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- Find journal articles
- Searching
- Locating
- Citing
- Get research help
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- Do not use common words such as if, an, in, the, a, but, of, as, it,
etc.
- AND narrows a search
- Use to combine two different concepts
- Both terms must be in the database record
- OR broadens a search
- Use to combine the same concept (synonyms)
- Either term must be in the database record
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- examples: *, #, !, ?, +
- allows you to search for terms with multiple endings, including plurals
- e.g., stress*
- for
- stress or stressful or stressed
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- make words appear right next to each other or to search for phrases
- e.g. “quantitative research”
- NOTE: Not all databases use the same format for searching- so check the
examples and help screens!!
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- Academic Search Elite (SFX, journals, magazines, a few major newspapers)
- Ageline (journals, books, book chapters, etc.)
- CINAHL (SFX, journals, books, book chapters, etc.)
- Pre-CINAHL (A companion database to CINAHL, new journal citations)
- Cochrane Library (evidence-based systematic reviews)
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- MEDLINE (SFX, journals)
- PsycINFO (SFX, journals, books, book chapters, etc.)
- PubMed (No SFX, journals, includes MEDLINE)
- ScienceDirect (SFX, journals)
- And others
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- Is full text available for your citation in the database?
- Yes,
- Try, SFX button
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- Note: If a database does not have an SFX button or you already have a
citation you can manually search COAST, using journals.
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- If we don’t have it…we will get it
- Use Illiad InterLibrary Loan online form to request journal article,
book chapter, book, thesis, etc. - fill out form with citation
information.
- Fill out Online Form and generally receive articles electronically in 5
to 10 days.
- FREE!
- Need ID number
and Library PIN
to request.
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- Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature
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- CSULB Library’s Style Manuals & Citation Methods
- http://www.csulb.edu/library/eref/vref/style.html
- CSULB Library Citation Builder
- http://nike.cecs.csulb.edu/~surf/lobo2/citationbuilder/citationbuilder.php
- (free site to create citations for journal articles, books, web sites,
and interviews using MLA, APA, CBE)
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- Research & Writing Workshops
- http://www.csulb.edu/library/instruction/workshops.html
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- Contact Nursing Librarian
- Eileen Wakiji ewakiji@csulb.edu, 562-985-7824
- Request a research appointment
- http://rar.library.csulb.edu/appointmentDdc.asp
- Reference Desk – “other” Librarians
- M-Th 9 to 9; F 9-4; Sat 10-5; Sun 12:30-5:30
- Ask Now 24/7 Reference Service
- http://www.csulb.edu/library/247ref.html
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