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CINAHL Mnemonics(For a list of the mnemonics available in ProQuest, see the ProQuest Mnemonics page.) AbstractSearch article abstracts for your terms. (Note: When working with AGRICOLA, CINAHL, ERIC and MEDLINE only the AB mnemonic works.) Valid Forms: Examples: Accession NumberThe Accession Number is a unique number assigned to each record in the database. Each database using Accession numbers using a slightly different format for these numbers. Valid Forms: Examples: Article TitleThe title of an article.This search field locates the occurrence of search words in the title of the article. Valid Forms: Examples: AuthorUse to find articles written by an author or reviewer. Valid Forms: Examples: Author AffiliationThe author affiliation field contains institutional affiliation and address of the authors of the document. Valid Forms: Examples: Chapter's BookUsed to search Chapter's Book index. This field contains information on the book a chapter is published in. It is only present in book chapter records. Use keyword(s) to search this field. Valid Forms: Examples: Citation and AbstractWhen you select Citations and abstracts from the drop-down menu, CINAHL searches the following fields:
Cited Reference TitleUsed to search the titles of articles and documents cited in the Citation/Reference index. Use keyword(s) to search this field. Valid Forms: Examples: Cited ReferencesUsed to search Citations index. This field contains information on the references cited in the article or publication. Use keyword(s) to search this field.
Valid Forms: Examples: Commentary/ResponseUsed to search commentary/response. Identifies bibliographic details of articles commenting on or responding to the source document. Use keyword(s) to search this field. Valid Forms: Example: Corporate/Institutional AuthorThis field contains the Corporate names of the institution that authored the original document, sponsoring institution, conference, government agency, etc. Valid Forms: Examples: Degree NameUsed to search degree name. For masters thesis and doctoral dissertation records, identifies the degree. Use keyword(s) to search this field. Valid Forms: Example: DescriptorsApproved subject headings which appear in the thesaurus. They are assigned to consistently describe the concepts included in the content of an article or document. Record may contain descriptors in major/minor subject heading fields as well as within the subject field. Valid Forms: Example: Document TypeYou can select and search for certain types of documents, including books, chapters, and journal articles. Valid Forms: Examples: ExplodeThis field is used to search for the subject term and its narrower terms. If a subject term has no narrower terms, then the search is made only for the subject term. Valid Forms: Examples: Grant InformationUsed to search Grant Information index. This field lists
the funding information. Valid Forms: Examples: IssueUsed to search Issue Number and Supplement indexes. Use keyword(s) to search this field. Valid Forms: Examples: Journal TitleUsed to search for articles from a particular journal. Valid Forms: Examples: LanguageUsed to search Language index. This field contains the language in which the document was published originally. You can select languages from Language field specific index.
Valid Forms: Examples: Legal CasesUsed to search Legal Cases index. This field lists the names of the parties, court case number, and/or the place. Use keyword(s) to search this field. Valid Forms: Examples: Main Subject Heading / Major DescriptorsUsed to search Major Descriptors/ Main Subject Headings. These subject headings are the focus of the document. Use keyword(s) or quoted phrase to search this field. Valid Forms: Examples: MEDLINE NumberUsed to search the National Library of Medicine's unique identifier numbers. Valid Forms: Examples: Minor DescriptorsUsed to search Minor Subject Headings/Minor Descriptors. These subject terms reflect lessor topics in the document. Use keyword(s) or quoted phrase to search this field. Valid Forms: Examples: Original StudyUsed to search Original Study. This lists the bibliographic details of the article to which the source document comments or responds. Use keyword(s) to search this field. Valid Forms: Examples: Publication DateThe publication date in alphanumeric (year mon day) or numeric (YYYYMMDD) format. For example, December 12, 1999 can be searched as 1999 Dec 12 or 19991212. Valid Forms: Examples: Publisher LocationUsed to search Place of Publication, Publisher Address
and Producer Address index. Valid Forms: Examples: Publisher NameUsed to search Place of Publication, Publisher
or Producer Name, Division, and School
Name indexes. Valid Forms: Examples: Record TypeThis field is used to limit searches to Journal or Non-Journal documents. Valid Forms: Examples: Research InstrumentUsed to search Instrumentation and Description indexes. This field lists the instruments used in the cited research study. Use keyword(s) to search this field. Terms such as scale, inventory, questionnaire, etc., should not be included in the search query. Valid Forms: Examples: ReviewUsed to search Review. Identifies sources reviewing the source document. Use keyword(s) to search this field. Valid Forms: Examples: Revised DateUsed to search Revised Date. This represents the date the original CINAHL document was modified The Revised Date field is formatted as: YYYYMMDD (Y=Year, M=Month, D=Day). Use keyword(s) to search this field. This field is not available as a browsable index. Valid Forms: Examples: Series TitleUsed to search Series Title index. This field lists Series
titles for books, pamphlets, and journals. Valid Forms: Examples: Specific Interest Current AwarenessUsed to search Specific Interest Current Awareness. These categories represent specialties in nursing/ allied health. Use quoted phrase to search this field. Valid Forms: Examples: Standard NumberUsed to search ISSN, ISBN, NLM Serial ID, and Serial ID indexes. Use the hyphen or spaces when searching for ISSN or ISBN. Valid Forms: Examples: Subject TermsUse the Subject search field to look for articles about a specific subject. Valid Forms: Examples: Subset / Journal SubsetUsed to search Subset index. These are subsets of journals categorized by factors such as subject, geographic location, and so on. You can use the following subsets to help refine your search strategy:
Valid Forms: Examples: Table of ContentsContains Table of Contents information found in book records. Use keyword(s) to search this field. Valid Forms: Examples: Update DateUsed to search Update. This represents the date the record was added to the CINAHL database. The Update field is formatted as: YYYYMMDD (Y=Year, M=Month, D=Day). To search for a range of dates, enter the dates separated by hyphens. This field is not available as a browsable index. Valid Forms: Examples: VolumeUsed to search Volume. Use keyword(s) to search this field. Valid Forms: Examples:
YearUsed to search Publication Year index. Valid Forms: Examples: |
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