EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE
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1. 10 SEN TSC PIMC EE EEE E E AE 11 Pooled o o CA EE OO E TERM 11 The Wildcard and Truncation Symbols ccccccseseeeceecaeeeeeeecaeeeeeeeseeeceeesseaesceeessaaeeeeesseaeeeesesaaaseeessaaees 12 AN CU ec 13 Grouping Terms Together Using Parentheses ccccccccccsssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeceeeeeesesaaseeeeeeeessuaegeeeeeeeetaas 13 LNE SS ANC NN o mm 13 9 OPIO 14 SS AC Dy UNC AO E 14 VS F eer T 15 TN Sates E 17 misi 19 Persistent Linko Searches RETE 19 STAC GC inim uc UT 20 2 EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE November 2006 B ry Research IH 5 T Databases What is MEDLINE MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine nursing veterinary medicine the healthcare system dentistry pre clinical sciences and much more Created by the National Library of Medicine NLM MEDLINE uses MeSH Medical Subject Headings indexing tree hierarchy and explosion capabilities to search abstracts from ove2. Research Databases Table of Contents What is MEDLINE 3 What is CO 3 SYSTEM REQUIFEMENS 3 Choosing Databases to Search ccccccccsceseceecesseceesceseceesceseeccscaescesccceecenscceesenscssaeeecceseeeeseeseeeeseceeeesees 3 ASS 5 T T 3 Uomo 4 Using the Utility Toolbar e H 4 THe UD TOODA A E E cca EE E e E TE E E e E ENS 4 reaa T E 5 Using the Basic Search SCC IN cassa dum adr 5 Performing a Basic Search eei 5 SANG IONS T Tom 6 Using the Advanced Search S6reens eiie CRM PU 7 Suggest Subject 7 Advanced Sedem Single Find Field serepin nan pobre bd EE a EAE agi 7 Advanced Search Single Find Field with Search Bullder ccccccccccsccceeeeeseeeeeeeceeeeeesaaeeseeeeeeeessueaeeeeeeeeessaaeees 8 Advanced Search Guided Style Find Fields ccccccccsssssseecceeeeeceeeeseeceeeeeeeaeeseeeeeeeeeesueeeeeeeeesseseaeeeeeeeessaaagases 9 Search History Alerts Tab
3. C Research Databases Using the Advanced Search Screens The library administrator chooses one of three available Advanced Search Screen styles Single Find Field Single Find Field with Search Builder or Guided Style All three Advanced Search Screens have the following options available Limiters Examples of limiters for MEDLINE include Linked Full Text Date of Publication Human and Gender e Expanders A so search within the full text of the articles Automatically And search terms and Also search for related words e Special Limiters are database specific and will appear in separate sections when you conduct a multi database search Suggest Subject Terms On any of the three Advanced Search Screen styles you can enter search terms in the Find field and mark the Suggest subject terms check box to the right of or above the field When you click Search the MeSH authority file is searched with the most relevant terms displayed Advanced Search Single Find Field X Ali ETIT Fr EBSCO Research Hew Search Fekler Preferences Hew Features Ask A Librarian Help Exit Basic Advanced Visual Choose Select another x m Databases Search Search Search Databases EBSCO Service Demo Medical Library Sign Into EBSCOhost Keyword Publications MeSH Indexes Suggest Subject Terms Field Codes Find Arrhythmia search Clear iri MEDLINE m gj Folder is empty To perf
4. MEDLINE November 2006 Research Databases Search History Alerts Tab From the Advanced Search Screen you can save retrieve or reuse your advanced searches You can view these searches from the Search History Alerts Tab New searches can consist of combined or modified searches Search SearchHistory Alerts Results Print Search History Retrieve Searches Retrieve Alerts Save Searches Alerts Clear Search History Combine searches with and Add Addto Search Search IDz m S1 kidney and TI lung and AU Brown View Results 15 Revise Search View Details Search Terms Limiters and Expanders Actions Delete The following items are present in the Search History Alerts Tab e Add Using Choose the Boolean operator to use when combining searches e Add to Search Click on the box to the left of any search you would like to include in a new search e Search ID This column contains the number assigned to each of your searches You can conduct a search by entering the search ID number and prefix S in the Find field and clicking Search For example S1 or s3 e Search Terms This column contains the search terms entered in the Find field including any field codes and Boolean operators Limiters Expanders The limiters and expanders used in the search are listed here e Last Run Via This column contains a notation when the search was last run in a different interface and database from the
