Welcome to the CINAHL Tutorial!

This module allows you to test the skills you observed in the Example portion of the site. These tutorials have been developed with the hope of recreating a "real-time" CINAHL experience. Because CINAHL is dynamic by nature, you may find that search results vary from the tutorial when replicating these circumstances on your own.

In addition to informational slides, you will find slides that ask you to interact with the tutorial. In some cases, you will have to type queries, while in others you may have to select a checkbox or click to continue. Contextual feedback is provided if you need assistance.

Each tutorial has been developed using Macromedia Flash, therefore you will need to have Flash Player on your computer. If you do not have this plug-in, you can download it for free from the Macromedia Flash Player site.

NOTE: ALL TUTORIALS WILL OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW.

Tutorial 1: Developing a Search Statement

After completing the following tutorial, you should be able to:

• Determine if you have an information need
• Identify the concepts of that information need
• Determine the type of information required to answer the information need
• Convert that information need into a search statement

Launch Tutorial 1
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Tutorial 2: Single Subject Heading with Subheading

After completing the following tutorial, you should be able to:

• Learn the value of using subject headings
• Identify and evaluate the scope information to determine if the subject heading is appropriate to locate the information desired
• Determine if the subject heading has subheadings that are appropriate to focus the search on the desired aspect
• Pull up a complete citation for a record

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Tutorial 3: Multiple Subject Headings with Limits

After completing the following tutorial, you should be able to:

• Determine if Boolean Operators are needed
• Select the correct Boolean Operator
• Decide if the use of Explosion with the subject heading is appropriate
• Determine if limits are needed
• Select the proper limits
  

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Tutorial 4: Auto Search with Truncation

After completing the following tutorial, you should be able to:

• Search for items written by an author
• Utilize the truncated symbol in order to locate all middle initial combinations for a specific author
• Search for items published in a specific journal

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Tutorial 5: Major Descriptor with Publication Limit

After completing the following tutorial, you should be able to:

• Apply the major subject heading option appropriately
• Select the desired publication type
• Choose desired citations by placing them in the folder
• Use the folder feature of EBSCO CINAHL in order to print, e-mail and save to file

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Tutorial 6: Complex Search

After completing the following tutorial, you should be able to:

• Select items and place them in the folder
• Choose the method that they want to obtain the citations (print, save, email) and perform it
• Determine if the full-text of an item are available
• Explain how items not owned locally can be obtained

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