* Nursing Journal Articles: Home

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ALWAYS

• Start searching with CINAHL Ultimate alone (not multiple databases)
  • better limit functions
  • links to articles cited by and newer articles citing the articles
• Add advanced search options
  • Research Article: checkbox
    • This is a great way to limit to research articles so that you don't see editorials and position papers.
    • Click the Search box to see results
• Additional filters available at any time
  • Full Text
  • Peer Reviewed
  • Past 5 years (under "All time")
  • Academic Journals (under "Source type")
• Save (and proofread) APA format citations from the tools menu

IF NEEDED

• Save "Projects" and articles by creating a MyEBSCO account and signing in.
• old "MyEBSCOhost accounts still work, contact [email protected] if you need help transferring old saved projects to the new system.
• Search tips
  • Browse Subjects listed under each article for new key words to try
  • Use or to search for articles with all related terms
    • for example: "shift reports" or "hand off"
• Additional advanced search limits:
  • Click on "Advanced search" to get back to the limits
  • Add one at a time until you get a good list of results.
    • Journal Subset: Nursing
      •  if you find (or expect to find) too many articles on the topic that are not from a nursing perspective
    • Any Author is a Nurse: check box
      •  if you find (or expect to find) too many articles on the topic that are not from a nursing perspective and the Journal Subset Nursing limit didn't work well
    • Age Groups
      • to limit to a particular population when there is enough research that closely matches your needs
    • Language:  English
      • Removes articles that are not in English (up to 10% on average).
    • Number of Pages: Greater than 2
      • if you are seeing too many research abstracts rather than full articles on your topic.

NOT RECOMMENDED

• Geography / Geographic Subset:
  • limits to where the journal is published, not by the location of the researcher or research
• Multiple additional search limits
  • too many limits result in missing important research articles