Table of ContentsMaterials indexed include journal articles, selected pamphlets, selected books, dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice for nursing specialties, audiovisuals, educational software, and selected poems and cartoons. Foreign language nursing & allied health journal articles are included when English abstracts are provided. Over 3,490 journals are indexed as of August 2007 -- indexing can cover as far back as 1937. A list of journals with dates of coverage is linked from EBSCO Publishing. Searchable cited references have been included since 1994 for nearly 1,200 journals.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text provides full text of over 560 journals, plus
legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments
and clinical trials. There are also Evidence-Based Care Sheets and Quick
Lessons available in full text from the search screen - simply click on the
or the 
links at the top of the search screen to access these items. Other items indexed
in CINAHL Plus with Full Text may be available in full text through
HSU Library either electronically or in print form. See How
do I find out if the Library has the item I need for more information.
icons on the CINAHL Plus with Full Text search page.
The default screen is the Advanced Search screen which is seen below:
Simply type your search terms into the search boxes. choose the field(s) you want to search from the pull-down boxes, and indicate how you want the search terms combined (see Combining Search Terms for an explanation of AND, OR, NOT). The connectors NEAR, WITHIN may be used to indicate the order and proximity of search terms (see Combining Search Terms for details).
ENTER SEARCH TERMS: Enter your search terms in the search boxes, select
the field and click on the 
button
next to the box. You may search by word, word root, or phrase.; e.g.,
gastro*
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(searches needles, needled, etc. but does not search needle or needlestick) |
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(searches woman as well as women) |
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above the search box, use the pull-down menu to choose an index to browse,
type in the term(s), and click on the 
button. If the term(s) you are seeking does not appear on the resulting page,
use the Previous
and Next
links to scroll the index. This
is especially useful if you are uncertain of how to spell the term(s), author's
name(s), etc.
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The first term must appear in each record but the second term cannot
appear in any record. Narrows a search.
Please note that using NOT will eliminate records that have BOTH the first and second terms -- be careful when using NOT because you may eliminate relevant records. |
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NEAR (N#) |
Terms must appear within # words of each other and in any order. Narrows a search. |
(elder must be within 2 words of abuse in any order) |
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Terms must appear within # words of each other and in the order entered. Narrows a search. |
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You may combine search terms/boxes by selecting AND, OR, NOT
from the 
pull-down
menu between search boxes.
Limiting/Expanding Your Search
Limiting: If you wish to limit your search to certain year(s),
language(s), peer-reviewed articles, full text articles , etc., scroll down
to the Limit your results: section of the search screen. BEWARE:
If you check the Full Text box, only full text articles in the CINAHL database
will be retrieved and you will eliminate articles in other journals available
in full text through HSU Library. Below is a sample of the limits available.
More options are available than
are seen here.
Select the feature(s) you wish to limit (publication type, language, publication
year, etc.) by using the box(es) and/or selecting a category from the menus.
After selecting your limit features, click on the
button at the top (or bottom) of the page.
Journal Subset: Please note that you may use Journal Subset to limit your search to Nursing journals only as seen below:
Expanding: You may expand the scope of your search by clicking on the Expanders link at the top right hand side of the Limit your results: section of the search screen. You can expand your search by searching for additional terms, searching the full text, and/or automatically putting an "AND" between search terms by clicking on the appropriate boxes as seen below:
link above the search box(es). The CINAHL Headings (aka Thesaurus)
is the list of terms CINAHL indexers use to assign subject headings
to the articles, books, dissertations, etc., which are entered into the CINAHL
Plus with Full Text database. The CINAHL Headings page appears
and you may type your term or phrase in the search box and click
to go to that term in the list.
For example, if you type septicemia, you will get a listing that looks like this:
Click on the Scope link(s) to see the entire Scope note and/or definition for the term(s) on the CINAHL Headings pages. Based on the Scope notes, you can now select the term(s) you wish to include in your search by clicking on the box before the term(s). In addition, you may specify that the subject headings or term(s) be the Major Focus of the article or reference by clicking on the Major Concept box following each term.
You will note that Sepsis has a box marked Explode after it in the list above. This indicates that Sepsis has more specific (or narrower) terms under it in the hierarchical structure of CINAHL Headings. If you click on Explode, you will automatically "OR" all of the narrower terms and include them in your search. It is a good idea to see what term(s) will be included by going to the full information by clicking on Sepsis [ Scope ]. You then get the screen seen below:
Information includes where Sepsis appears in the hierarchical listing (or tree) of CINAHL Headings, cross references to terms not used (Septicemia, Septicaemia), more specific(narrower) terms (Bacteremia, Fungemia, Neonatal Sepsis,and Shock, Septic), and broader terms(Infection). Please note that you can also click on boxes that will Explode or include all of the narrower terms (Bacteremia, Fungemia, Neonatal Sepsis,and Shock, Septic) in your search as well as making Sepsis the Major Concept of the references retrieved. All terms in the list above that are followed by a + sign have more specific terms underneath them that may be seen by clicking on the term.
