nurs 4100 - ashford - fall 2013
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Library 101 Effective Searching CINAHL Plus with Full Text Nursing Resources
NURS 4100 Nursing Research
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Library 101
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Effective Searching
Identify search concepts
cardiovascular disease heart disease cardiac vascular atherosclerosis hypertension coronary artery
treatment prevention diagnosis prognosis
Condition - Disease Question Type
Identify search concepts
age sex ethnicity socioeconomic status
mortality rates disease incidence pain disability lower risk specific value
Patient Demographics Measurable Outcomes
Connecting Your Terms
AND = narrow
OR = expand
NOT = exclude
AND is automatically used by Google and other search engines to combine terms
Search Strategy
Concept 1
AND
Concept 2
AND
Concept 3
Main idea Related idea Subtopic
OR OR OR
Synonym Synonym Synonym
OR OR OR
Synonym Synonym Synonym
• Use “ “ or ( ) to keep words together & in order• Connect different concepts with AND• Connect similar concepts with OR
Search Strategy
Concept 1
AND
Concept 2
AND
Concept 3
Main idea Related idea Subtopic
OR OR OR
Synonym Synonym Synonym
OR OR OR
Synonym Synonym Synonym
• Use “ “ or ( ) to keep words together & in order• Connect different concepts with AND• Connect similar concepts with OR
(“cardiovascular disease” OR “heart disease”) AND treatment AND (risk OR complications)
Advanced Search Features
search categories, limiters full text, date, scholarly publication, document type
truncation type part of a word plus an asterisk (*) into the search
box to find variations of a word stem nurs* finds nurse, nurses, nursing medica* finds medical, medication obes* finds obese, obesity
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
clayton.edu/libraryArticles+ tab
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Publication RecordSearch within this publication
Indexing & full text coverage
Publication RecordSearch within this publication
Indexing & full text coverage
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Nursing Resources
Print Resources
Class R = Medicine (General) RB Pathology RC Internal Medicine RD Surgery RG Gynecology & obstetrics RJ Pediatrics RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology RT Nursing
Electronic Resources - Reference
eBooks on EBSCOhost Gale Virtual Reference Library Oxford Reference
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy Magill’s Medical Guide, 6th ed.
Electronic Resources - Articles
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source Alt HealthWatch Health Source: Nursing/Academic LexisNexis Academic MEDLINE with Full Text
Multimedia
Films on Demand Bates' visual guide to physical examination (14 vol.
DVD set)
MedlinePlus Anatomy Videos Johns Hopkins Podcasts National Institutes of Health Research Radio Podca
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