This
screen is an example taken from the database CINAHL Plus Text:
1.
The default search type "basic" means that whatever you type into the "enter
a word or phrase" box will be looked for in any of the database's searchable
fields.
2.
In the search example given here there have not been any limiting features used
to narrow the search.
3.
Assuming your search was for the topic "The differences in qualitative patient
care for AIDS patients in community health care environments", and you did not
have many keywords in mind to search for, the "basic" default searching strategy
would probably be the best place to start your search.
4.
If you were unsure of the appropriate keyword terms to use to start your search,
the "subject list" option might be a good place to look for ideas.
5.
This search will look in the entire CINAHL Plus Text database for the terms
"aids" and "qualitative" for whatever articles are on this topic that have been
published from 1990 to present.
6.
All the articles shown here are in fulltext.
7.
There are 26 articles that are all relevant for your topic shown on this screen.
8.
The picture icon "text + graphics" given beside some of the article citations
would be useful to you if you were looking for articles that had photographs,
illustrations, or drawings included in the articles.
This
screen displays an example of an article citation from your search above:
9.
This article cited here is not available in full text.
10.
The full article citation is given here, including the journal title, volume
number, page number(s), and author(s) of the article.
11.
The words given after the "subject terms" heading indicate other journal article
titles that would be useful for your search.
12.
If this article was not quite what you wanted, and you did not have any further
ideas on what to do next, the "help?" button might be worth clicking on.
13.
The hyperlinks to the authors that are included in this citation could be useful
to you and should always be checked to see what else they have written that
is also included in the database.
This
is a continuation of the previous search results screen:
14.
The bottom of this screen displays a summary of your search, including the search
terms used, where in the CINAHL database you searched for your topic, and what
time period the research articles were published in.
15.
The articles cited here are all from peer-reviewed journals.
16.
Brock Library has all of these journal titles listed in this search
This
screen shows the results of a journal title search in the Brock Library Catalogue
for one of the journal titles listed from your search above:
17.
Brock Library has the issue of the journal Qualitative Research Quarterly that
is listed in the citation by the author Andrea Trainor in the previous results
screen above.
18.
As displayed here on this screen, Brock has all issues of the journal Qualitative
Research Quaterly and they are available for you to consult on floor 6.
19.
The hyperlinked message "Access available issues in Academic Search Elite" means
that there is a possibility that the article you need may be available online,
full text, on the database Academic Search Elite by clicking here and doing
a search for that article.
20.
If you were interested in seeing what other Health journals were available in
the Brock Library (although not necessarily on your topic), one good way would
be to simply click on the subject entries given (Health--Periodicals) or (Health
behavior-- Periodicals) for a list of all the library holdings of community
health sciences journals by title.