10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #10: Saving Searches as Alerts and RSS Feeds

This tutorial demonstrates how to save your search strategy / history as an email alert or RSS feed, which allows you to keep current with new research developments of your topic. This video also wraps up the CINAHL Video Tutorials series.

Update (Oct 27, 2010): Ebsco has switched to a new version of its interface for CINAHL. An updated version of this video is available here.

10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #9: Saving Searches

This tutorial demonstrates how to save search strategy / search history permanently in CINAHL to allow retrieval and automatic rerun in the future.

Update (Oct 26, 2010): Ebsco has switched to a new version of its interface for CINAHL. An updated version of this video is available here.

10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #8: Exporting Search Results to EndNote

This tutorial demonstrates how to export CINAHL search results to EndNote, a popular desktop citation management application. It covers step by step instructions for the Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari browsers on both Windows and Mac systems.

Update (Oct 25, 2010): Ebsco has switched to a new version of its interface for CINAHL. An updated version of this video is available here.

10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #7: Exporting Search Results to RefWorks

This tutorial demonstrates how to export search results from CINAHL to RefWorks, a popular web-base citation management application available at the Medical Library.

Update (July 19, 2010): Video is now updated to reflect the new RefWorks 2.0 Beta interface as of July 19, 2010.

Update (Oct 25, 2010): Ebsco has switched to a new version of its interface for CINAHL. An updated version of this video is available here.

10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #6: CINAHL Search Result Display

This tutorials covers the search result display of CINAHL, including how to save, email, print search results, and how to find full text of articles.

Update (Oct 21, 2010): Ebsco has switched to a new version of its interface for CINAHL. An updated version of this video is available here.

10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #5: Combining and Limiting Searches

This tutorial teaches how to combine searches using Boolean operators and how to set common limits on searches, such as age groups, time spans, publication types, etc.

Update (Oct 18, 2010): Ebsco has switched to a new version of its interface for CINAHL. An updated version of this video is available here.

10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #4: CINAHL Headings (Part II)

This tutorial covers the CINAHL headings tree structure, exploding a heading, using a heading as a major concept, and subheadings.

Update (Oct 13, 2010): Ebsco has switched to a new version of its interface for CINAHL. An updated version of this video is available here.

10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #3: CINAHL Headings (Part I)

This tutorial introduces the CINAHL headings system used in the CINAHL database - what it is and why it helps conduct a better search in the system.

Update (Oct 13, 2010): Ebsco has switched to a new version of its interface for CINAHL. An updated version of this video is available here.

10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #2: Formulating Your Questions

This tutorial teaches how to formulate, using the PICO model, a focused, well-built question for an effective, exhaustive literature search in CINAHL.

Update (Oct 12, 2010): Ebsco has switched to a new version of its interface for CINAHL. An updated version of this video is available here.

10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #1: Introduction

These tutorials teach how to conduct effective searches in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) database, the premier nursing literature database available at the Yale Medical Library. These videos demonstrate how to build a focused question for an effective search in CINAHL, the CINAHL headings system, how to combine and limit searches, how to export search results to citation management systems such as EndNote and RefWorks, and much more.

This is the first of the series, covering the access of CINAHL, setting up EbscoHost account, and an overview of the interface.

Update (Oct 11, 2010): Ebsco has switched to a new version of its interface for CINAHL. An updated version of this video is available here.