Nursing Research Guide  Tags: nursing nursing_students nursing_theory  

As with any of our databases, the default search screen is to Basic or Keyword. There will be a tab for Advanced Search allowing you three search boxes. However, Proquest Nursing & Allied Health and CINAHLplus with Full-text each have a search feature you will find helpful.

In Proquest Nursing & Allied Health, there is a Topics tab. Below the search box you can choose either 'Suggest topics' (enter keyword) or 'Look up topics A-Z'. Retrieved results will offer View document and Narrow by related topics.

CINAHLplus with full-text has a nice search feature - CINAHL Headings - in the green banner at top of page. Clicking on that link brings you to another page where you can search for a term by "Term begins with' or 'Term contains' or 'Relevancy ranked.' Results may show [SCOPE] which contains additional information. Clicking on the term you seek will list the hierarchical ('tree') structure of the term plus to the right Quality Subheadings which often includes such headings as Ethical issues, and Legislation and jurisprudence. Check the box wanted then click on 'Search database.'

In searching for articles treating cultural aspects of nursing, you can always search by country or nationality (i.e. Japan or Japanese). Try these terms as Subject terms:

Cultural competence
Cultural diversity
Cultural sensitivity
Transcultural nursing

Use 'transcultural care' for cross-cultural care.

Use 'ethnological research' for cross-cultural comparison, or cross-cultural research or cross-cultural studies.

In CINAHLplus with Full-Text, from the Advanced Search page, select 'MW Word in subject heading' or 'MH Exact search heading' from the drop-down menu.

In Proquest Nursing & Allied Health, click on Advanced search tab, from the drop-down menu next to search box select Subject, then type one of the suggested search terms above.