Introduction

Searching the CINAHL Database

CINAHL is the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature database. This database provides authoritative coverage of the journal literature related to nursing and allied health, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, physician assistant, and other fields. Indexing is also provided for healthcare books (including the publications of the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing), nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of professional practice, educational software, and audiovisual materials, along with selected journals in the areas of consumer health, biomedicine, and health sciences librarianship.

This tutorial has 3 parts:

1. Getting Started
   provides information about the differences between CINAHL and MEDLINE, defining your topic, choosing appropriate terms, and combining search statements

2. The Search
   a 7 minute video that demonstrates the search process (requires Macromedia Flash)

3. Additional Topics
   provides additional information to help refine your search strategy