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Useful Databases

CINAHL plus Full Text (Nursing and Allied Health)

Health Source

Health Reference Center

MedLine (EBSCO)

PubMed

Academic Search Complete

Science Direct

Available at:

Lehman's Health Sciences Databases

Step 1: On the library's home page, enter keywords into the "Find Books" search box.

Step 2: Evaluate results and click on "Lehman College" under "Holdings" to get the book's call number.

Step 3. Note the Location, Call number, and Due date to determine if the book is on the shelf. Proceed to location to retrieve the book.

Step 4. For more advanced searching, use the guided search boxes to combine your key words.

(SEE IMAGES BELOW FOR WHAT YOUR SCREEN SHOULD LOOK LIKE AT EACH STEP)

For information on requesting books from other CUNY libraries for delivery to Lehman, go to: http://library.gc.cuny.edu/info/clics.html.

For information on circulation policies, go to: http://www.lehman.edu/library/circulation.php.  

1. Look for keywords in the subject headings of records in the library catalog or databases.

2. When searching for articles, browse the abstracts for keywords you may not have thought of.

3. Generate a list of synonyms: disease, illness, sickness, etc.

4. Think about how different kinds of professionals describe the same thing.