Research Guides: CINAHL Database Guide: Viewing/Saving Articles

Viewing Full Articles

If you see one of the following icons,

or , click on the icon to view the article.

A PDF is a copy of the article in its original layout, including pictures/charts. An HTML document is composed of the text only.

You may also see a link to find the article outside of CINAHL:

. Click the Get It! button to link to the article or see where it is located in the library.

If you do not see a full-text link or the Get It! button, double-check the availability using the Journal Title Search. Make sure to enter the journal title, not the article title.

Don't forget that you can also click on Request this item through interlibrary loan to borrow it from another university. After clicking this link, you must create or sign in to an interlibrary loan account. Obtaining journal articles typically takes about 3 to 5 days.

Saving Articles in a Personal Folder

To save items to a folder

Click on Sign In at the top of the search screen -- if you haven't authenticated with your IWU Account, then you will taken to the login screen
Search for the information that you want to save in your folder. You can save all types of search results to your folder. (For example, articles, links to searches, images, etc.)
Add the items to your folder in any of the following ways:
- Add one item – Click the folder icon located to the right of the article title. This adds only the single selected item to your folder. If you have custom folders in your account, select a folder to add the article to.
- Add all the items on the page – Click the Share link and then click Results (1–10) link at the top of the menu. This adds all items listed on the page to your folder.
- When the article result is added to the folder, the folder icon will change to a folder item icon . Clicking this icon will remove the result from your folder.