In groups of 3, please assign someone to each of the following roles:

• Manager: ensures that assigned tasks are being completed on time and all members of the group are participating in the activities and understanding the concepts
• Recorder: records the group's answers
• Spokesperson: reports back to the class and asks questions on behalf of the group

Working together, please complete the first two tasks below. You have 10 minutes and then we'll regroup. Once we've touched base, please complete the last two tasks. I will give you another 10-15 minutes to complete the tasks. Please pay close attention to the time. 

In CINAHL, run a basic search for "dementia."

As a group, agree on your answers to the following questions. These questions should take 10 minutes.

1. At the top under the search bar, select "All filters" then use the limiters on the right for age and gender to limit to research on 80+ year old women. Once selected, hit "apply." How did this affect your results? 

2. Look at your number of results! What is another relevant way you could narrow the results down, besides age and gender? 

3. Find an article that has an "Access options" button and click on it. Select "PDF." What happens? Can you name one advantage to using the PDF version? 

In CINAHL, on the left side under "Research tools," select "New search". Re-run a basic search for "dementia."

As a group, agree on your answers to the following questions. These questions should take 10 minutes.

In CINAHL, start a new search. Re-run a basic search for "dementia." From your list of results, select a journal article. Click on the article’s title. 

1. Is this article peer-reviewed? How do you know? 

2. If you wanted to cite this article, where would you find the information you need for the References list entry? Hint: Use the templates found on the APA guide for articles.  

3. At the top, click on the curved arrow icon (the Share icon). Click on "Create link." This creates a permalink / stable URL. Can you use a stable URL in APA citation? Learn more about DOIs and stable URLs on our guide: APA 7th edition and on APA's Style Blog: DOIs and URLs.

4. Click on CINAHL Headings on the left under Research tools. Use the search box UNDER "CINAHL Headings" and search for "dementia". Tick the box next to dementia. Subheadings appear below. Choose a few subheadings relevant to dementia and click "Add to search" (button is near the top, under the CINAHL Headings search bar). How does this affect your results? 

Pause here and we'll quickly regroup as a class before moving on to the next two tasks.

At your care home workplace, there have been complaints around dementia patients' expressions of sexuality. Your team needs some research on whether these patients can give informed consent.

As a group, agree on your answers to the following questions. These questions should take 10 minutes.

1. Using the Advanced Search, set up a search using 3 concepts related to this issue at your care home. What 3 terms did you use? Describe your process and your results.  

2. What features in CINAHL were the most effective for your search? 

3. Your care home is located in the United States. Describe how you would change your search strategy to add this information. 

At your care home workplace, there have been complaints around dementia patients' expressions of sexuality. Your team needs some research on whether these patients can give informed consent.

As a group, agree on your answers to the following questions. These questions should take 5 minutes. You will use:

• Google Scholar
• LibrarySearch
• CINAHL

1. Using Google Scholar, search for peer-reviewed journal articles related to this issue at your care home. How is Google Scholar different from CINAHL?  
2. Using LibrarySearch, search for peer-reviewed journal articles related to this issue at your care home. How is LibrarySearch different from CINAHL? 
3. What is so special about CINAHL? Name (at least) two valuable things you learned about searching or CINAHL in general today.