The Nursing & Allied Health (CINAHL) database provides authoritative coverage of the literature related to nursing and allied health. Virtually all English-language publications are indexed along with the publications of the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing. Primary journals are indexed from the following allied health fields:
Cardiopulmonary Technology Physical Therapy Emergency Service Physician Assistant Health Education Radiologic Technology Medical/Laboratory Technology Therapy Medical Assistant Social Service/Hlth Care Medical Records Surgical Technology Occupational Therapy
Selected journals are also indexed in the areas of consumer health, biomedicine, and health sciences librarianship. In total, more than 500 journals are regularly indexed; online abstracts are available for more than 150 of these titles. The database also provides access to healthcare books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of professional practice, educational software and audiovisual materials in nursing.
More than 6,400 CINAHL subject headings provide specific access to NAHL citations. Approximately 70 percent of CINAHL headings also appear in MEDLINE. CINAHL supplements these headings with 2,000+ terms designed specifically for nursing and allied health. All explodable headings have been pre-exploded by Ovid.
The following alphabetical list provides the two-letter label, the relevant alias, and an example for each CINAHL field.
===== ============ Label Name/Example ===== ============ ab Abstract example: endocarditis.ab. an or ui Accession Number/Unique Identifier example 1: 1993161938.an. example 2: 1993161938.ui. au Author example: smith-tf.au. ca Corporate Author example: advisory committee.ca. df Description example: five point scale.df. em Entry Month [year-month] example: 8701.em. fs Floating Subheading example: et.fs. hw or me Subject Heading Word example: diazepam.hw. ib IBSN* example: 0-910478-39-2.ib. id or tp Identifiers [Term in Progress] example: carriers.id. im Image File Names example: "002730.pdf".im. in Institution example: tufts.in. ip Issue/Part* example: 3.ip. is ISSN example: 0098-7484.is. it Instrumentation example: infant development.it. jc Journal Code example: oa5.jc. jn or so Journal* example: nursing.jn. jw Journal Word example: obstetrics.jw. lg Language example: fre.lg. pg Page [first page]* example: 44.pg. pt Publication Type example: bibiliography.pt. rf Cited References example: protocol.rf. rv Reviews example: dunwoody.rv. sb Journal Subset Allied Health Journals: a.sb. Australian & New Zealand Journals: z.sb. Biomedical Journals: b.sb. Canadian Journals: d.sb. Consumer Health Journals: h.sb. Core Nursing Journals: c.sb. Nursing Journals: n.sb. Peer Reviewed Journals: p.sb. US Journals: u.sb. UK Journals: e.sb. sh or de Subject Heading example: practical nursing.sh. si NLM Serial Identifier example: e06020000.si. ti Title example: bone.ti. tw Text Word [ab, ti, it and id fields] example: diazepam.tw. tx Full Text example: nursing.tx. vo Volume* example: 7.vo. yr Year of Publication* example: 92.yr.
* These fields display as the Source (so) field; all elements can also be searched qualified to SO.
The following are the Ovid limits for the CINAHL database. Both forms of syntax for applying the limit directly at the command line are given where relevant.
Limit Name Example Abstracts Command Syntax: ..l/ ab=y Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to abstracts Age Groups... Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to infant English Language Command Syntax: ..l/1 en=y Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to english Female Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to female JOURNAL SUBSETS Command Syntax: ..l/ sb=a Sentence Syntax: limit to allied health journals Command Syntax: ..l/ sb=b Sentence Syntax: limit to biomedical journals Command Syntax: ../ sb=d Sentence Syntax: limit to canadian journals Command Syntax: ..l/ sb=h Sentence Syntax: limit to consumer health journals Command Syntax: ..l/ sb=c Sentence Syntax: limit to core nursing journals Command Syntax: ..l/ sb=n Sentence Syntax: limit to nursing journals Command Syntax: ..l/ sb=p Sentence Syntax: limit to peer reviewed journals Command Syntax: ..l/ sb=u Sentence Sytnax: limit to us journals Command Syntax: ..l/ sb=e Sentence Syntax: limit to uk journals Latest Update Command Syntax: ..l/1 up=y Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to latest update Male Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to male Publication Type Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to case study Publication Year Command Syntax: ..l/1 yr=89 Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to yr=1989 Review Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to review Change to CINAHL from another database -------------------------------------- Command Syntax: ..c/nursing Sentence Syntax: use nursing
revised 02/26/96