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The CINAHL database provides coverage of the nursing and allied health literature back to 1982. This includes journals as well as books, dissertations, audiovisuals, and other formats. Selected journals from biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health, and health sciences librarianship are also covered.

CINAHL Handouts »		CINAHL Instruction »
CINAHL Quick Reference Card A basic handout on CINAHL designed to be printed out and folded in half for easy pocket reference. CINAHL with Full Text via EBSCOhost Includes tips to help you define your topic, choose appropriate terms, combine search statements, and refine your search strategy. Searching Tips - MEDLINE & CINAHL Offers strategies to broaden or refine your search and discusses how to use the searching features of CINAHL (headings, subheadings, keywords, combining sets, and limits) to your advantage. Finding an Article Steps for finding a known citation in CINAHL. Creating Links to Journal Articles Creating links to articles is the best way to share content protected by copyright.	CINAHL Class This hands-on introductory class on searching the CINAHL database covers subject and keyword searching, available limits, full-text access, and saving searches/creating alerts. CINAHL Tutorial Interactive tutorial that walks you through forming a clinical question to use for searching CINAHL. CINAHL Tutorial (University of Florida) This Web course offers interactivity in the form of narrated examples and click-to-learn tutorials. It also provides information pertaining to CINAHL navigation and search strategies organized into five separate modules. Using the GetIt@Duke Button This video (2:12) shows you how to utilize the GetIt@Duke button, which appears in CINAHL searches, to locate full-text articles.

CINAHL Handouts »

CINAHL Instruction »

CINAHL Quick Reference Card
A basic handout on CINAHL designed to be printed out and folded in half for easy pocket reference.

CINAHL with Full Text via EBSCOhost
Includes tips to help you define your topic, choose appropriate terms, combine search statements, and refine your search strategy.

Searching Tips - MEDLINE & CINAHL
Offers strategies to broaden or refine your search and discusses how to use the searching features of CINAHL (headings, subheadings, keywords, combining sets, and limits) to your advantage.

Finding an Article
Steps for finding a known citation in CINAHL.

Creating Links to Journal Articles
Creating links to articles is the best way to share content protected by copyright.

CINAHL Class
This hands-on introductory class on searching the CINAHL database covers subject and keyword searching, available limits, full-text access, and saving searches/creating alerts.

CINAHL Tutorial
Interactive tutorial that walks you through forming a clinical question to use for searching CINAHL.

CINAHL Tutorial (University of Florida)
This Web course offers interactivity in the form of narrated examples and click-to-learn tutorials. It also provides information pertaining to CINAHL navigation and search strategies organized into five separate modules.

Using the GetIt@Duke Button
This video (2:12) shows you how to utilize the GetIt@Duke button, which appears in CINAHL searches, to locate full-text articles.