Assignment-Questions and Answers



[Assignment-Questions and Answers

What does the abbreviation CINAHL stand for?

The abbreviation of CINAHL stands for Cumulative index to nursing & allied health literature.

If you were doing research on a nursing / health sciences topic which required articles from the 1960s, would this database be a good place to start?

This data base is effective to search for nursing / health sciences topic which required articles from the 1960s. It provides the customized research options to search journal articles, news, magazines accompanied by CD-ROM. Moreover, it provides access to subject in several online or internet services. In addition, it provides subject access to Cumulative index to nursing & allied health literature with SilverPlatter, EBSCO and CD Plus. This database also provides access to more than 500 full text journals and that this database indexes the content of more than 3000 journals.

The information in Details says this database provides full-text for more than 500 journals and that it indexes the contents of a total of more than 3000 journals. How can I use this database to find the full-text of articles in the indexed journals (the ones not in full-text within the database?

There is an option in the database to customize the search with respect to full text articles. All an individual is required to do is refine the research by marking a check on left side of the webpage showing Full-text. The result will show only full text and relevant articles.

Case: At the top of the screen, the clickable link CINAHL Headings will let you determine which subject headings relate best to your topic. In CINAHL Headings, key the term osteoarthritis, select Relevancy Ranked, and Browse

How CINAHL defines the heading Osteoarthritis?

As per the definition of CINAHL, Osteoarthritis is a progressive, non-inflamatory disease of joints marked by hyperthropy of bone at margin, degenerating articular cartilage and variations in synovial membrane. It is also known as disease of Degenerative joint (Shelburne, 2008).

In general terms, how does that heading relate to the headings Osteoarthritis, Knee, Osteoarthritis, Wrist, etc.?

As per the definition, Osteoarthritis, Knee is a Non-inflmatory and progressive disease of knee joint, which is marked by the hyperthropy of bones at margins degenerating articular cartilage, and variations in synovial membrane. This is also known as degenerative disease of knee joint. Therefore, we can analyze that Osteoarthritis can take place in any bone joint. It is a general term and Osteoarthritis of knee is specifically for knee joint (Sharma & Berenbaum, 2007).

Osteoarthritis, Spine has a narrower heading associated with it. What is it?

The narrower heading of Osteoarthritis Spine is Osteoarthritis cervical, which is a disease of cervical vertebrae's degenerating joints disease.

If you were looking for information about osteoarthritis of the knee available prior to 2008, the system says you could not use this heading. Which heading must you search?

In case, the information prior to 2008 about osteoarthritis of the knee is not available with these key words, we can change the key words to Knee osteoarthritis or Arthritis.

Several headings have possibilities, but for now, ...