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Mary Hitchcock
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NEW CINAHL INTERFACE--May 2025

CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO) has undergone an update to its interface as of May 2025. If you had an account in the "Old Interface", but have not moved items (folders, searches, etc) into the "New Interface" by May 12, 2025, you may not have access to these items anymore.

If you want you own personal account to save items in the New Interface, click the MY EBSCO in the upper right corner.
Sign up with your wisc.edu email.

How can Ebling Library help you?

Whether a UW-Madison nursing student, staff, faculty, or preceptor, there are many ways the library and its staff can assist you and your research needs. Some of our services are:

We encourage you to contact the liaison to answer any question you have concerning library resources, searching tips and tricks, course assistance, or any other need you may have.

APA 7th Cheat Sheet

APA 7th Formatting--College of St. Scholastic

PubMed and CINAHL (and other EBSCOHost databases like PsycINFO) can show how an article can be cited in a number of styles. 

In Ebsco databases (CINAHL, PsyINFO, SocINDEX, etc) click on the article title, look to the right and you should see multiple options; one is "Cite". It will list the correct citation format for APA, AMA, and others.

In PubMed look for "Cite" button after clicking the article title and change the drop down menu to APA.

Next Generation NCLEX practice tests

These practice tests are based on the NCSBN's latest official "Next Generation" NCLEX-RN ® test plan. Registration required. All users must create an account using a valid @wisc.edu email account.

  1. Click this link https://search.library.wisc.edu/search/database?q=PrepStep and choose the "Go to this database" link. 
  2. Click the "Sign In/Register" in the blue banner. 
  3. If you do not have an account, click the blue "Register" button. You should see a "New User Registration" form. Make sure the "Your Institution is" shows University of Wisconsin-Madison. When finished click the "Register" button. Login again to gain access to the tests.
  4. In the small search box toward the top right, search for NCLEX.
  5. You should see a list of NCLEX-RN Practice Exams.

Additional NCLEX-RN prep materials can be found here. UW-Madison students only. If you have any troubles, please contact Mary Hitchcock.

Download BrowZine for e-journals

UW NetID login required after downloading software.  Apple, Android, and Kindle readers supported.  Not all nursing journals are included.