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CINAHL: Saving references and search strategies

Saving and e-mailing references

  • References can be e-mailed, saved or exported to a reference management software (e.g. Mendeley).
  • References can also be saved to your own MyEBSCO account (see "Saving your search strategy" below). 
  • Select the references and action you want. You can select up to 50 references at a time. You can change the number of references displayed on the page from the drop-down menu, e.g. Show: 50. If you want to transfer a larger reference amount e.g. to the Covidence tool, see the instruction for bulk export below.

 

The exporting and saving options are shown above the search results:

  • Download = save references as a file. Icon = Down Arrow
  • Save = save the references to your MyEBSCO account. Icon = Bookmark
  • Add to project = save references to your MyEBSCO account under the project you created. Icon = Folder
  • Share = share references via Google Drive or OneDrive (Share) or email (Email). Icon = Right Arrow
  • Cite = copy the references (Copy citation) or send the references to a reference manager (Export citation). Icon = Quotation mark

 

Saving your search strategy and references to MyEBSCO

In CINAHL, you can create a free MyEBSCO account which will enable to you to do the following:

Click on the MyEBSCO link in the top right corner of the CINAHL search page. Next, click the Sign up link. Follow the prompts to set up an account.

 

To save a search to the dashboard:

  1. After running a search, click the Tools icon (three dots) on the right and select Save search.
  2. Modify the Search name, enter an optional Description, and then click Save. You can also create alert for your search.

Saving search results:

Make your selections and click Save above search results. You can access your saved searches, alerts and records via Saved link in My dashboard. To run a saved search, click the name of the search. Search results will be updated to present if there is no date limit specified.

 

Exporting references

    

  • Select references and click Cite -> Export citation. Select RIS-format.

Bulk export from results list (up to 25,000 items)

  • It is possible to download thousands of records from CINAHL at once (max. 25 000 references). 
  • To use this bulk export feature, you must be signed in to your personal MyEBSCO account. In addition, you can use this feature 20 times within a 24 hour period. After the 24 hour period has passed, you can resume using the bulk export feature.  

 

  1.  Click the drop-down arrow at the top of the result list and click the Export results (Up to 25,000) link. 

  2.  Enter your E-mail address and select a preferred export format from the options below. (usually RIS format)

  3.  Click Send

  4. EBSCO e-mails you a link to download an export file which you can import into your reference manager. The link will be available for download for 7 days, after which it will no longer work.

  • Note: The number of results downloaded can be up to 25,000, but may be lower depending on your institution's permissions, duplicates and publisher restrictions.