Research Guides: NUR 213--Complex Health Concepts: Tutorials and Help

The following video explains boolean searching, or how to use the common operators "AND," "OR" and "NOT" to limit your searches within library databases.

Cushion, K. (2011, July 7). Boolean Searching Basics. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/jMV7X3W_beg

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Transcript for Boolean Searching Basics (Word document)

You can search for articles using a variety of methods.

You can use keywords and phrases to do a search. This may bring back too few or too many results. Using Boolean search operators can help. For a tutorial on using Boolean search operators, visit the "Tutorials and Help" page.

Basic Search in CINAHL:

To get better results, you can use medical subject headings to search for articles. CINAHL organizes the articles by subject. To find articles, you'll need to know what subject heading to use. For a brief tutorial on using subject headings, visit this tutorial:

Using CINAHL/MeSH Headings (opens in new window)
A quick tutorial on how to use CINAHL subject headings when searching the database.