Research Guides: Communicative Sciences and Disorders: Database Tutorials

Database Tutorials

CINAHL Tutorial Video Series (Cushing/Whitney Medical Library)
This series of video tutorials from Yale covers the basics of using CINAHL, including conducting searches based on a well-formulate PICO question, using subject headings and combining and limiting searches.
Basic Searching in CINAHL
This tutorial from EBSCO demonstrates the basic searching features of the suite of CINAHL databases on EBSCOhost.
Advanced Searching in CINAHL
This tutorial from EBSCO demonstrates the advanced searching features of the suite of CINAHL databases on EBSCOhost.
Using CINAHL Subject Headings
This tutorial from EBSCO offers step by step guidance on how to use CINAHL subject headings in the EBSCO interface.

PubMed - User Guide
The user guide for PubMed includes FAQs and information about basic search, display and navigation functions.
PubMed - Online Training Packet
This site contains tutorials, quick tours and learning resources for using PubMed.
PubMed - Using the Advanced Search Builder
In this 3 minute video, learn to use PubMed's Advanced Search features to refine your search with the example of a publication date range; and find journal and author names using the autocomplete feature.
PubMed: Building a Search [Video]
This tutorial from the Welch Medical Library at Johns Hopkins details the steps to building a systematic search strategy in PubMed with the building block method, including the use of Boolean operators, truncation, quotations, and field tags.
Using PubMed in Evidence Based Practice
Online training for course to show you how to use evidence-based practice when searching clinical questions using PubMed.

APA PsycNET Help Center
This help site from PsycNET offers explanations of basic and advanced searching, as well as managing and exporting search results within the APA PsycNET platform.
APA PsycNET Quick Reference Guide
This PDF from APA PsycNET highlights key aspects of advanced searching in APA PsycNET.
Searching with the Thesaurus/Index Terms in PscyNET
This 5 minute video explains how to search using the thesaurus and index terms in APA PsycNET.