Here is a brief video on how to search the CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) database via the EBSCOhost platform, using subject headings.  Included are explanations of how to utilize the “major concept” option and how to view the scope note (usually a definition of the term), as well as the hierarchical display of the subject terms.  Selecting subheadings to refine the search strategy is demonstrated and the ability to search by keywords in addition to subject headings is explained.  The video is under 6 minutes long.

Update 10/2013: This video is no longer available. Please contact the Reference Team via asklibrarian@mskcc.org or 212.639.7439 for help with this resource.

Within the My NCBI component of PubMed, you can save a search strategy and establish an e-mail alert.  This means that you can collect future references on your topic as they are added to PubMed.  Watch the short video which demonstrates the easy steps to accomplish this.

The PubMed database may be searched for online books, book chapters and documents from the NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) Bookshelf Collection.  This collection provides free access to publications in life sciences and healthcare.  To retrieve book titles, book chapters and documents related to disasters, for example, use the following strategy: (disaster OR disasters) AND (pmcbook OR pmcbooktitle OR pmcbookchapter).