Cinahl Information Systems Product Line

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Cinahl Information SystemsProduct Line
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The CINAHL Database

• The definitive database fornursing allied
  health literature(now owned by EBSCO)
• The Glendale, California team has remained in
  place as an important part of EBSCO andwill
  continue to be managed by June Levy at Glendale
  Adventist
• EBSCO is putting additionalinvestment and
  resourcesinto CINAHL to make it even more vital
  for nursing allied health research

June Levy, MLS Managing Director Cinahl
Information Systems
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PreCINAHL

• A separate database
• A current awareness servicefor new journal
  articles
• 800 Core journals are included
• Bibliographic information availableprior to
  subject indexing assignment
• Abstracts are now available for 700 journals
• Can be searched simultaneously with CINAHL
• Links to full text journals
• Only available with CINAHL via EBSCOhost

Available Now
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Searchable Cited References (AKA Reference
Browsing) For CINAHL via EBSCOhost
Available Now

• More than 900 journals indexed havesearchable
  (and linkable) references(vs. only 33 nursing
  journals covered by ISI)
• Another reason to access CINAHL via EBSCOhost

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Introducing CINAHL Plus

• Indexing in CINAHL Plus goes back to 1937(vs.
  1982 in the basic version)
• Searchable cited references in CINAHL Plusgo
  back to 1994 (vs. 2000 in the basic version)
• 100 unique journals not indexed in the
  basicversion of CINAHL (and two thirds of those
  are not indexed in MEDLINE either)
• Quick Lessons Evidence-Based Care Sheets are
  available in CINAHL Plus (but not in the basic
  version)

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CINAHL Plus also containsContinuing Education
Modules

• The basic version of CINAHL offers continuing
  education modules for drugs, while CINAHL Plus
  offers a comprehensive suite of CE modules
  thoroughly covering nursing care/practices
• Using GAMC for CA CEUs
• Pursuing all 50 states

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CINAHL Plus also contains

• 360 research instruments recordswill be
  available via CINAHL Plus
• Similar to HaPI
• Only 106 of these are availablethrough the basic
  version
• Additional non-journal indexing
• Conference Proceedings
• Web Sites/Documents
• 385 Masters Theses(vs. only 125 in the basic
  version)
• Additional full text
• Online Journal of Clinical Innovations
• Nurse Author Editor
• 37 Practice Acts / Standards of Practice

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Introducing Full Text Versions of CINAHL

• CINAHL with Full Text
• Contains 331 full text journals
• Includes everything in CINAHL (basic version)
• PDF backfiles to 1982
• CINAHL Plus with Full Text
• Contains 336 full text journals
• Includes everything in CINAHL Plusand CINAHL
  with Full Text
• PDF backfiles to 1937

Available Now
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CINAHL with Full TextCINAHL Plus with Full Text
No other database provides ongoing full text for
the following journals with NO embargo
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Existing Access to Full Text via CINAHL
Requires multiple steps
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CINAHL with Full TextImmediate Availability of
Full Text
Instant Access to Full Text
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2005 Differences Between Versions of CINAHL
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