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Nursing Research Guide: "Access options" button

Locating the Full Text of an Article, by Connecting CINAHL and the UW Libraries.

This page illustrates a citation found in the CINAHL database that leads to a full text link of the article.

Step 1: In CINAHL, type or paste in "Policy approach to nutrition and physical activity" to get to the citation. The full article title is, “Policy Approach to Nutrition and Physical Activity Education in Health Care Professional Training, and we are going to look for the full text of it.

Click on the Access Options button

Step 2:  Click on the “Access options” button located either below the citation or abstract (as illustrated above), also found on the "View Details" page.

A new tab or window will open showing if the full text is available or not. We have a successful result! The image below is showing that there are full text links available listed under the “View Online” header. Check the dates to see if the links will work for you, or not. This one will work for our 2014 article.

Step 3:  Click on the "Log in for all services" button to log in with your UW NetID and password.

  • Click on the Download PDF link.I prefer the PDF format, if available, since I can see the original page numbers, charts, graphs and pictures.
  • Verify you are a human a couple of times with CLOUDFLARE to open the PDF page.

Download PDF link in UW Libraries Search

Step 4: The Download button is circled in the image below. Click on the “Download ” icon, and save it somewhere you can find it on your computer.

Download icon

Step 5:  To get back to CINAHL, click on the “E” tab or window. (E stands for or EBSCOhost.)

What happens when the full text is not available?