Accessing PDF in CINAHL
CINAHL indexes top nursing and allied health literature. If you are a nursing student, MCCN faculty may require you to search for articles using CINAHL. Let's demonstrate a simple search in CINAHL and locate a full-text article in PDF format.
When using CINAHL, open it from the Library website (screenshot illustrated below) or from this direct link, MCHSL CINAHL link. This ensures that you are searching all MCHSL holdings that are linked through CINAHL.
Below is a screenshot that demonstrates how to search for a topic in CINAHL and locate a full-text article in PDF format.
Please note: If you do not find a PDF for an article you want, don't stop at CINAHL. Plug the article title into PubMed, or use the article citation to search for it in BrowZine or A-Z.
