NURS 501: Searching CINAHL and PubMed Activity: Materials to Review Before Library Session

The session about library and evidence-based practice resources will have a group activity on searching for information in PubMed and CINAHL followed by a discussion. An overview of the activity is attached to this message.

To prepare for the activity, you need to do the following:

1. View the following 3 videos,

• Accessing Resources for Nursing Evidence (Runtime 1:25)
  Updated September 2020; Reviewed August 2023
• Finding the Evidence: Ask & Acquire (Runtime: 9:50)
  Updated September 2020; Reviewed August 2023
• HOST: Hands On Searching Time (Runtime 2:10)
  Updated September 2020; Reviewed August 2023

2. Review the following two guides, especially the information given on the "Searching" and "Search Tips" tabs,

• Getting the Most out of CINAHL with Full Text
  • View the video tutorials posted on the "Searching" tab.
  • Review the "Limits" sub-tab under the "Search Tips" tab.
• Getting the Most out of PubMed Medline
  • Go through the interactive video tutorial "PubMed Subject Search: How It works" (click on the icon on the "Searching" tab).
  • Review the "Using the Advanced Search Builder" sub-tab under the "Searching" tab.
  • View the video "Searching in New PubMed: Applying Limits and Filters" that is embedded under "New PubMed" on the "Searching " tab's "Filters Sidebar" sub-tab.
• Optional guides to review
  • Boolean Operators
  • Nursing

Please feel free to email the nursing librarian if you have any questions.