Library Guides: CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature): Home

What is CINAHL?

CINAHL--Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Covers the journal literature in the fields of nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and all the allied health professions, including: Athletic Training, Chiropractic, Occupational Therapy, Orthotics & Prosthetics, Physical Therapy, Recreation Therapy, Nursing, Nutrition & Dietetics, & Recreation Therapy. This database permits 8 simultaneous users. Please log off when you are done searching as a courtesy to others.

CINAHL provides basic and advanced search features and searchable cited references. CINAHL Subject Headings help users effectively search and retrieve information and follows the structure of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) used by the National Library of Medicine.

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CINAHL includes embedded links to full text. When full text of an article is not available, you may request from the DMU Library Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery service.

CINAHL Complete Subject Title List
What journals are covered in CINAHL? What journals are peer reviewed?