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4. L Lookatther resultinglistofsubjecth headingspro ovided.Doa anyofthehe eadingscorr respondtoyourterm?If youareunsureo ofthemeaningofahead ding,clickon nthescopenotefordef finition.

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 8. Y Younowhav vethechoice eofsearchin ngforthesu ubjectheadin ngasaMajo orConcept.

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12. T Tocombinet theconcept tstofindcita ations,selectthesearch hsetsbycheckingthebo oxesandthe enselectthe e ope erator(AND DorOR).(Hi int:ANDwi illgiveyouc citationsthat tincludealloftheselect tedtopics.O ORwillgive youc citationstha atincludeeit theroftheto opics.)

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16. T Toautomatic callyseeabs stractsforallreferences swhichhave ethem,click kPreference es(attopofp page)and selec ctdetailedF FormatinRe esultListDis splay.

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directly.If Ifthe efulltextof fthearticleisavailable,y youwillseeaGotoarti icleiconand dyouwillbe eabletolink thef fulltextisno otavailable,clickonthelinkthatsay ysSearchjo urnaltitlein nLibrarycat talog.Thisw willshow youw whetherthe eLibraryhas stheprintvo olumeofthe ejournal.Ifneitherelec ctronicnorp printaccessi isavailable, youmayorderthearticlefro omanotherlibrarybyclickingOrder rarticleforafee(ifapp plicable)viaI ILLiad. (Inte erlibraryLoanserviceisl limitedtoUT THSCSAaffiliatesandar reahealthpr rofessionalswhohavere egistered withtheLibrary. .) 18. F tosavereferenc FromtheResultsscreen, ,click cesforsavin ngorprinting g.Savedcitationscan nowbeseenin Folderhasi itemssideb bar(rightofscreen)ory youcanclick s(attopofp page)toview wyourfolde er. Folderhasitems Fromt thisview,yo oucanprint, ,email,orsa aveyour refere encestodisk k.Youcanal lsoexportth hemto RefWo orks,EndNot te,orRefere enceManag er. Notice ethat,afterchoosingprint,email,orsave,youc canformatt thecitations saccording toAPA A,Vancouver,orotherc commonstyllesbyusingthedropdo ownmenuunder Citatio onFormat. fWorks,End Ifyouwanttosaveyourrefer rencestoRef dNote,orReferenceManager,click t. Export T ToexporttoRefWorks,s selectDirect tExporttoR RefWorks.T Toexportto EndNoteor rReferenceM Manager, selec ctDirectExp porttoEndN Note,ProCite e,orReferenceManage er.Thenclic ckSave. T Tosaveyour rreferencet toatextfilethatyoucan nlaterimpo ortintooneo oftheseprograms(fore example,if thec computeryo ouareworkingondoesnothaveEndNoteinsta lled),selectGenericbib bliographicm management softw ware.Thisw willsaveyou urreferences sinatextfileforlaterim mport. Y Youcanalsoemailcitationsinaform matthatcan nthenbeim portedintobibliographi icmanagem ment softw warepackag ges.Clickthe eEmailtabf fromtheExp portwindow w.
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19. Y Youcansave ecitationsan ndalsosaveyoursearch hstrategyfo orlateruseb byclickingSignIntoMy EBSCOhost. Thef firsttimeyo ouuseMyEB BSCOhost,cl lickImaNe ewUserandsetupafre eeaccount.A Afterthat,y youcanjust ente eryourusernameandpassword.

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20. O Onthisscree en,nameyoursearch,andchooseto osaveitper rmanently,temporarily( (1day),orasanAlert,

then nclickSave.Youcanretr rieveyoursa avedsearchinthefuture ebysigningintoMyEBS SCOhost,clic ckingSearch h Histo ory/Alerts,thenclickon RetrieveSe earches. Ifyouchoosetosaveyourse earchasanAlert,youw willbeaskedtospecifyhowoftenyo ouwouldlike etheAlert erunandfortheemaila address(es)t towhichthe eAlertresult esent.Whennewarticlesare tobe tsshouldbe adde edthatmatc chyoursearch,youwillbesentthereferencesi nemailform mat. 21. Ifyouneedm morehelp,c contacttheL LibraryInformationDesk katAskaLibr rarian@uths scsa.eduor5 5672450. Youcanalsoacc cessAskaLibr rariandirect tlyfromtheCINAHLpag ge.Thismethodwillena ableyoutos sendyour searchstrategya asanemaila attachmenttolibrarystaffwhocanthenassistyouwithyourresearch. .

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