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Nursing Research Guide

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Search Tips

  • Use keywords, terms, or short phrases, instead of full sentences or questions.

  • Quotation marks can be used to keep words next to each other. For example, "energy drinks" instead of energy drinks

  • To limit your search and see fewer articles, use the word AND to connect your keywords. 

    • Example: diabetes AND obesity AND diet

  • To broaden your search and see more articles, use the word OR to connect your keywords.

    • Example: influenza OR flu OR H1N1

  • Limit to Full Text to only see articles that you can download/save/print immediately.

  • If we do not have an article available in our library, we may be able to order it from another library. Fill out this form to make a request.

How to Use CINAHL

CINHAL Complete provides full text access to nursing and allied health journals. Watch this short video to learn how to use it.

What Are Databases and Why You Need Them

Watch this video to learn about the benefits of using library databases for research over searching the web.