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Need to Restrict your Articles to those Written by a Nurse?

There is a limiter in CINAHL that will allow you to access only those articles written by nurses. First, what is a Limiter? “Limiters let you narrow the focus of your search so that the information retrieved from the databases you search is limited according to the values you select.” So to get to those articles that have been authored by nurses follow the instructions below: 1. Perform your search in CINAHL   2. Go to the page to active...

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Uncategorized , Updated: February 4, 2016

CINAHL: Evidence Based Practice Limit

CINAHL is a super flexible database in terms of its availability of limiters. One caveat, however, when it comes to applying limits … you need to understand what happens when you apply a particular limit. For example… the Evidence Based Practice limit… When you choose this limit, your results will be limited to a specific subset of journals that have been identified as Evidenced Based Practice (EBP) in the “Special Interest” field. These are journals that focus on the application...

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Uncategorized , , Updated: January 24, 2015