You may also use the powerful Subheadings (qualifiers) feature of CINAHL to refine your search. Simply click on the boxes on the right hand side of the screen under Qualify Subheadings. If you want to know what the subheading covers, click on the Scope link and a scope note or definition will appear. If you do not specify a subheading, all subheadings will be included.
Once you have selected your heading and subheading(s), select the desired operator
(AND, OR, NOT) from the pull-down 
menu and click on 
to include them in
your search. You may repeat this process for other subject headings. For example,
you may want to search for the topic of septicemia in hospitals. You
would browse CINAHL Headings for hospitals and add the
desired terms/subheadings to the search by selecting AND from
the pull-down
menu. Then click on and the search results
containing both sepsis and hospitals will be displayed.
You may use the link to search for author names,
terms you don't find in the thesaurus, etc. It is recommended that you search
the index when you are unsure of the spelling or format of the term, name, etc.
For example, when we search for the author "MaryAnne Levine", we don't
know how CINAHL formats the first name. Does CINAHL use initials or the entire
name? Choose the author index using the pull-down menu and search the last name
and first initial as seen below:
and click on . You
will then get a list of author names as seen below:
Click on the checkboxes before the desired name(s) from the list
and click on 
to search
for references written by the person(s). Since CINAHL Plus with Full Text
uses initials of authors, it is a good idea to add the author affiliation
(e.g., Humboldt State) to the search as well so you won't get articles by other
author(s) with the same initials. You may use the pull-down menu next to the
search box to select Author Affiliation as seen below:
CINAHL Plus with Full Text has included cited references
since 1994. Citations are included (when CINAHL has the publisher's
permission) for nursing, allied health and health sciences librarianship journals.
You may search the cited references by clicking on the 
link above the search box. You may search cited author, cited source,
cited title, cited year, or all citation fields. If you
wish to search for cited references by subject, use the all citation fields
search box.
When you view the results from your cited references search, you may see the
citing articles for references of interest by marking the checkboxes
and clicking on the 
button.
If there is a Cited References(#)
link in the list of results from doing a search
or from finding citing articles, click on it to see the list of references that
appeared at the end of that article. You may then find related articles by marking
checkboxes for references of interest and clicking on the 
button. The resultant records are sorted by relevance,
based on the greatest number of shared references.
button, the results are displayed on the screen. If you wish to revise the
search or add terms to the search, click on the 
tab above the list of results. All the terms or search statements you have
entered since you logged on are displayed. You may combine the sets of results
by clicking on the box by the desired sets/search statements and then choosing
and, or, not from the pull-down menu. Remember that and
specifies that all terms must appear in the same record while or
specifies that at least one of the terms must appear in the record.
If you choose not, remember that you are eliminating records that
contain the term following not. See Combining
Search Terms for further explanation of the operators and, or, not.
For example, you are looking for articles on hysterectomy as a form
of treatment for endometriosis. You search the term endometriosis
first (in the default fields) and then you do a
search in the same fields for the truncated hysterectom* (includes hysterectomy,
hysterectomies, etc.). If you click on ,
you get the following screen:
There are 1901"hits" for hysterectom* and 641 hits for endometriosis.
Click on the box beside each term and choose and from the pull-down
"Combine searches with::" menu and hit the
button. S2 and S1 will then appear in the search box at the top
pf the screen. When you click the
button, you get 64 hits for the combination. You would get the same search
results if you simply typed S1 and S2 (Search ID #) into the search
box at the top of the screen.
You can also use the Search History screen to edit/refine your search by using
the Revise links and
(delete) buttons. Simply
click on Revise
following the search statement you want to edit. The search statement for editing
will appear on the search box and you may make changes before searching again.
If you wish to delete a search statement, simply click on the
button and the statement will be removed from the Search History.
If you wish to save the search and/or have EBSCO run your search automatically at a specified frequency, click on the Save Searches/Alerts link and follow the instructions. You will need to set up a My EBSCOhost account if you haven't already done so.
If the desired results are not already on the screen, click on the 
tab. All the search statements you have entered will be displayed. Choose the
desired search statement and click on the "number of hits" link
under Results. A list of records will appear with minimal information
(author, title and source) as shown below:
Display the Complete Record by clicking on the title link for items of interest in order to see the subject heading(s), abstract or summary, etc.
