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Browse Journals in CINAHL Complete database

Did you know CINAHL Ultimate database contains 1,815 full-text journals and magazines, with 1,619 of these being peer-reviewed journals? (Source)   Browsing journals is a great way see what articles are being published, to help choose a topic to research, or simply to learn more about a subject within nursing. Click on Publications to browse. 

A screenshot that shows how to browse by publication in CINAHL

Underneath each periodical title it will say if CINAHL Ultimate has the full text (indicated by a green circle with a white checkmark and PDF and/or HTML full text) or if it only has the bibliographic information, which is just the citation and abstract, if available (indicated by there being nothing below the title)

A screenshot that shows how to determine if a publication has full text or only bibliographic data

Click on the name of a publication to see the publication details. It is possible to "Search within this publication" which searches within that journal/magazine only, browse the different issues/articles, and check if it is peer-reviewed. Clicking on the three dots in the upper right lets you sign up for email alerts and use the Share tool to save the permalink to the page. 

A screenshot that shows some of the features of the publication details in CINAHL

Enjoy browsing the literature! 

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