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CINAHL (from OHSU)
CINAHL with Full Text is a comprehensive source of citations and full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 580 journals indexed in CINAHL. Coverage dates back to 1981.

Medline (from OHSU) ( from WOU)
Contains more than 4 million citations for biomedical literature covering a broad range of medical topics relating to research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services. Created and maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. 1997 to present.

Assignment hints for CINAHL and Medline:

General hint:

Try different terminology. The phrases you have may not be the best to search.You may want to search for (and explode!) subject terms in both Medline and CINAHL. This will help gather all of the pertinent information on your topic with less searching. Look for either "MESH" or "CINAHL Headings" in the blue bar at the top of your screen.

More specific hints:

Use the "Limit your results" section of the page. Many of the boxes and options can help you get better results faster.

• The Clinical Queries box may be particularly useful. Clinical Queries, designed for clinician use, allow users to limit searches with specific search strategies, to aid in retrieving scientifically sound and clinically relevant study reports.
• You may see the following types of clinical queries (Each of these will also have a level of sensitivity associated. I recommend starting with Best Balance and trying the others only if the results are not satisfactory):
  • Reviews - limits to articles which give an overview of research. Many of these are not "primary resources" (original research), but would be considered scholarly or professional and are a good way to get started.
  • Therapy - retrieves clinical studies that discuss the treatment of diseases.
  • Diagnosis - retrieves clinical studies addressing disease diagnosis
  • Causation (Etiology) - retrieves clinical studies addressing causation/harm in disease and diagnostics
  • Prognosis - retrieves clinical studies addressing disease prognosis
  • Costs/Economics - finds cost or Economics as a heading/sub-heading.
  • Clinical Prediction Guides - The clinical prediction guides filter will retrieve clinical studies addressing risk assessment testing.
  • Qualitative studies - limits to Evaluation studies
  • Levels of Specificity:
    • Best Balance tries to retrieve the best balance between Sensitivity and Specificity
    • High Sensitivity is the broadest search, to include ALL relevant material. It may also include less relevant materials.
    • High Specificity is the most targeted search to include only the most relevant result set, may miss some relevant materials.
• In Medline, try using the subject subsets for areas like CAM

Still stumped?

PsycINFO (from WOU)
Not just for psychology. It also includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields including medicine/nursing.

Alt HealthWatch (from WOU)
Indexes and provides full-text for more than 140 publications, including many scholarly journals. Covers complementary and alternative medicine and related topics.

Google Scholar (from WOU)
Google Scholar is a subset of Google Web Search that enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including papers, theses, books, and reports. Google Scholar is strongest in science and technology, but has content in all disciplines.

Note--Using the Google Scholar link from the library (and not from a general Google Scholar Internet search) allows you direct access to articles we have available in our library. Just click FIND IT AT WOU. If we don't have the article FIND IT AT WOU will allow you to make an Interlibrary Loan request. This is a free service and articles will be delivered to you in 3-4 days.

MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations to provide consumer health information. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs and treatments, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, a medical dictionary, interactive patient tutorials, health care provider directories, and latest health news. MedlinePlus also provides easy links to other NIH resources, including Clinical Trials and the Senior Health Site.

HealthFinder

Healthfinder is produced by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. It provides an extensive searchable database of reliable online health publications, clearinghouses, Web sites, self-help groups, government agencies, academic centers, and nonprofit agencies.

MayoClinic.com
MayoClinic.com includes information for patients on specific diseases and conditions, prescription and over-the-counter drugs, a first-aid guide, and more. Interactive tools are also included, such as excercise and stress management planners.

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