Find Research Instruments @ NSU: CINAHL

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Citations and abstracts for literature of nursing and allied health. Also includes full-text from selected journals, legal cases, drug records, research instruments, clinical trials, and more

CINAHL is the major database of nursing and allied health information. There are multiple ways to search for research instruments in CINAHL. The most appropriate for you depends on what you want to know. When searching by the name of a research instrument, it is often most effective to use a unique term or phrase from the name of the instrument, instead of the exact name.

To find a body of work that uses a specific research instrument, search using the particular name of the research instrument as an INSTRUMENTATION in the drop-down list.

1. Enter the specific name of the research instrument and
2. Select INSTRUMENTATION from the drop-down list
3. Click Search

To find a work that is a published research instrument, search for a Publication Type of RESEARCH INSTRUMENT. This indicates the work indexed is actually a research instrument.

1. Search using search terms for your topic and then
2. Click Search Options
3. Next to Publication Types, click Research Instrument.
4. Click SearchBeginning in 1994, CINAHL began indexing research instruments as a publication type. However, other CINAHL records may also include information about research instruments.

CINAHL did not begin indexing research instruments as a publication type until 1994.  However, other CINAHL records may also include information about research instruments.