Tutorial (EBSCOhost version): Library Database Searching for Evidence Based Nursing Practice at IUPUI

Part 1 - Library Database Searching for Evidence Based Practice (23 slides) provides some context and introductory material for the subsequent IUPUI database demos.

Part 2 - Connecting to CINAHL

• Part 2a - Connecting to IUPUI Library Resources from Off Campus (6 slides) - Authenticating (Proving you are a valid IUPUI user); Obtaining IUPUI VPN software; Getting VPN help

• Part 2b - CINAHL Tutorial A - Connecting to CINAHL (~1-1/2 min.) - Activating a VPN connection; Opening EBSCOhost CINAHL Plus interface for Evidence Based Practice searching

Part 3 - CINAHL Tutorial B - EBSCOhost searching basics (~5 min.) - Using Suggest subject terms (Map term to subject), Major concept (Focus), Subheadings, Quick limits, & Combine searches

Part 4 - CINAHL Tutorial C - Using Advanced Limits & Explode in EBSCOhost CINAHL (~5 min.) - Using Explode, Using Advanced Limits such as Clinical Queries.

Part 5 - CINAHL Tutorial D - Viewing Articles 

• Part 5a - D1- Basics (~4 min.) - EBSCOhost Full Text/PDF, Find It button, Google Scholar, Google

• Part 5b - D2 - Additional Topics (~6-1/2 min.) - Searching without VPN, "Clinical Queries - Qualitative Studies", ScienceDirect confusion, CINAHL-->HighWire data error 

• (Old OVID version) - CINAHL Tutorial D - Viewing Articles (~5-1/2 min.) - Using Full Text links, Find It, A-to-Z List, Google Scholar, & Google to view articles listed in the Ovid CINAHL database 

Part 6 - CINAHL Tutorial E - Ordering Articles - Using Interlibrary Loan/ILLiad to order articles that are not available online at IUPUI

• Part 6a - E1- Registering for Free Interlibrary Loan (ILLIAD) from two different IUPUI Libraries

• Part 6b - (OVID version) - E2 - Using Interlibrary Loan (ILLIAD) from Find It (the Serials Solutions window) 

Part 7 - CINAHL Tutorial F - Sorting, Printing, & Saving - Sorting, Printing, E-mailing Results, & Saving Search Strategies in the Ovid CINAHL database

Part 8 - Searching Other Databases - Exporting a search strategy to another Ovid Database, Searching Medline, & Searching Cochrane Systematic Reviews