CINAHL has numerous limiters to make your searches more precise and valuable resources such as the Evidence Based Care Sheets. NOTE: We do NOT recommend checking the Full Text limiter, as this will restrict your search to articles available in full text from the EBSCO database only. We may have access to the article you need via another database.
PubMed's basic keyword search is different from EBSCO Medline's in that your terms are automatically mapped to the most relevant subject (MeSH) terms.
This brief tutorial covers basic and advanced searching in EBSCO's Medline. Please note that our version of Medline is not the full-text version; however, partial full text is accessible through SFX links.
The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases and it is a valuable tool on finding evidence based literature. It is recommended to conduct an Advanced Search. Below is a list of resources provided by the Cochrane Library.
The most commonly used databases (CINAHL, Medline, and PubMed) have video tutorials on the left. If you need help using these or any other database, do not hesitate to contact us.
For a complete listing of nursing and health sciences databases available, please click on the link below.
Keywords vs Subject Terms (CINAHL Headings or MeSH)...
Connecting your terms...
Use Limiters within databases...
Narrow the Date Range...
Finding the Full Article...
When you click on the title of a specific article, most databases re-direct you to the item record, where you can see the bibliographic information, abstract of the article, and options to save or cite. The abstract is a short description of the article; it is always recommended to read it to determine if you want it. You must click the Full-Text link within the database to read or download the full article. The Full-Text might be in PDF or HTML format.
Full Text = Full Article
Find It! is the Libraries' "link resolver;" it links an article citation to the full-text of the article, if available. When you see the Find It! button near a citation in an online database, simply click on it. The HPU Discovery menu page will open and indicate whether full text is available, and if so, provide a link to the article. If not, you may request the article via Interlibrary Loan.
The process for searching, obtaining full text of articles, and using your folder/EBSCOhost account in Medline is the same as in CINAHL and in other EBSCO databases.
When searching in databases use the following commands to construct Advanced Searches.