1. PhD Nursing Orientation
Welcome to the program! I am RaeAnna Jeffers, your Health Science & Information Literacy Librarian. You may call me Rae. I come to you with 14 years of nursing experience mostly at the bedside in pediatric & adult care in various specialties.
RaeAnna Jeffers, BSN, MS-IS
University of Texas at Arlington
August 2019

2. Table of Contents APA Style Help (3) Navigating to Research Guides (5)
APA Survival Kit (4)
Navigating to Research Guides (5)
Search Strategies (12)
Boolean Operators (13)
Using CINAHL/MeSH Subject Headings (19)
Truncation (24)
Quotation Marks (25)
Library Catalog Search(27)
Searching Nursing Databases (31)
CINAHL (58)
Cochrane Library (43)
Joanna Briggs Institute (53)
Searching for a Journal (57)
Google (60)
Google Scholar (63)
Interlibrary Loan (76)
Additional Help (84)
These are the topics we will cover. Don’t worry. I will live demo these in class rather than go through every slide. The slides are available as a backup for later if you forget where to click.

3. APA Style Help

4. APA Survival Kit APA Style Blog https://blog.apastyle.org/
The blog has a search feature on the right side of the screen. Search for your topic and you will be provided examples and explanations. Searching the blog for answers is much quicker than searching in the APA Style Manual.
APA Cheat Sheet
This sheet contains the most commonly used citations and references. You can use it to help you double check your references after your reference list is created. TIP: Use a reference management software to create your reference list.
Pre-Formatted APA Style Paper
The template has all of the required formatting for APA Style set for you. Just overtype the text with your information.
Cite Sources Page of the main Nursing guide:
These resources will help you manage your workflow. The APA Blog is searchable making it a good place to find up to date answers to your APA questions. The APA Cheat Sheet provides examples of all of the most commonly used citation formats. The pre-formatted APA paper will give you a jumpstart as all of the required attributes are pre-programmed in the paper for you. Just overtype the text. Finally, the Cite Sources page will provide additional resources and links to reference management software.

5. Navigating to Research Guides

6. Research Guides Library.uta.edu
Go to library.uta.edu. This is the library home page. The picture changes frequently.

7. Click on “Research by Subject” to access research guides.

8. You will see this screen
You will see this screen. Notice the guides are already organized by subject.
Research Guides

9. Scroll down the page to select “Nursing”.
Click
Research Guides

10. Click on the research guide you wish to view
Click on the research guide you wish to view. The “Nursing” research guide will get you started.
Research Guides

11. Research Guides: Nursing
Click through the tabs to review helpful content.
Research Guides: Nursing

12. Let’s learn how to search.

13. Boolean Operators

14. Boolean Operators are words that connect and define the relationship between search terms.

15. AND, OR, NOT

16. AND Narrows the search results.
Looks for both of the terms in the database.
Retrieves all items with both terms.
Dog
Cat
Dog AND Cat

17. OR Broadens the search results. Looks for either term in the database.
Retrieves items with either term.
Cat
Dog
Dog OR Cat

18. NOT Cat Dog Results with Cat are eliminated. Dog NOT Cat
Narrows the search results.
Excludes a term from the database search results.
*Google does not exclude results well. Use a minus sign in place of NOT.
Cat
Dog
Results with Cat are eliminated.
Dog NOT Cat

19. Using CINAHL/MeSH Subject Headings

20. Tip: MeSH Terms can help you find similar terms to search other databases.

21. (National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2013)

22. Truncation

23. Truncation is a librarian search strategy in which a word ending is replaced by an asterisk.

24. Truncation Educat* education educational educate educated educates
educator
educators

25. Quotation Marks

26. Quotation Marks
Enclose a word or phrase in quotation marks to search for the exact word or phrase.
Example: When you enter “Type 2 Diabetes” into the database, the databases searches for the phrase exactly as you’ve typed it.

27. Library Catalog Search

28. Library Catalog Search
Library.uta.edu

29. Library Catalog Search
Click on “Advanced Search”.
Click
Library Catalog Search

30. Library Catalog Search

31. Searching Nursing Databases

32. Searching Nursing Databases
Go to library.uta.edu

33. Searching Nursing Databases
Click on “Databases A-Z” on the left side of your screen.
Click on Databases A-Z.
Databases A-Z
Searching Nursing Databases

34. Searching Nursing Databases
Click on the drop down menu where it says “All Subjects” and select “Nursing”.

35. Searching Nursing Databases
This is what your screen will look like. Notice the “Best Bets” section at the top highlighted in yellow.

36. Searching Nursing Databases
Top 4 databases:
CINAHL
PubMed
Cochrane Library (For systematic reviews)
Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Resources on Ovid (For systematic reviews)

37. Searching CINAHL Complete

38. Searching Nursing Databases: CINAHL
Click on “CINAHL Complete”.
Click Here

39. Searching Nursing Databases: CINAHL
Click on “Choose Databases”.
Click Here

40. Searching Nursing Databases: CINAHL
1. Click to select the following databases:
CINAHL Complete
Health Source: Nursing /Academic Edition
Medline
2. Click on “OK”.

