*Nursing*

CINAHL provides one-click access to research articles.

1. Click to the Advanced Search
2. Check the 'Research' check box below the search boxes
3. Add your keyword search terms and search
   • You can use research-related search terms, such as "concept analysis", "phenomenology", etc. as keywords. (See the search features below for additional research-related options, and the next section for qualitative and quantitative studies.)

CINAHL Advanced Search also provides:

• Check boxes for 'First Author is a Nurse' and 'Any Author is a Nurse' for research by nurses
• Check boxes for Meta-Synthesis and Randomized Control Trial research studies
• Clinical Queries selections (not necessarily research) for
  • Therapy
  • Prognosis
  • Review (literature review articles)
  • Qualitative
  • Causation
    --Choose "High Sensitivity" for a broad search, "High Specificity" for a narrow, precise search, and "Best Balance" for something in between
• Subject limits
  • Journal Subset--including Nursing, Core Nursing, Health Promotion, and Public Health
  • Special Interest
• Population related:
  • Checkboxes for Human (as opposed to animal studies), Pregnancy, In- and Out-patient
  • Menus for
    • Male/Female (inclusive, i.e. definitely includes males or females, not necessarily only males or females)
    • Age Groups
• Research related Publication Types such as:
  • Clinical Trial
  • Meta Analysis
  • Meta Synthesis (same as the check box)
  • Questionaire/Scale
  • Randomized Controlled Trial (same as the check box)
  • Research (same as the check box)
  • Research Instrument
  • Research Instrument Utilization

Note: Don't use all of these at once!

If the type of research you need isn't listed in the search limits as described above, you can add a keyword or phrase to your search. This can be combined with other search features:

• Medline has many Publication Types that include research, like Clinical Trials. You can also select research-related info like animal/human studies, age groups, in- or out-patient focus, etc.
  
• PsycInfo has a huge number of Methodologies, including quantitative and qualitative. Research-related options like age groups are also available.