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MRS Research Skills Guide

Introduction to CINAHL

The CINAHL database is provided by EBSCOhost. It is a significant international database covering allied health subject areas.

EBSCOhost Advanced Searching

Tip: If you'd like to learn more about searching in CINAHL watch our Searching CINAHL effectively video.

Activity

In the CINAHL database, try the search: ("computed tomography" OR CT) AND "radiation dos*" AND (reduc* OR decreas* OR limit*) entered as in the example below.

  • AND is a boolean operator to combine concepts
  • OR is used to search for synonyms
  • quotation marks "" are used to search for a phrase
  • asterix * is a truncation symbol added to a stem word, to expand search results
  • try restricting the search fields to Title and Abstract - XB, for more relevant results.

See the Search Techniques page for more information).

Alternatively, you could try searching for the key concepts you have identified from your own assessment topic.

  • Try limiting by publication date to see the most recent material and/or choose a subject limiter to make your results more relevant.
  • Look at the HTML and PDF links to access the full text of the article. If you cannot find a link to the full text of an article follow the  Find it link to find out if it is available in another journal database.

EBSCO CINAHL search for ("computed tomography" OR CT) AND "radiation dos*" AND (reduc* OR decrease* OR limit*)

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