41. 1. Enter your search terms in the boxes. 2. Select an area to search. 3. Enter the Publication date range. 4. Click on “Peer Reviewed”. 5. Then click “Search”. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4.

42. Searching Nursing Databases: CINAHL
The number of results retrieved is located at top of the first article. You can refine the list further by applying filters on the left.
Results
Filters

43. Searching Cochrane Library

44. Searching Nursing Databases: Cochrane Library
Click on “Cochrane Library”.
Click Here

45. Searching Nursing Databases: Cochrane Library
Click on “Advanced Search”.
Click Here

46. Searching Nursing Databases: Cochrane Library
1. Log in or register. Once you are logged in, then click on “Search Limits”.
1. Login 2.

47. Searching Nursing Databases: Cochrane Library
Click on “Cochrane Reviews” and “Review”.
Click on “Other Reviews”.
Enter your date range.
Click “Apply”. 1. 2. 3. 4.

48. Searching Nursing Databases: Cochrane Library
Select “Search All Text” from the drop-down menu.
Select

49. Searching Nursing Databases: Cochrane Library
1. Enter your search terms Click “Go”. 1. 2.

50. Searching Nursing Databases: Cochrane Library
View the studies by clicking on the article name.

51. Searching Nursing Databases: Cochrane Library
You will notice a padlock icon located to the left of the article’s name. If the padlock is open, then you have access. If it is closed, you will have to get the resource another way.

52. Searching Nursing Databases: Cochrane Library
You can save your individual searches by clicking on the “Save” button. This will help you keep track of your search strategies for later.

53. Searching Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Resources on Ovid

54. Searching Nursing Databases: JBI
Click on “Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Resources on Ovid”.
Click Here

55. Searching Nursing Databases: JBI Systematic Reviews
Enter your search terms in the search bar.
Select the publication year range.
Select “Systematic Reviews” from the publication types.
Click “Search”. 1. 2. 4. 3.

56. Searching Nursing Databases: JBI
Click on “Display Results” to view articles.
Click here

57. Searching For a Journal

58. Searching for a Journal
Click on E- Journals & E-Books link.
library.uta.edu
Searching for a Journal

59. Searching for a Journal

60. What about Google?

61. What about Google?
google.com
Click on “Settings” (see above). Then click on “Advanced search” (see right).

62. Fill out the form and click “advanced search”.
What about Google?
Fill out the form and click “advanced search”.

63. Google Scholar

64. scholar.google.com
This is what the Google Scholar home page looks like. Make sure you are signed in.
Google Scholar

65. Linking to the UTA Library

66. Click the icon in the top left corner of your screen.
Google Scholar

67. Click on “Settings”.
Google Scholar

68. Click on “Library Links” located on the left side of your screen.
Google Scholar

69. Search for “University of Texas at Arlington” and click on “save”
Search for “University of Texas at Arlington” and click on “save”. Make sure you turn on “cookies” to retain your settings.
Google Scholar

70. Google Scholar: Linking to the UTA Library
Google Scholar is now linked to the UTA Library.
You must enable browser cookies for the settings to be retained.
You can select up to 5 libraries.
If the full-text is available, you will see a library link on the right side of your screen (see next slide).
Note: There are times when the “Find UTA” link does not appear. That does not necessarily mean UTA does not have access. You will need to search for the journal in the UTA Library catalog then search for the article using the strategies we discussed earlier.

71. Google Scholar: Linking to the UTA Library
You can now click on the “Find UTA” link to navigate to the full- text content.
Google Scholar: Linking to the UTA Library

72. Searching Google Scholar

73. Searching Google Scholar
scholar.google.com 1.
Search Bar
To access the advanced search option, click on the icon labeled #1. Once clicked, the screen will show all the options (see next slide).

74. Searching Google Scholar
Click on advanced search.

75. Searching Google Scholar
Enter your information in the form and click the search icon.

76. Interlibrary Loan

77. Interlibrary Loan
Library.uta.edu

78. Click on the drop-down menu.
Interlibrary Loan
Click on the drop-down menu.

79. Click on “Interlibrary Loan”.

80. Your screen will look like this.
Interlibrary Loan

81. Enter your UTA NetID and Password, then click “Log In”.
Interlibrary Loan

82. If you are a new user, you will have to register by filling out this form.
Interlibrary Loan

83. Click on the corresponding request type and fill in the required form.
Interlibrary Loan

84. Additional Help

85. Additional Help

86. Additional Help-Contact Us
You can click on “Contact Us” to submit a question.
Additional Help-Contact Us

87. Additional Help-Contact Us
Fill in the form and click on “Submit”.
Additional Help-Contact Us
Click

88. To browse frequently asked questions, click on “Ask Us/FAQ”
Additional Help-FAQ

89. Your screen will look like this.
Additional Help-FAQ

90. Additional Help-How To
Click on “How To” to access various tutorials containe d on the library website.
Click
Additional Help-How To

91. Additional Help-How To
Scroll down the page and select the tutorial you want to view.
Additional Help-How To

92. You can contact the nursing librarians at nursinglibrarians@uta.edu
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