This document provides an agenda and instructions for a library instruction session on using CINAHL and APA style. The session will cover APA tips, finding scholarly articles, searching the CINAHL database, using subject headings to improve searches, managing search results, and accessing full text articles. Students will have the opportunity to practice searches on topics related to their assignments. The librarian contact information is provided should students have any additional questions.

1. N1150, N1152 & N1153
Library Instruction Oct. 14 & 15, 2008
Robin Featherstone,
Research & Instructional Librarian (Nursing)
rfeathe@uwo.ca
(519) 661-2111 ext: 86383
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing
Today’s slides will be available at: http://uwonursinglibrarian.blogspot.com/

2. Agenda
• APA tips – 5 mins
• Scholarly articles discussion – 5 mins
• CINAHL instruction – All the rest of the time

4. Really useful pages
• Sample formatting (pg. 306 - 320)
• In text citations
– Quotations (pg.118)
– Paraphrasing (pg. 207)
• Reference list (pg. 215-281)
– Journal article, one author (pg. 240)
– Electronic copy of an article from a database (pg. 279)
– “Nonperiodical” document on the internet (pg. 273)

5. Other helpful places...
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/
↓Essay Help

6. And ...
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing/
←APA Style Guide

7. APA Questions

8. Using scholarly articles for
assignments
• Scholarly articles are...
1. Written by people who know what they’re talking about
professors, researchers, etc...
2. Edited by people who know what they’re talking about
professors, researchers, etc...
3. Published by people who know what they’re talking about
scholarly journals, associations, government
agencies, etc...

9. Think...

10. Scholarly articles look like this:

11. NOT this:

12. And NOT this:

13. Using web-based sources
• Think AUTHORITY
– Who published it? Why?
Be sceptics
• Look for these:
– .org
– .gov
• Not this:
– .com

14. Searching Google

15. Searching CINAHL

16. Finding articles in CINAHL
Start here: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/
Step 1: sign in (if
you’re at home) ↓
← Step 2:
select
“Databases
by Title”

17. Step 3: select
“C” (for
CINAHL) ↓

18. Step 4:
scroll
down
↓
Step 5: select
CINAHL→

19. Activity
• Find CINAHL

20. Now, before we start searching,
decide on search terms
I am looking for information about...
 the effect of acne on teen self-esteem
 the relationship between alcoholism and child abuse
 the prevalence of anorexia among female athletes

21. Isolate your concepts
• Search: I am looking for information about
Brad and Angelina.

22. Search strategy #1: OR
• Brad OR Angelia

23. Search strategy #2: NOT
• Brad NOT Angelia

24. Search strategy # 3: AND
• Brad AND Angelia

25. Practice Search in CINAHL
• I am looking for information about possible
health benefits of eating chocolate and
drinking red wine.

26. AND
• Chocolate AND red wine

27. Activity
• Search CINAHL for articles about chocolate
and red wine

28. CINAHL Headings
• Will TELL you which words to use in your
search for the BEST results

29. Practice: Use the CINAHL Headings
for our chocolate/red wine search
1. Browse for “chocolate” in the CINAHL Headings
2. Find the preferred term “cacao”
3. Select it and use it to search CINAHL
4. Do the same for “red wine”

30. Getting BETTER results
• Keywords
– chocolate = 324 results
– red wine = 111 results
• CINAHL headings
– cacao = 405 results
– wine = 392 results

31. Combine terms using the search
history
• Open your search history

32. S1 AND S2 = S3
1. Clear your search box
2. Select your two (wine and cacao) searches
3. Combine them using AND
4. Add them to the search box
5. Search

33. Activity
• Use the CINAHL headings to search two
concepts related to your assignment
• Combine those searches

34. SAVE YOUR WORK!
• Select “Save Searches/Alerts”

35. Create a My EBSCOhost Account
• Select “I’m a new user”

36. Managing results
• Limit your search if it is too large
• Select Search Options

37. Activity
• Limit your search result to articles published in
the last five years.

38. Adding items to the folder
↑ Click
← Select “Add to folder” to “Folder
select the articles you want View” to
to read. see your
selected
citations

39. Use these icons to either print,
email, save (as a web
document), or export your
citations
↙↓↘
← Use the “Move
To” drop-down list to
move the selected
citations to your new
folder.
←↗ Create a new
folder if you would like
to save your citations
to your MyEBSCO Host
account

40. Get to the full-text using the
Get it @Western button
← Select the “Get it @ Western” button

41. ←Select “Go” to link to the full-text of
the article through our online
subscriptions.

42. The link should take you to
the full-text of the article.
Look for the PDF link →
which will open a version of
the article complete with
page numbers (essential for
quotations).

43. ←If we don’t have an electronic version
available, try the UWO Catalogue to find
the call number for the print version

44. ←Note the call number so that you can
find the print version in the library.

45. FINALLY.... Print your search
strategy
• Open your search history
And select
“Print Search
History”↘

46. Robin Featherstone
rfeathe@uwo.ca
(519) 661-2111 ext: 86383
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing