Find a Full Text Peer Reviewed Journal Article in EBSCOhost CINAHL:

		NURSES' PROBLEM SOLVER #1

Problem: I need peer-reviewed, full-text articles for my Nursing assignment.
What should I do?

Solution: Try searching in one of our remotely accessible full-text databases!

A growing number of our online journal article databases provide the texts and images for some or all of the articles
they index. This means that you can often find high-quality research materials while sitting at your home computer.

The journal indexes that will help you the most are:

CINAHL PLus with Full Text (EBSCO)

ProQuest Nursing Journals

ProQuest Medical Journals

"Why do we carry so many journal indexes?"

Each journal index uses different words to describe its articles.
The number of journals and dates of coverage vary from index to index.
The total number of articles and the amount of full text offered also vary.
Many of our databases are linked together by those blue "Check Availability" links.
The more databases we carry, the better the chance that you will be able to
link to the full text of an article.

Find a Full Text Peer Reviewed Journal Article in EBSCOhost CINAHL:

Example: You need articles from peer reviewed journals on the management of childhood asthma through patient education.

      -Choose CINAHL Plus with Full Text from the EBSCO "Choose Databases" screen.

      Then click right on top of its title.

      -Enter search terms on the EBSCO Search Screen (as shown below):

Sample Ebsco Search Screen

This search located 170+ results, all of which have all three search terms somewhere in their records:

(Click here for more help finding full text of articles described in results:

http://library.csudh.edu/FindArticlesOntopic.htm#C )

Improve this CINAHL search by using field limiting:

Use the same search terms as in the above example, but to make sure that all articles you locate are actually
ABOUT your search terms, change the “Default Fields” setting to “MW Word in Subject Heading”:

This search located 130+ results, all of which have subject headings that actually contain all three search terms
(click on article title to see actual subject headings):

(Click here for more help finding full text of articles described in results: http://library.csudh.edu/FindArticlesOntopic.htm#C )

Tip: Use the CINAHL Headings (Thesaurus) to find correct subject headings:

    - Click the green CINAHL Headings button on the main toolbar at the top of the screen.

   - Type a term for which you would like to identify a subject heading into the Browse box.

    - Click the Browse button.

    - Click Scope note to see a definition of the term as it is used in CINAHL.

    - You can click directly on subject terms, check the boxes beside them to search a combination
      of terms or cut and paste them into the search screen where you are working.

(Each of ProQuest Nursing, ProQuest Medical Journals and Cochrane Library databases also has a thesaurus.
Use the thesaurus in any journal index to find the subject terms the database uses to describe what you're looking for).

Find a Full Text Journal Article in EBSCOhost Health Source:

  Example: Your topic is the relationship between nursing shortages and the quality of patient care.

  Choose Health Source from the EBSCO Choose Databases screen.
       Then click right on top of its title.

   Enter search terms on the EBSCO Search Screen (as shown below):

Look over the EBSCO Results Screen (below):

Try the Same Search in ProQuest Nursing Journals:

Look over the ProQuest Results Screen below:

"I'm getting nothing. What now?"

Check your spelling and typing
Check the Thesaurus or Subject Guide of the database for more search terms.
Use different keywords or synonyms.
Check your search limits and remove some.
Try a different database.
Ask a Librarian!

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Download a free copy from the Adobe website.

All of these resources are available on the Nursing Journals subpage of the
Nursing and Health Sciences page of the CSUDH Library website.

You'll need to be a registered Library user to access these resources from home.
Visit us on the web at http://library.csudh.edu/ or call the Library with your
questions and comments: 310-243-2088 (Distance Learning Librarian)

Questions? Concerns? Please contact:
E. Carol Dales, Distance Learning Services and Instruction Coordinator
University Library
California State University, Dominguez Hills
800 East Victoria Street
Carson, CA 90747
Phone: 310-243-2088
http://library.csudh.edu/

Last revised: Jan., 2008