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Subject Guide: Nursing

Try this exercise for yourself.

Practice finding articles, filter, cite

Research topic:     How does music impact pain or stress in teenagers?  

What are the key terms to search?

Start in Cinahl Ultimate “Advanced Search” 

  • Type the first term followed by “or” and pause for suggestions.
  • Drag cursor down to select preferred suggestions. Repeat with other term(s).
  • Filter Age to select “adolescent”
  • Filter publication date to “Past 5 years”
  • Hit search

Review results and select the check box by 3 best articles.

Hit the CITE icon and choose APA 7th Edition.  Remember the CITE icon looks like a quote symbol.

Copy and paste citations into Microsoft Word.

Note: You may need to add paragraph returns between the citations.

Highlight all citations, right click mouse and go to PARAGRAPH menu, under INDENTATION, find the SPECIAL menu and select HANGING.  This will create APA citation list.  
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Something missing? Glad you noticed. On the top line above the citations, type the word "References" in bold and center justify.