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Searching the literature: CINAHL

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Searching the literature:

CINAHL

Tools for searching the scholarly literature

• A database is a specialised research tool that

identify useful journal articles

• There are a range of allied health databases:

– Medline, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane Library,

AMED, SportDiscus, PedRO, PsycInfo and

more ..

– Access from Databases tab on Library home

page: www.lib.latrobe.edu.au

CINAHL Search Screen

Searching in CINAHL

• You can search by keyword (broader), subject

term (more precise) or both

Search by subject term example

• Breast cancer with box ticked

List of suggested subject terms

• Breast cancer Use Breast neoplasms

Scope Note

• Cthe Scope Note if available. For example

palliative care:

Select Breast Neoplasms

• Then scroll down and check ‘Used for’ in blue

column

• Include all subheadings

• Used For is at the end of the blue column

Search the database

• On the right hand side of the screen, click on

Search Database

Search by keyword example

• Breast cancer

Combine subject term and

keyword search

Add another concept by subject term and

keyword and combine

• Palliative care

Lets combine the two concepts

Limit your results

• On the left hand side, there is option to Refine your results. Show

More provides additional limits such as age groups

Show more …

Results display

Full citation record

Useful tools

• On the right hand of the full record screen there is a list of tools:

Save Search History

• You can rerun the search at any time

Search Results – Finding the full text

• Select the Full Text Finder to link to your

article:

• If not available, search for the journal title from

Journals tab on the Library homepage

• If the journal is not held, request the article from

Document Delivery Services

latrobe.edu.au/document-delivery/