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CINAHL: Nursing & Allied Health
1999 Reload News
CINAHL Reloaded to Reflect 1999 Vocabulary
The annual vocabulary maintenance for CINAHL has been completed by
CINAHL Information Systems. Scores of new headings were added. Consult
the CINAHL Subject Heading List, which is available online in the
Reading Room at CINAHL.
Year 2000 Changes
The Entry Month (EM) field as well as the Year (YR) field have been modified
for Year 2000 compliance. When searching these fields, it will be necessary
to use a four-digit year. For example: 199901.em. or 94.yr.
Changes to SDIs
This reload, like all reloads, may affect your SDIs. Of particular
note with this CINAHL reload are the many changes to the CINAHL Subject
Heading List (see above).
New Fields Added
The following fields have been added with the reload:
- Abbreviated Source [AS]
- The Abbreviated Source field contains an abbreviation of the Source
field (SO), along with all the other information included in the Source
field.
New Subheadings
Three new subheadings have been added beginning with 1999 records:
- Blood [BL]
- Used for the presence or analysis of substances in the blood; also for
examination of, or changes in, the blood in disease states. It excludes
serodiagnosis, for which the subheading "diagnosis" is used, and serology,
for which "immunology" is used.
- Immunology [IM]
- Used for immunologic studies of tissues, organs, microorganisms, fungi,
viruses, and animals. It includes immunologic aspects of disease but not
immunologic procedures used for diagnostic, preventive, or therapeutic
purposes, for which "diagnosis", "prevention & control", or "therapy"
are used. The concept is also used for chemicals as antigens or haptens.
- Urine [UR]
- Used for the presence or analysis of substances in the urine, and also
for the examination of, or changes in, the urine in disease.
New Limit
A new limit has been added, a limit to Cited References.
New Special Interest Categories
Nine new types of Special Interest Categories have been added to the
already existing Special Interest Category. They are:
- Advanced Nursing Practice
- Chiropractic Care
- Dental Care
- Nutrition
- Occupational Therapy
- Obstetric Care
- Perioperative Care
- Physical Therapy
- Military/Uniformed Services (searchable as military uniformed services.sp.)
New Journal Subsets
The new subsets, along with their corresponding searchable codes, are:
Health Promotion and Education Journals (ed)
Computer and Information Science Journals (i) replaces Information Science Journals (i)
Furthermore, all Journal Subsets are now searchable as entire phrases, as well as by their one letter code.
26 February, 1999