Produced by CINAHL Information Systems. "The definitive
reference tool covering the English language journal literature for
nursing and allied health disciplines." [OVID description]
OVID HIGHLIGHTS - Advanced Ovid Mapping analyzes users' natural language queries and suggests appropriate terms for searching. Extensive Vocabulary Features include graphical CINAHL Thesaurus with Scope Notes, Subheadings, Multiple Tree Structures, Permuted Index, and Explode Capabilities, Links from CINAHL citations to Full Text articles when available.
DATABASE-SPECIFIC SEARCH LIMITS - Abstracts, Age Groups, Consumer Health, English, Female, Full Text Available, Journal Subsets, Journals, Latest Update, Male, Publication Types, Research, Review Articles, Special Interest Category, Year of Publication.
COVERAGE - 1982-pres.
UPDATES - monthly.
SUBJECTS COVERED - Cardiopulmonary Technology, Emergency Services, Health Education, Med/Lab Technology, Medical Assistance, Medical Records, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Radiologic Technology, Respiratory Therapy, Physician's Assistant, Social Sciences, Surgical Technology. Includes relevant material from Behavioral Sciences, Biomedicine, Consumer Health, Education, Health Sciences Librarianship, and Management.
TYPES/NUMBERS OF PUBLICATIONS COVERED - 1,000 English-language nursing and allied health journals as well as virtually all publications of the American Nurses' Association and the National League for Nursing.
DOCUMENT TYPES - Journal articles, tables & charts, research reports, pictorials, editorials, case studies, exam questions, reviews, commentaries, books, book chapters, dissertations, questionnaires, proceedings, diagnostic images, statistics, consumer patient teaching materials, care plans, protocols, audiovisuals, abstracts, teaching materials, software programs, pamphlets, nursing diagnoses, standards, algorithms, systematic reviews, Web sites, clinical trials, equations & formulae, directories, critical paths, historical materials, practice guidelines, nursing interventions, nurse practice acts, computer programs, research instruments, masters theses, codes of ethics, and others.
SEARCHABLE FIELDS - Abstract (ab), Author (au), CINAHL Subject Heading (sh), Cited References (rf), Description (df), Full Text (tx), Institution (in), Instrumentation (it), ISBN (ib), ISSN (is), Issue/Part (ip), Journal Name (jn), Journal Subset (sb), Language (lg), Page (pg), Publication Type (pt), Reviews (rv), Subject Heading Word (hw), Text Word (tw), Title (ti), Volume (vo), Website (wb), Year of Publication (yr), among others.
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