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 TherapySelected journals are also indexed in the areas of consumer health, biomedicine, and health sciences librarianship. In total, more than 1200 journals are regularly indexed; online abstracts are available for more than 800 of these titles. There are more than 7000 records with full text now included and 1200 records with images. 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 10,000 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.
ab
Abstract [Word Indexed]
endocarditis.ab.
infective endocarditis.ab.
Since January 1986, author
abstracts have been included for certain
journals indexed in
CINAHL.
In 1995 CINAHL began
writing original abstracts for some journal
articles and all audiovisual
and software records. A "[CINAHL Abstract]"
indicator will follow
any original abstract. Stopwords, such as "the"
and "of" are not searchable.
an or ui
Accession Number/Unique Identifier [Phrase Indexed]
1993161938.an.
1993161938.ui.
The Accession Number
(AN) field contains a 10-digit number assigned by
CINAHL to uniquely identify
a particular record.
Certain records also
contain the eight-digit reference number that
corresponds to the Medline
system of unique identifiers.
as
Abbreviated Source [Phrase Indexed]
world ir nurs.as.
nurs matters.as.
The Abbreviated Source
(AS) field contains an abbreviation of the
source field, as well
as a display of all the basic information
needed to locate a citation,
including the Journal Name, Monograph
or Software Publisher,
Vol/Issue, pagination and year of publication.
au
Author [Phrase Indexed]
smith tf.au.
The Author (AU) field
contains personal author names. The format for
authors is last name
followed by one or more initials: Smith JC or
Smith J.
Enter the last name,
or if it is a common name, enter the last name and
first initial.
If you are unsure of the spelling of the last name
(macdonald or mcdonald),
enter one version and you will be able to
scroll through the list
of names to find the other.
by Bibliography
The Bibliography field contains additional bibliographic references cited by the author. All cited references are included. This field is formatted like Cited References and may contain a CINAHL accession number that indicates if the original article is indexed in the database. In addition, the Bibliography field may be multiply occurring to accommodate author(s), title, source, and abstract. This field is displayable and searchable, and has been added to selected publications in the CINAHL database for 2001.
ca
Corporate Author [Word Indexed]
Balearic Back Pain Group.ca.
The Corporate Author
(CA) field contains the name(s) of the corporate
author(s) if the document
was not authored by individuals. To search
for a corporate author,
enter the most unique word or phrase in the
name.
cd
CINAHL Document Delivery [Word Indexed]
wwwcinahlcom.cd.
The CINAHL Document Delivery
(CD) field lists the web address for
full text pdf documents
located at the CINAHL website for $12.00 each.
This field usually displays
as part of the Document Delivery (DD) field.
cn
Special Fields Contained
(display only)
The Special Fields Contained
(CN) field lists the special text fields
that are used in any
particular record. This will enable the searcher
to see what particular
records contain should they have certain
fields not displayable
at all times. This field displays at all times.
co
Contributor [Phrase Indexed]
ackert burrc.co.
schaffner w.co.
The Contributor (CO)
field contains contributor names in the format of last name,
followed by one or more
initials. This field is indexed under authors.
dd
Document Delivery
a75825000.dd.
The Document Delivery
(DD) field contains information indicating where
the full text of the
document can be obtained. When available, this
field may include: an
NLM Serial Identifier, a UMI Order Number,
and/or a CINAHL web
address.
df
Description
abdominal.df.
The Description (df)
field contains detailed information on the particular
research instrument
or other document type.
dv
Division [Word Indexed]
research.dv.
The Division (DV) field
contains the name of the division, if listed, for
pamphlets and other
published material.
ed
Editor [Phrase Indexed]
alpeter am.ed.
yahnke re.ed.
The Editor (ED) field
contains editor names in the format of last name,
followed by one or more
initials.
em
Entry Month [Phrase Indexed]
200012.em
20010105.em
The Entry Month (EM)
field contains the issue (year and month) in which
a document was added
to the CINAHL database, in the format YYYYMMDD.
fs
Floating Subheading [Phrase Indexed]
et.fs.
Subheadings are qualifiers
added to CINAHL subject headings to refine
their meaning.
Qualifiers such as "surgery" or "therapy", when combined
with a subject heading,
give a very precise idea of what an article
covers.
The Floating Subheading
(FS) field contains the 2-letter codes, such as
"su" for surgery.
The spelled out subheadings for any subject heading
can be viewed using
the pull-down menu TOOLS/Subheadings.
gi
Grant Information [Word Indexed]
ford foundation.gi.
The Grant Information
(GI) field contains funding information, including
the institution(s) and
grant number (if any).
hw or me
Subject Heading Word [Word Indexed]
diazepam.hw.
Sometimes you may wish
to retrieve every subject heading that includes a
particular word; this
is done by searching the single word in the Subject
Heading Word (HW) field.
