Resuscitation of the Newborn Database search training session using National Library for Health Search 2.0 by Charles Harvey Librarian, Ferriman Information and Library Service North Middlesex Hospital November 2008 (updated May 2010)

Go into and click on Login nowwww.library.nhs.uk

Enter your Athens login and password.

Click on Healthcare Databases Advanced Search.

Select CINAHL by ticking on the box and then on NEXT

Enter individual concepts then combine them later Search for Resuscitation of the newborn Type resuscitation in the search box Click on Map to Thesaurus and then click on SEARCH

Tick on the select box by Resuscitation and then click on SEARCH

View your hits

Now put the second concept newborn in the search box Click on Map to Thesaurus and then click on SEARCH

The preferred term is Infant, Newborn Tick on select box by Infant, Newborn and then click on SEARCH

View your hits

You now want to combine your searches. Click on the boxes by Resuscitation and Infant, Newborn and click on COMBINE SELECTED SEARCHES

View your combined results

To reduce this further you can use limits but always use them one at a time. Put the number of the search that you wish to limit [in this case 3] into the search box, set the date limits from 2005 to 2010 to get the most recent articles and then click on SEARCH

View your results

You can if you wish limit this further by type of article [e.g. review]. To do this put the number of the search [in this case 4] in the search box, scroll down to Article Journal and Publication type, click on the double arrows on the right, scroll down to review in Publication Type, click on Review and then click on SEARCH.

View your results

If you want to look at the list of articles you have selected then click on the number of hits in the search history screen on the right. A list of articles will appear.

Click on the title line of those you are interested in. Fuller details will appear including abstracts and links to full text articles if they exist. The full text article should appear in a separate window.

Tick on the boxes by the article you are interested in. The number of results should appear in the Results Selected box if you scroll down to the bottom of the page. You can then export the results to your PC, a memory stick etc. To do this click on Export Results

Or you can them to yourself or a colleague. To do this click on Results.

You can also run the same search on another database such as Medline. Click on Search using different databases.

Click on the database you want, in this example Medline. Select the new database you want and click on the box next to it. Click on NEXT.

Click on RE-EXECUTE SEARCH HISTORY Adjust the search with relevant thesaurus terms from Medline if necessary

As well as searching by keywords we can also search by journal and author. Use quotation marks for journals e.g. “new england journal of medicine”. Choose the journal name field.

For authors use the format “surname initial” e.g. “clarke t” or if you don’t know the initial just the surname followed by a * [wildcard] e.g. “clarke*”

You can then combine journal and authors to produce a short list of articles to look at.

Any questions? Charles Harvey Librarian, Ferriman Information and Library Service North Middlesex Hospital