CINAHL Complete is a well-respected database that students and professionals use to search for literature. The subjects covered include adult, child and mental health nursing incorporating 50 nursing specialities such as critical care nursing, oncology nursing, surgical nursing and more. The allied health aspect means there is a whole host of information for those studying radiography, public health, occupational therapy, paramedic science, physical therapy, operating department practice, speech & language therapy plus midwifery and social work.

CINAHL Complete provides functions to make your search both efficient and effective. For example, you can limit your results by geographic location, publication date and age of patient. This means you can search for articles about diabetes and focus your search to articles that feature teenagers, were published in the last 5 years and are centred on services and issues in the UK & Ireland.

• 1. Go to LibrarySearch or access it via the University Services on your Blackboard.
     
     
  2. Log in using your CCCU username and password. If you are away from campus, or connecting with your own device over Wi-Fi, you will need to include @canterbury.ac.uk after your CCCU username.
     
     
  3. Select Find Databases A-Z, then click on C, finally click on the link to CINAHL to open it in a new tab.

Check out the video below to see a search in action and view EBSCO’s CINAHL Complete guide.

Try searching CINAHL Complete by following the steps outlined below. You’ll practice using some of the most common functions and be ready to search for information for your assignments.

1. Search for the topic dignity and palliative care. How many results do you find?
   
   
2. Using the left-hand panel, limit your search results to those published between 2015 and the current day. How many results do you find?
   
   
3. Using the left-hand panel, limit your search results to the geographic location of UK & Ireland. How many results do you find?
   
   
4. Find an interesting article from your results list and see if you can access the full-text of the the article.
   
   
5. Reflect on the type of information appearing in your search. How will you use this information in your assignments? How could you make your search more specific?

After you have accessed CINAHL Complete, go to Help and search for accessibility or go directly to the EBSCO support information.

Your Learning and Research Librarian will be able to help you make the best use of online resources. For detailed guidance, book a tutorial via the Learning Skills Hub.