You can also view every
subject heading which contains a particular word
by using the pull-down
menu Tools/Permuted Index.
ib
ISBN [Phrase Indexed]
92-4-120845-7.ib.
The ISBN (IB) field contains
the International Standard Book Number
(ISBN) for the book
which is cited. It appears as an 10-12 digit
numerical string.
id or tp
Identifiers [Term in Progress] [Word Indexed]
nursing.id.
The Identifiers (ID)
field contains subject terms being considered for
inclusion in the CINAHL
Subject Headings thesaurus.
im
Image File Names [Phrase Indexed]
"00006379.pdf tables and diagrams [6p]".im.
The Image File Names
(IM) field contains the names of files of images
associated with a document.
These files are in PDF format.
in
Institution [Word Indexed]
tufts.in.
san francisco.in.
The Institution (IN)
field has been included in CINAHL since 1992. This
field includes the primary
author's affiliation and address for journal
articles and a producer
address for software records.
Certain abbreviations
have been standardized in the Institution field,
including such terms
as Hospital (HOSP), Medical and Medicine (MED),
Administration (ADM),
Nursing (NURS), Division (DIV), and Associate or
Association (ASSOC).
ip
Issue/Part [Word Indexed]
"3".ip.
The Issue/part field
(IP) contains the Issue and/or part for a particular
volume of a serial publication.
The IP field is displayed as part of the
Source.
is
ISSN
[Phrase Indexed]
0098-7484.is.
The ISSN (IS) field contains
the International Standard Serial Number
(ISSN) for the journal
in which an article was published. It appears as
an 8-digit number, separated
by a hyphen.
it
Instrumentation [Word Indexed]
infant development.it.
The Instrumentation (IT)
field includes the names of instruments used in
research studies indexed
by CINAHL. Names of clinical assessment tools
also appear in this
field, but instrument names do not include
subscales, revised versions,
edition numbers, etc.
To search for instrument
names, enter the most unique word or phrase in
the name.
jc
Journal Code [Phrase Indexed]
ned.jc.
The Journal Code (JC)
is an alpha-numeric code established by NLM which
uniquely identifies
journals indexed in NLM databases. CINAHL journals
which are also included
in NLM databases can be searched using this
code.
jn or so
Journal Name [Phrase Indexed]
nursing times.jn.
The Journal Name (JN)
field contains the full name of the journal in which
an article was published.
jw
Journal Word [Word Indexed]
obstetrics.jw.
The Journal Word (JW)
field contains individual words from every journal
name in CINAHL.
Stopwords such as "the" or "of" are not included. This
field is used to retrieve
every occurrence of a journal which includes a
particular word, such
as "obstetrics."
le
Legal Cases [Word Indexed]
roe v wade.le.
The Legal Cases (LE)
field contains the names of legal cases found in
indexed materials.
lg
Language [Phrase Indexed]
fre.lg.
The Language (LG) field
contains the language of publication of an
article. The language
name will appear in the index as a 3-letter code
(such as fre for French);
the codes are usually, but not always, the
first three letters
of the language name. In 1994, non-English
materials began to be
added to the CINAHL database.
The language index is
quickly scrollable to determine all languages
which appear in CINAHL.
ni
NLM Unique Identifier [Phrase Indexed]
90098469.ni.
The NLM Unique Identifier
(NI) field contains the Unique number assigned
by the National Library
of Medicine to identify the document. This
number can be used to
order the document from NLM's DOCLINE document
delivery service.
When available, the NLM
Unique Identifier will display as part of the
Accession Number (AN)
field.
np
Named Person
zulia p.np.
The Named Person (NP)
field contains biography names in the format of last name, followed by
one or more initials.
nt
Notes
journals.nt.
The Notes field includes
such information as publisher changes and instances
of an article being
published in multiple journals. In addition, Inactive Journal
Description Records
(descriptions of inactive journal titles) display in the Notes
field. These descriptions
can include historical details, such as ceased publications,
name changes, and so
on. The Notes field is displayable and searchable.
os Original Study
The Original Study field
contains references to the original studies cited by the author.
All cited references
are included. This field is formatted like Cited References and may
contain a CINAHL accession
number, as well as author(s), title, and source information.
This field is displayable
and searchable, and has been added to selected publications in the
CINAHL database for
2001.
pg
Page [Word Indexed]
"44".pg.
The first page on which an article appears is indexed in the Page (PG)
field. Often a journal title combined with the beginning page number
and volume is enough to locate a citation.
pt Publication
Type [Phrase Indexed]
bibliography.pt.
In addition to indexing documents with CINAHL subject headings, the
CINAHL indexers also assign terms to describe the article type.
Publication Types include such classifications as case study, computer
program, software, editorial, proceedings, and so on. These terms appear
in
the Publication Type (PT) field.
rf Cited
References [Word Indexed]
protocol.rf.
The Cited Reference (RF) field contains the bibliographic references
cited by the author. All cited references are included. The
Cited
Reference field was added to selected publications in 1994.
rv Reviews
[Word Indexed]
dunwoody.rv.
The Reviews (RV) field contains bibliographic information leading to
reviews of a document.
sb Journal
Subset [Phrase Indexed]
allied health journals.sb.
z.sb.
CINAHL includes nineteen broad journal categories, which appear as
codes in the Journal Subset (SB) field. Each category has a
corresponding code to make searching convenient. The categories are:
African Journals: f
Allied Health Journals: a
Alternative or Complementary Therapies: v
Asian Journals: s
Australian or New Zealand Journals: z
Biomedical Journals: b
Blind Peer Reviewed:
bp
Canadian Journals: d
Computer and Information Science Journals: i
Consumer Health Journals: h
Core Nursing Journals: c
Double Blind Peer Reviewed:
dp
Editorial Board Reviewed:
eb
Expert Peer Reviewed
Journals: xp
European Journals: r
Health Services Administration Journals: m
Health Promotion and Education Journals: ed
Mexican & Central or South American Journals: x
Nursing Journals: n
Online o: o
Online/Print: op
Peer Reviewed Journals: p
Public Health: ph
USA Journals: u
UK Ireland Journals: e
sh or de Subject Heading [Phrase Indexed]
practical nursing.sh.
The CINAHL Subject Headings (SH) field contains the subject headings
used by CINAHL indexers to describe the content of an article. 70%
of
the CINAHL headings are also NLM MeSH headings, and CINAHL supplements
these terms with over 2,000 unique terms related to nursing and allied
health.
si NLM Serial
Identifier [Phrase Indexed]
e06020000.si.
The NLM Serial Identifier (SI) field contains the number assigned by the
National Library of Medicine to identify the Journal in which the
document was published. This number, used in conjunction with
additional citation information, can be used to order the document from
NLM's DOCLINE document delivery service.
The NLM Serial Identifier will display as part of the Document Delivery
(DD) field.
sp Special
Interest Category [Phrase Indexed]
critical care.sp.
The Special Interest Category (SP) field contains twelve specific special
interest current awareness categories: Case Management, Critical Care,
Emergency Care, Evidence-Based Practice, Gerontologic Care, Home Health
Care,
Hospice/Palliative Care, Oncologic Care, Pain/Pain Management, Public Health,
Sports Medicine, Wound Care.
tc Table
of Contents [Word Indexed]
nursing leadership.tc.
In order to provide comprehensive coverage of all nursing and allied
health articles which contain information about topics such as new
products, new drugs, or nursing practice issues, a new Table of Contents
(TC) field has been added. Each Table of Contents entry contains the
author(s), the title of the item, and pagination information. Entries
will also include the CINAHL Accession Number if a full record for the
item appears in CINAHL.
ti Title
[Word Indexed]
bone marrow.ti.
The Title (TI) field contains the title of an article, book, proceeding,
dissertation or a software name. Some titles include a title
clarification which is added by an indexer if the original title does
not adequately describe the contents of the item.
Stopwords such as "of" or "the" will display in documents but do not
appear in the Title index. However, the word "a", which is a stopword
in other fields CAN be searched in titles.
tw Text
Word
diazepam.tw.
febrile seizure.tw.
The Textword (TW) field is an alias for all of the fields in a database
which contain text words which are appropriate for a subject search.
The Textword field in CINAHL includes the Title (TI), Abstract (AB),
Instrumentation (IT), and Identifiers (ID) fields.
tx Full
Text [Word Indexed]
nursing.tx.
Beginning in 1994, the full text of some documents is available in
CINAHL in the Full Text (TX) field. Initially, the full text field
will
primarily contain the text of Standards of Practice.
The full text index contains all searchable words from the text.
Stopwords, such as "the" and "of" are not searchable.
vo Volume
[Word Indexed]
"7".vo.
The Volume (VO) field consists of the volume number of a serial
publication. This field displays as part of the Source.
wb Website
[Word Indexed]
medsearch.wb.
The Website (WB) field lists websites mentioned in the article. A
brief description of the site may also be present, for example,
"www.cancer.org American Cancer Society."
yr Year
of Publication [Phrase Indexed]
"1992".yr.
The Year (YR) field contains the four-digit year in which an article or
monograph was published.
The YR field is displayed as part of the Source.
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 Command Syntax: .l/ sb=z Sentence Syntax: limit to australia or new zealand 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
Command Syntax: ..c/nursing ..c/nahl Sentence Syntax: use nursing use nahl