Video: Getting Started with CINAHL
- Introducing CINAHLThis our-minute tutorial will introduce you to some methods for searching CINAHL.
CINAHL
- CINAHL: Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature This link opens in a new window
Covers journal publications from the nursing and allied health professions. While it primarily covers journal citations, it also includes book chapter abstracts, dissertations, and conference abstracts. Date coverage: 1981 - present.
There are a wide variety of keywords and subject headings that you can use to search CINAHL for articles on different eras, trends, and individuals important to occupational therapy. Here is a sampling of keyword combinations:
- Occupational Therapy Practice History
- Occupational Therapists History
- Occupational Therapy AND handcrats
- Occupational therapy United States
- Rehabilitation history
- Occupational therapy methods
- vocational methods
- vocational rehabilitation
- occupation based practice
- occupational therapy AND conceptual Framework
- occupational therapy AND patient centered care
- occupational therapy practice AND evidence-based
- occupational therapy AND professional identity
- occupational therapy AND war
Searching for an Author in CINAHL
CINAHL indexes articles written by key occupational therapists. These include Catherine Trombly, Jim Hinojosa, Gary Keilhofner, Janice Burke, Florence Clark, and Mary Law. You can set up a search in CINAHL that will allow you to look for articles by a specific occupational therapists. Below, see an illustration of how you can set up this search:
Tips for Searching CINAHL
There are a wide variety of keywords and subject headings that you can use to search CINAHL for articles on different eras, trends, and individuals important to occupational therapy. Here is a sampling of keyword combinations:
- Occupational Therapy Practice History
- Occupational Therapists History
- Occupational Therapy AND handcrats
- Occupational therapy United States
- Rehabilitation history
- Occupational therapy methods
- vocational methods
- vocational rehabilitation
- occupation based practice
- occupational therapy AND conceptual Framework
- occupational therapy AND patient centered care
- occupational therapy practice AND evidence-based
- occupational therapy AND professional identity
- occupational therapy AND war
