CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature) Authoritative coverage of the nursing and allied health literature.  CINAHL indexes journal articles, books and book chapters, dissertations, audiovisual materials, and other formats.  Unique controlled vocabulary specifically for the nursing and allied health users, some overlap between MEDLINE and CINAHL Coverage from 1982 to present

• Subject coverage includes the following disciplines from allied health:

• Physical Therapy

• Physician Assistant

• Radiologic Technology

• Medical/Laboratory

• Occupational Therapy

• Additional resources for this database include:

• Nursing dissertations

• Selected conference proceedings

• Standards of professional practice

Full description of CINAHL is found in the section of Core Databases.