This example is from a search conducted in the CINAHL database. The interface may look different in other databases but they function similarly. CINAHL is shown since it is the most frequently used database for nursing at UTA.
Authoritative resource covering nursing and allied health. Includes abstracts of many titles. Use Chrome, Safari, or Firefox. Incompatible with InternetExplorer.
The Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health (CINAHL), is the authoritative resource covering the English language journal literature for nursing and allied health. Material from over 1,600 journals are included in CINAHL; online abstracts are available for more than 1200 of these titles. Publications from the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing are indexed. The database also provides access to healthcare books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of professional practice, educational software and audiovisual materials in nursing.
You can use the link above to access CINAHL.
You can also access CINAHL through the library's web page:
Input a search with terms that may be found in the resources you are looking for. Combine like-terms with OR. Ideas are
An example search is (return* OR transition*) AND MH ( "Education, Post-RN" OR "Students, Post-RN").
See how it appears below:
NOTE: Using an asterisk (*) next to the root of a word will find all forms. So a search for transion* will find words including transition, transitioning, transitioned, etc.
Input your date range on the left or slide the bar until it matches the dates you need.
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