Two IUPUI Libraries serve the IU School of Nursing
News for Nursing Faculty & Students
HaPI database (Health & Psychosocial Instruments) moved to EBSCOHost (10/7/2009)
HAPI (Health & Psychosocial Instruments) is now only available to IUPUI via EBSCOhost.
IUPUI’s link for HaPI:
Brief tutorial that includes a section on searching HaPI. (I'm still looking for a better one):
Cochrane databases (& EMB Reviews) moved to Wiley (9/15/2009)
Cochrane is now only available to IUPUI via Wiley.
IUPUI’s link for the Wiley Cochrane:
Brief tutorial highlighting three different ways of searching Cochrane via Wiley (from UC Davis):
NOTE-- Wiley currently does not have an email function. One way to email your search: 1) Run your search, 2) Open the search history link, 3) copy and paste the search history into Word, 4) send the Word document as an email attachment.
APA 6th Edition now available (last updated 9/10/2009)
Some useful resources for faculty, staff, and students include summaries of the changes, brief guides to the 6th edition, and tutorials for learning APA Style.
Changes from the 5th edition (summaries from the APA):
Corrections to July 2009 printing of APA 6th edition
Brief guides to the 6th
Useful resources for teaching APA Style 6th Edition
E-reserves no longer available / Copyright info you can use
The library's Electronic Course Reserves System will be discontinued at the end of September. Needed items must be downloaded and saved elsewhere prior to that date. Items that are in compliance with current Copyright law may be uploaded into Oncourse Resources to make them available to students. To determine whether a given item is in compliance, see Some Copyright Information for Instructors using Oncourse at IUPUI
VPN Changed in July 2009
Beginning July 2009, UITS replaced the way that off-campus and on-campus wireless computers connect to library databases.
For Off-Campus access -- Use the UITS's new SSL VPN. The following power point and brief installation demo give details. For On-Campus wireless access -- Register your computer and use IUPUI Secure. The following webpage leads to details for specific operating systems and types of devices.
CINAHL Links & Tutorials
Beginning January 2009, CINAHL is only availble from EBSCOhost. Two EBSCOhost versions are available at IUPUI:
CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO) – Evidence Based Practice searching
Automatically Maps keywords to official Subject Headings. Also offers basic keyword searching, citation searching, and index term browsing.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO) - General searching
Use when you are looking for a specific author or article title. Offers basic keyword searching, multi-term keyword searching, visual searching, citation searching, and index term browsing.
CINAHL Tutorials for IUPUI users (most require the free Flash player)
Tutorials for Evidence Based Practice searching of CINAHL at IUPUI:
Connecting to IUPUI Library Resources from Off Campus (6 slides) - Authenticating (Proving you are a valid IUPUI user); Why use IUPUI SSL VPN; Getting VPN help -- [Rev. July 2009]
CINAHL Tutorial Part A - Launching IUPUI SSL VPN and Opening the CINAHL database (~2.5 min. ) - Activating a VPN connection & Opening IUPUI's Evidence Based Practice interface for EBSCOhost CINAHL Plus -- [Rev. July 2009]
CINAHL Tutorial Part B - EBSCOhost searching basics (~5 min.) - Using Suggest subject terms (Map term to subject), Major concept (Focus), Subheadings, Quick limits, & Combine searches
CINAHL Tutorial Part C - Using Advanced Limits & Explode in EBSCOhost CINAHL (~5 min.) - Using Explode, Using Advanced Limits such as Clinical Queries.
CINAHL Tutorial Part D1 - Viewing Articles: Basics (~4 min.) - EBSCOhost Full Text/PDF, Find It button, Google Scholar, Google
CINAHL Tutorial Part D2 - Viewing Articles: Additional Topics (~6.5 min.) - Searching without VPN, "Clinical Queries - Qualitative Studies", ScienceDirect confusion, CINAHL->Highwire data error
CINAHL Tutorial Part E1 - Ordering Articles: Registering for Free Interlibrary Loan (ILLIAD) (<3 min.) - setting up accounts at two different IUPUI Libraries
CINAHL Tutorial Part E2 - Ordering Articles: Using Interlibrary Loan (ILLIAD) (~ 3 min.) from Find It (the Serials Solutions Article Linker window)
EBSCOhost CINAHL for Ovid users:
Original CINAHL OVID Tutorial: Library Database Searching for Evidence Based Nursing Practice at IUPUI (Fall 2008)