You may narrow/reduce the number of results of your search by clicking on any subjects of interest in the left hand column. This will add the subject heading/qualifier, e.g., middle age, to your search.
Go through the results list and ADD the items you want to a folder
by clicking on the 
links.
When you are done adding the records you want to a folder, click on 
to view the folder contents. You may now choose 
(if you have a printer attached to your computer and want a paper copy), 
(to download) or 
(to send the results to your email account) from the icons at
the top of the folder contents list and follow the instructions. If you plan
to use bibliographic management software (e.g., RefWorks or EndNote), click
on 
to save the selected
citations/records to a file formatted for your software.
If you wish to have access to the records in a folder after you leave CINAHL Plus with Full Text, you should click on "To store these items in the folder for a future session, Sign In". This will give you access to a personal area called My EBSCOhost that you can use to collect information you plan on reusing in a future EBSCOhost session. You may save your search and set up search alerts from the Search History once you have a My EBSCOhost account. See EBSCO Support Site for more detailed help.
How do I find out if the Library has the item I need? If there is a full text link (e.g., html,
pdf) in the
citation of interest, click on it to retrieve the full text of the article,
etc. If there is no full text link, you must determine if HSU Library has the
article, book, report or document cited. Click on the 
button that appears at the bottom of each citation and a link to full text availability
of that article or book will appear. This will check our database of fulltext
electronic resources as well as the Library
Catalog and provide a link directly to the article or catalog record if
it is available.
If you are no longer in CINAHL Plus with Full Text and are looking for references you downloaded, emailed or printed, you will need to search the Journal and Newspaper Finder (for electronic and print journals) and/or the Library Catalog. You may check the Library Catalog by searching the title and/or author for books, reports, dissertations, and the complete titles of periodicals (journals, magazines) containing articles of interest. However, HSU Library has many journals and magazines that are not listed in the Library Catalog.
The Journal and Newspaper Finder, a searchable guide to journals, magazines, newspapers and other serials accessible online (fulltext) as well as in print format at HSU Library, is the best way to see if we have a periodical. This list is also accessible from the Library's home page by clicking on the Journal and Newspaper Finder link. For example, you have a reference to an article on bicycle helmets as follows:
If you are still in the CINAHL Plus with Full Text database, you may click on the Linked Full Text link to retrieve the article. Once you have left the CINAHL Plus with Full Text database, you will need to search the Journal and Newspaper Finder for the Journal of Pediatric Nursing and click on the link. When you do, you get the following results:
This journal is available in paper copy (HSU
Catalog) (but only for 1990-2003) as well as electronically (Elsevier
SD W.B. Saunders) (2000-date). To get this particular article published
in 2006, fill in the boxes with the year, volume, issue, and start page of the
article you are interested in. Then click on the Elsevier
SD W.B. Saunders link or the 
icon and you will be linked directly to the article. Sometimes you will be taken
to a list of volumes/issues for the journal you are seeking. In that case, you
will need to find the link to the article by going into the table of contents
for the volume/issue of interest.
If you have a full reference to an article that includes at least the year, volume, issue and starting pages of your article, you may use the Citation Linker to locate it if the Journals and Newspaper Finder indicates that the full text of the journal is available in electronic format for the date(s) of interest.
Most government documents prior to 1998 are not listed in the HSU Library Catalog. If you wish to find a government document, consult the guides: Finding Federal Documents and Finding California State Documents. You may also ask a reference librarian for assistance at the Information Desk on the first floor (hours) or outside the Humboldt Room, room 308 (hours).
What
if the Library doesn't have the item I need?If the Library does not have the book, report, document, article, etc. which
you need, you may request it through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). See Interlibrary
Loan Frequently Asked Questions for more information. Requests may
be placed by logging on to the Interlibrary
Loan System. There are also links to the ILL System from
pages when the HSU Library doesn't have full text. This process can take as
long as TWO WEEKS for books and ONE WEEK for articles so it is a good idea to
begin your research early.
Please be aware that although there is no cost to the student who requests articles through ILL, the Library often has to pay copyright fees which can be costly for medically-related journals. We ask that you be selective when deciding which articles to request through ILL.
Books available in other CSU libraries may be requested using the CSU Catalog/Pharos Interlibrary Loan Service.
When you have completed your search, click the Exit link on the toolbar at the top right side of the page. You will be sent to EBSCO's home page. If you are using a computer in the Library, please click on the Home icon to load the Library's home page for the next user.
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comments and suggestions about this page to: Sharon
Chadwick.
Last Updated: August 8,
2007