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Advanced searching in CINAHL
Prepared by Graham Spooner, July 2009 , The College of NursingACN 000106 829
2009 The College of Nursing. This publication is copyright. Except as expressly provided in the Copyright Act (1968) no part of this publication may be reproduced by any means (including electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without prior written permission from The College of Nursing.
What is “Advanced”?
Today’s session• Ovid versus EBSCO• Boolean (logic and illogic)• Focus pocus• Explosions galore• Outer Limits• Shortcuts
Today’s session - continued
Working with results• Manipulation • Salvation• Personal preferences• Feed me
Tips & tricks
OvidSP versus EBSCOHost
Same:• Mapping turned on • Can choose to search other fields • Limits on display
OvidSP versus EBSCOHost
Similar:• Citation display & linking
OvidSP versus EBSCOHostDifferent:
No automatic subheadings
display during mapping – need
to click on term to display
OvidSP versus EBSCOHost
Subheadings now
available
OvidSP versus EBSCOHostDifferent:
Explode option not
available for terms at bottom
of tree
OvidSP versus EBSCOHostDifferent (and annoying):
Number of articles not listed
Boolean (logic and illogic)• Effective use of “Not”
– Eliminate aspects of a topic not required eg Health Promotion not Australia
Boolean (logic and illogic)• Effective use of “Not”
– Eliminate items you have already browsed
Boolean (logic and illogic)• Effective use of “Or”
– Combine multiple terms before applying “and”
Focus pocus• Applying retrospectively
Focus pocus
Called “Major Concept” in EBSCO
Why would you not narrow/focus too early?• Unsure of number of results – may end up with too
few • If too many - easier to focus after the fact • Can help identify other potential headings
Another example of when the number of articles would be useful during mapping!
Focus pocus• Applying retrospectively
Knowing the number of articles is useful during mapping
Too many? Go back a screen and Focus first in Ovid
Explosions galore• Only appears if narrower terms exist (ie no
tick box if already at the bottom of a tree)• Applying retrospectively – add a plus sign + after the
term
Explosions galore• If narrower terms are available it is a good idea to have
a look – it may be better to go either broader or narrower
Other term(s)
may be more suitable?
Click on + to see further down the tree
Exploding from further up the tree may be a better option?
Explosions galore
A more specific,
narrower term may hit the
spot?
Outer Limits
Many limits on display at
first screen
Outer Limits
Limits available once
sets are created
Click to display
all Limits
Outer Limits
Limits displaye
d
Outer Limits • Maybe best not to try too many at once?• English not as important as in Medline/ Embase, etc• Publication Type is different to Medline & quite useful eg Research, Questionnaire, Cartoon, etc
Shortcuts•
• Subject search
- Unfocussed – mh before term eg mh stroke- Focussed – mm before term eg mm stroke- Explode - + after the term eg mh stoke+- Subheading /xx after the term eg stroke/et
Shortcuts
•Truncation - * at end of term – eg nurs*• Wildcard - ? - within a term eg wom?n• Proximity – nx – eg baby n2 friendly• Field searching – ti, au, etc before term eg ti “baby friendly” or au clarke b*
Working with resultsThe “Folder” – pros & cons• Add to Folder/Remove from Folder less intuitive than ticking a box• Location not obvious for first timers
Working with resultsThe “Folder” – pros & cons• Icons for Print, email, save obvious• Selecting or deleting simple
Working with resultsThe “Folder” – pros & cons• Page estimate useful• Customise fields to print/email/save
Working with resultsThe “Folder” – pros & cons• Saving file options seems better than emailing at College – neater format when sending• Customise Fields for Output also useful
May need to experiment for best format for local
email system
Working with results
Beware
leaving this
option
ticked…
…sends a separate email for each citation with a pdf attached
Saving and alerting
Personal preferences
Tips and tricks
1. Bypass Mapping and go straight to CINAHL Headings
2. Use “Term contains” or “Term begins with” buttons
3. Browse the terms and select several appropriate ones to build a set – can be more effective than mapping each term
CIHNAHL Headings
More
More – Citation matcher
More – Indexes (Search Fields)
More - Publications• Find out more about the publication – full text coverage, local holdings, indexing period, embargos, etc
• Also easy RSS feed set-up
Tips and tricks
Tried limiting, focus and Boolean and still have thousands of citations?
• Look for keywords in the title only• Re-negotiate with requester – can they refine want they want? • Go back and try subheadings• Quickly browse the set – are there any extra subject terms which can be used to combine? • Limit to full-text and local holdings (be sure to explain pitfalls of this to requester).
Tips and tricksGetting too few citations?
• Re-negotiate with requester – can they expand/broaden or even redefine what they want? • Quickly browse the set – are there any extra subject terms which can be considered? • Remove year limit – maybe there is little recent material on the topic?• Jump to Medline or Embase – some topics are not well covered in nursing/allied health journals• Discuss topic with a colleague – they might recall a good subject heading to try or a similar search that they have attempted in the past• Try ALIAHealth or DoHLib listservs
Tips and tricksAge Groups• Many articles include both children & adult• Limit set to both and then use “not” Boolean operator
Articles dealing with
adults eliminated
Advanced searching in CINAHL
The End
Prepared by Graham Spooner, July 2009 , The College of NursingACN 000106 829
2009 The College of Nursing. This publication is copyright. Except as expressly provided in the Copyright Act (1968) no part of this publication may be reproduced by any means (including electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without prior written permission from The College of Nursing.