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CINAHL® Plus Expands Access to the Nursing and Allied Health Research Literature (1937 to the Present)
The NIH Library announces the addition of CINAHL Plus to its collection of databases. CINAHL Plus is available to NIH staff on campus and through remote access.
Coverage
- Indexes more than 3,000 journals in nursing and allied health.
- Covers journal article citations from 1937 to the present.
- Contains 360 research instrument records with details on validation and utilization.
- Provides access to full-text articles through the "NIH Library Full-Text Plus!" service.
- Includes English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses Association.
- Covers the research literature in alternative/complementary medicine, biomedicine, consumer health, health sciences librarianship, nursing, and 17 allied health disciplines.
Special Features
- Cited author searching.
- Advanced searches with limits for publication type, language, gender, age group, and special interest.
- Visual searches that organize results by topic in a visual map.
- Clustering of search results to assist in refining searches.
- Thesaurus of CINAHL Headings (subject terms).
- Export to EndNote®, Reference Manager®, and other bibliographic management programs.
- Alerts and RSS feeds for notification of new content.
- Evidence-Based Care Sheets.
- CINAHL Continuing Education Unit Modules accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).
Access
- To access CINAHL Plus, go to the NIH Library webpage, select "Research Tools," then select "Databases."
- CINAHL Plus will replace the CINAHL® database on December 31, 2007. CINAHL will continue to be available until that date.
Assistance
For assistance with CINAHL Plus, contact Judith Welsh, Biomedical Librarian/Informationist, NIH Library (301.594.6211, welshju@mail.nih.gov).
October 2007
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