The following pages and tutorials illustrate how to get to the UW restricted database from off-campus, brainstorming search words before you search, using CINAHL Subject Headings, an introduction to searching, locating the full text of the article, linking to the UW Libraries Interlibrary Loan system to request articles, searching across multiple databases at once, and searching for a citation in the UW Libraries system.
CINAHL is the best nursing article citation database, and is the abbreviation stands for the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature.
Please Note: The UW Libraries has transitioned to the new EbscoHost interface as of Sept. 11, 2024, which might make the instructions below inaccurate. We will be learning together about the changes this year. Please have patience while we are create new instructions, as it is a work in progress as EBSCO continues to build the interface during this academic year.
Please contact Juile Planchon Wolf with your questions at email: jspw@uw.edu, or phone: (425) 352-3452.
Please Note: The video tutorial links below, identified by the symbol, include a script below each tutorial in youtube.
Getting to CINAHL Complete:
Before you search:
CINAHL Complete searching:
Locating the full text of articles from CINAHL Complete:
Search Tip: How to search across multiple databases at the same time:
You have a citation you need to locate, and want to see if the UW Libraries has it online or in print: