New CINAHL Search Features

Ebsco just announced a new search limit feature. Now search results can be limited to "nurse as author." This is great news and will be very useful to nursing students. Next time you are using CINAHL check out this new feature. If you have questions, contact a librarian for help.

From Ebsco Support Site:

How do the “written by a nurse” limiters limit my result set in CINAHL products?

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There are two limiters of this variety:

• First Author is Nurse – If this limiter is applied, then you will only retrieve records where it is confirmed that the first author of an article is a nurse, according to credentials noted in the article.

• Any Author is Nurse – If this limiter is applied, then you will only retrieve records where at least one author is a nurse, according to the credentials noted in the article.

The written by a nurse limiter applies to records from 2009 and forward. Credentials include RN, BSN, MSN, or appropriate degree. As this limiter pertains to non-U.S. journals, the credentials include licensed nurse or appropriate nursing degree in the particular country.