How to access CINAHL: Go to Messiah Library Homepage, Select Databases, Select
Sciences and Health-Nursing, Select CINAHL.
Basic Search CINAHL
Search keywords  Type keyword, Search
Search within specified fields such as title  Type keyword
 Select field from list, Search
Truncation  Add * to word
Limits  Select refine search:
o Full text documents
o Years/Dates
o Review articles
o Gender, Age
o Subject subset
o Publication type
o Language
Advanced Search CINAHL
Search subject headings  Select CINAHL headings from the
Subject headings are controlled top menu
vocabulary words, or ‘tags’  Search for subject term
assigned by experts. Using these  Add to search box and run search
subject words will often give you
better results than just regular
keywords.
Explode subject:  Search for CINAHL headings
Search for subject term and also  Select explode checkbox
search for subject terms that are  Add to search box and run search
narrower in hierarchical scope in
CINAHL subject thesaurus
Search for subject as the Major Concept  Search CINAHL headings
of article  Select Major Concept checkbox
 Add to search box and run search
Search for subheadings  Search CINAHL headings
 Select relevant subheading
 Add to search box and run search

2. Navigation CINAHL
Display records  Select title
 Open pdf if available
Availability 1. Open pdf if available
2. Search periodicals list to determine
if journal is full-text in another
electronic database
3. Search periodicals list to determine
if journal is in print collection
4. Request through Interlibrary loan
link
Save results  Add record to folder
 Go to folder
 Save to personal files
Refworks export  Add record to folder
 Go to folder
 Save
 Choose Bibliographic Manager tab
 Direct export to Refworks
Email results  Add record to folder
 Go to folder
 Email
Print results  Print from browser, OR
 Add record to folder
 Go to folder
 Print, choose citation style