Slides from a presentation 17th July 2009 to librarians on advanced features of using the CINAHL database with EBSCOHost platform.

1. Advanced searching in CINAHL Prepared by Graham Spooner, July 2009 , The College of NursingACN 000106 829 2009 The College of Nursing. This publication is copyright. Except as expressly provided in the Copyright Act (1968) no part of this publication may be reproduced by any means (including electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without prior written permission from The College of Nursing.

2. What is “Advanced”? Today’s session Ovid versus EBSCO Boolean (logic and illogic) Focus pocus Explosions galore Outer Limits Shortcuts

3. Today’s session - continued Working with results Manipulation Salvation Personal preferences Feed me Tips & tricks

6. OvidSP versus EBSCOHost Subheadings now available

7. OvidSP versus EBSCOHost Different: Explode option not available for terms at bottom of tree 

8. OvidSP versus EBSCOHost Different (and annoying): Number of articlesnot listed 

9. Boolean (logic and illogic) Effective use of “Not” Eliminate aspects of a topic not required eg Health Promotion not Australia

10. Boolean (logic and illogic) Effective use of “Not” Eliminate items you have already browsed

11. Boolean (logic and illogic) Effective use of “Or” Combine multiple terms before applying “and”

12. Focus pocus Applying retrospectively

13. Focus pocus Called “Major Concept” in EBSCO Why would you not narrow/focus too early? Unsure of number of results – may end up with too few If too many - easier to focus after the fact Can help identify other potential headings Another example of when the number of articles would be useful during mapping!

14. Focus pocus Applying retrospectively Knowing the number of articles is useful during mapping Too many? Go back a screen and Focus first in Ovid

15. Explosions galore Only appears if narrower terms exist (ie no tick box if already at the bottom of a tree) Applying retrospectively – add a plus sign + after the term

16. Explosions galore If narrower terms are available it is a good idea to have alook – it may be better to go either broader or narrower Exploding from further up the tree may be a better option? Other term(s) may be more suitable? Click on + to see further down the tree

17. Explosions galore A more specific, narrower termmay hit the spot?

18. Outer Limits Many limits on display at first screen

19. Outer Limits Limits available once sets are created Click to display all Limits

20. Outer Limits Limits displayed

24. Unfocussed – mh before term egmh stroke

25. Focussed – mm before term eg mm stroke

26. Explode - + after the term egmh stoke+

28. Wildcard - ? - within a term egwom?n

29. Proximity – nx – eg baby n2 friendly

30. Field searching – ti, au, etc before term egti “baby friendly” or au clarke b*

35. Working with results Beware leaving this option ticked… …sends a separate email for each citation with a pdf attached

36. Saving and alerting

40. Personal preferences

41. Feeds - RSS

42. Feeds - RSS

43. Feeds - RSS

44. Tips and tricks Bypass Mapping and go straight to CINAHL Headings Use “Term contains” or “Term begins with” buttons Browse the terms and select several appropriate ones to build a set – can be more effective than mapping each term

45. CIHNAHL Headings

46. More

47. More – Citation matcher

48. More – Indexes (Search Fields)

50. Re-negotiate with requester – can they refine want they want?

51. Go back and try subheadings

54. Limit set to both and then use “not” Boolean operator Articles dealing with adults eliminated

55. Advanced searching in CINAHL The End Prepared by Graham Spooner, July 2009 , The College of NursingACN 000106 829 2009 The College of Nursing. This publication is copyright. Except as expressly provided in the Copyright Act (1968) no part of this publication may be reproduced by any means (including electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without prior written permission from The College of Nursing.