| History Then and Now | |||
| 1940s | Ella Crandall, Mildred Grandbois and Mollie Sitner begin indexing articles from English-language nursing journals on 3x5 cards | ||
| 1959 | Five Year Cumulation, 1951-1955 (unpublished), 13 journals indexed | ||
| 1961 | Cumulative Index to Nursing Literature, vol. 1-5, 1956-1960. First edition of CINL becomes collaborative project - 35 journals indexed | ||
| 1964 | Cumulative Index to Nursing Literature, vol. 6-8, 1961-1963. Second edition Cumulative Index to Nursing Literature | ||
| 1977 | CINL changes title to the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature® print index when scope is expanded to include allied health journals | ||
| 1983 | CINAHL Subject Heading List revised and published as thesaurus | ||
| 1984 | The CINAHL® database goes online: Dialog and BRS | ||
| 1986 | The CINAHL database goes online with Data-Star | ||
| 1989 | The CINAHL database is released on CD-ROM with SilverPlatter | ||
| 1990 | Ovid Technologies (formerly CD Plus) and Compact Cambridge release the CINAHL database on CD-ROM | ||
| 1991 | Magnetic Tape version of the database offered to institutions | ||
| 1994 | EBSCO Publishing releases the CINAHL database on CD-ROM | ||
| 1995 | The CINAHL database goes online with PaperChase and CARL Aries Systems releases the database on CD-ROM with KnowledgeFinder software | ||
| 1995 | Cinahl Information Systems debuts website | ||
| 1995 | The CINAHLdirect® online service introduces individual access to the CINAHL database via the Internet | ||
| 1996 | OCLC becomes online vendor of the CINAHL database | ||
| 1996 | The CINAHLdirect® online service is launched on the World Wide Web | ||
| 1998 | Cinahl online document delivery makes full-text articles available on the Cinahl website | ||
| 1998 | Online Journal of Clinical Innovations launched | ||
| 2000 | Cinahl introduces the official CINAHLdirect online service Start-Up Kit to new members | ||
| 2001 | Cinahl introduces education and training videos, CD-ROM via the CINAHLstore. | ||
| 2003 | Cinahl initiates the CINAHLeducation®, a continuing education service with interactive education modules. | ||
| 2003 | Cinahl Information Systems acquired by EBSCO Publishing Inc. | ||