Getting Started
How to use CINAHL
Revised for Chamberlain College of Nursing
By Valerie R. Meyer, MLIS, RN
Original Tutorial Created by: Angelica Ramirez
Student Worker
DeVry University, Houston
How to Enter CINAHL
Get started on the library home page:
http://chamberlain.edu/library
Click on
Journals &
Online
Resources
These are all the
databases available
for research. Click
on any of these
links to go to the
login page
Enter your D# and
birthday to access
the database.
Click on Medline &
CINAHL link
Click in the selection box next to CINAHL Plus
and then click on the Continue button
OR
Just click on CINAHL Plus with Full Text link
Logging into
My EBSCOhost:
Setting up a Folder
Make sure to Sign In!
If you have an existing account,
Login!
If you are a first time user,
Click on the I’m a new user
link to create an account.
Fill in all of the spaces. This is
all the information needed
then press submit
Creating an account allows searches and
results to be saved for later use, sharing
folders with others, setting up preferences
for search results display and saving
information for reference citations.
Click on
Continue to
begin your
search!!
How to search topics
using CINAHL – Basic Search
When using 2 words in a basic search, the search is
completed as a phrase. This search will only return
results with both words in this order. This search will
not return results for pulmonary cancer or bronchial
cancer.
See the Journal Searching – Using CINAHL on
the library home page for more detailed
search instructions and strategies
After entering
the search
terms, click on
Search.
To view the article, click on
PDF Full Text or HTML Full Text
Default sort is by
Relevance. Change sort
to Date for most recent
items listed first.
Saving into your
Folder
Basic searches can return many
results. Sorting by date and adding
terms from the Subject headings can
reduce the number of results
Quickly preview the results
and use Add to Folder link to put
in your folder only the best
articles that match your search.
Link & folder icon change once
items are added to the folder.
Column at the right lists the
titles in the folder.
Click on the Folder to view folder
contents for further review or to
request items.
From the folder view, you can
print, email or save the items.
How to request
items in Folder
To print or view items that
are available full text, click on
the PDF link and print from
the Adobe Reader
Items not
available full
text can be
requested from
the St. Louis
library by
clicking on the
Request this item
through
interlibrary loan
link
d
Enter in all the
requested information
about yourself. The
database will fill in the
information about the
article. Unless you live
in the St. Louis area,
request email delivery.
Don’t forget to
scroll to the
bottom of the
form and click
the submit
button
Your item has been requested.
Library attempts to deliver all
requests within one week. Library
reserves the right to refuse requests
if items cannot be delivered in a
timely manner or acquisition may
violate copyright laws.
How to use the
Citation Format
Click on the article
title to view
additional
information
Clicking on the
colorized paper
icon will display
different Citation
formats
Here are different Citation
Formats. Chamberlain
College of Nursing uses the
APA format
Citation
information
can be
printed,
emailed or
saved using
these icons
To print the
actual
article (if
available in
full text,)
open the
attached
PDF and
print from
the Adobe
Reader
Other Questions?
Chat with the nursing librarian:
vrmedlibchamberlain@gmail.edu
Mon. – Thur. 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. CST
Fri. 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. CST
Or Contact Chamberlain Library, St. Louis, MO
Librarian: 314-768-7562
vmeyer@chamberlain.edu or
library@chamberlain.edu