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CINAHL AND MEDLINE: TWO MAJOR HEALTH SCIENCE DATABASES

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Page 1: CINAHL and Medline

CINAHL AND MEDLINE: TWO MAJOR HEALTH

SCIENCE DATABASES

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CINAHL

Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health

Contains articles in nursing and fields such as audiology, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, etc

750 journals

1 million citations back to 1937

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Medline

World’s premier medical/health science database

Articles from all health fields: medicine, nursing, dentistry, exercise science, veterinary medicine, allied health, etc.

4800 journals

Over 19 million citations back to 1940

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CINAHL and Medline

MedlineCINAHL

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CINAHL VS MEDLINECHARACTERISTIC CINAHL MEDLINE

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Topics Limited to Nursing

Much broader-nursing as well as broader health areas

Use when… The topic is only relevant to nursing (i.e. a specific nursing practice/skill/technique)

The topic is more broadly related to health (i.e. a disease etiology, treatment, etc)