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Searching Made Easier & More Effective
Practical Nursing 2014
Karen HutchensKaren Hutchens
& Debbie O’Rielly& Debbie O’Rielly
At the end of the session, students should be able to:
Identify Search TermsPut together a search statementKnow how to use CINAHL
CINAHL headings, limits, print/save
Evaluate search results
Goals
1. Develop a Search Question2. Picking out search terms/concepts3. Come up with synonyms; alternate spellings4. Write a search statement using CINAHL
headings6. Setting search limits7. Looking at & evaluating articles8. Save/print articles or alter search strategy (go
back to step 2 or 3) Check search terms Check spelling Search too narrow or too broad
Steps to Searching
Purpose of Search Question
To determine what you want to knowTo help identify search terms or concepts
Search Question
Scenario:Your instructor is planning a discussion in class
on how to prevent falls in the elderly living in a seniors home. She asks each student to find good current nursing articles on the subject for class.
Search Question
What current information is available about fall prevention in a seniors home?
Search Questions
Key Term 1 Key Term 2 Key Term 3 Falls elderly Seniors
home OR OR OR preventing falls older adults Old age home OR OR OR
safety seniors long term care OR OR aged nursing homes
Search Terms
( ) brackets keep similar terms/concepts together (elderly OR aged OR seniors)
“ ” parentheses used for phrases ONLY“nursing homes” “assisted suicide” “pediatric
nurse”
* Truncation can be substituted for any number of letters
teen* = teen, teens, teenager, teenagernurs* = nurse, nursing, nurses, nurse’s
Other Useful Tools
Link together main search terms and their synonyms and alternative spellings using Boolean terms AND OR
Use this statement for database search
Search Statement
Example:“nursing home” OR “long term care”AND “accidental falls”AND preventionAND nurs* (SO Publication
Name)
Search Statement
Popular vs. Scholarly
Specific, in-depth articles
Original research, new developments in field
Written and intended for specialists, students
Peer-reviewed Standard format Tables, graphs, text Continuous pagination
Broad, shorter articles Overview, social
issues, public opinion Staff, freelance,
popular language In-house Few references Attract, advertising,
entertain Each issue page 1
To access CINAHL, go to this site:http://www.library.mun.ca
Make the following selections to get to CINAHL1.Choose Articles tab2. To Find articles on any topic, use article
search3. Indexes by Subjects, select nursing4. CINAHL with full text
CINAHL
Once in CINAHL, always go to CINAHL Headings first to check your search terms.
If CINAHL heading suggest other terms to use, write them down
Click on New Search, and enter your search terms
CINAHL Headings
Year: last 5 yearsEnglish language
There are articles in CINAHL in other languages. At the end of the article title you will see [language]. Even though the abstract is in English, the article will be in the language indicated in the [ ].
Search limits
Sample of a citation whose article is written in another language:
Facing, accepting, growing and expecting: the practical experience of nursing students during their first clinical practice [Chinese]. (includes abstract); Sun, Jia-Jing; Sun, Hui-Lin; Journal of Nursing, 2011 Apr; 58 (2): 49-56 (journal article) ISSN: 0047-262X PMID: 21455892 CINAHL AN: 2011035176
Search Limits
ARTICLE TITLE AUTHOR(S) JOURNAL TITLE
Nursing children and adolescents with bipolar disorder: assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management. Preview (includes abstract); McDougall T; Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 2009 Feb; 22 (1): 33-9 (journal article) ISSN: 1073-6077 PMID: 19200290 CINAHL AN: 2010188996
YEAR MONTH VOLUME ISSUE PAGE NUMBERS
Citation
Does the article answer your search question?If you answered no to this question, then you
need to:Check your search termsCheck your spellingCheck the scope of search
Too specific?Too broad?
Evaluate Articles
to the questions on the previous slide,Congrats! You’re done with the searching
portion of your paper.
If you answered yes
No problem!
Come seeKaren Hutchens Library
ORDebbie O’Reilly Computer Lab
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