5. Alerts Results Limit your results Limiters Expanders Reset Linked Full Text Date of Publication Month gt Mp to Month vr Author Publication Abstract Available English Language EEM Reviews Review Articles Humans Page 5 EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE November 2006 Research 3 T Databases Refine Search Options Limiters and Expanders can be used to focus or broaden a search Refine Search Search History Alerts Results Limit your results Limiters Expanders Reset Linked Full Text Date of Publication Month Yr ta Month Author Publication Abstract Available English Language EBM Reviews Review Articles Humans Animals Gender Journal amp Citation Subset AIDS Bioethics Core Clinical AIM Limiters Examples of limiters include Linked Full Text Date of Publication Human and Gender Expanders e Also search within full text of the articles expands search results by searching for term s within the full text of the articles e Automatically And search terms expands search results by applying the AND operator between terms for results that include a search terms entered e Also search for related words expands the search results to include synonyms and plurals of search term s Note 7he Reset button will clear all items selected from the Refine Search Tab Page 6 EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE November 2006
6. Databases Basic Advanced Visual Choose Select another Search Search Search Databases EBSCO service Demo Medical Library Sign Into EBSCOhost Keyword Publications MeSH Indexes Results for Tl hemat Add search to folder P Display link to search Suggest Subject Terms Find hemat in Title Search Clear In Select a Field optional In Select a Field foptional in MEDLINE El v sj Folder is empty Refine Search Search History Alerts Results To store items added to the folder for a future session Sign In to EBSCOhost 1 50 of 50572 Page Sort hy Date 28 Add 1 5 Narrow Results by Subject 1 Pretreatment serum levels of hematopoietic cytokines in patients with colorectal adenomas and cancer eng includes abstract Mroczko B International Journal Of Colorectal Disease Int J Colorectal Dis 2007 Jan 22 1 pp 33 8 PMID 16520929 Humans Female Lymphoma genetics E Prevention and monitoring of invasive fungal infections in pediatric patients with cancer and hematologic disorders Research Support 5 eng includes abstract By Hovi L Pediatric Blood amp Cancer Pediatr Blood Cancer 2007 Jan Wol 48 1 pp Govt 20 34 PMID 15385587 Male Page 12 EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE November 2006 B ry Research IH 5 T Databases Proximity Search A Proximity Search produces results with two o
7. Note When searching multiple databases database specific authority files Publications MeSH Indexes etc will not appear Page 4 EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE November 2006 Research Databases The Tabbed Toolbar From the Tabbed Toolbar you can select the Basic or Advanced Search Screen click the tab you are on to clear any terms on the screen and start over or choose other databases to search If available you can select from other EBSCO services to which your institution subscribes Using the Basic Search Screen Performing a Basic Search To perform a search enter your term s in the Find field and click Search Click Clear to remove any term s in the Find field The Clear button does not remove any limiters selected from the Refine Search Tab You can use Boolean operators field codes truncation wildcard and quotation mark search phrasing when performing a Basic Search All results are in reverse chronological order beginning with the most current item Boolean Search techniques are explained in the next section EBSC 1 New Search Felder Preferences New Features Ask A Librarian Help Exit L aa A Visual Choose Select another Er HOST Databases Search Search Search Databases EBSCO service Demo Medical Library Sign Into EBSCOhost Keyword Publications MeSH Indexes Find heart and aspirin search Clear in MEDLINE gt gFolder is empty Refine Search Search History
8. those in which the user is current searching if applicable e Results The total number of search results is shown here When you click on this number the Result List for the search appears Searches that do not produce results are included in the Search History and display a zero in this column When you change or add databases searches saved in the current database display question marks in the Display Results column e Revise Search When you click on the Revise link the search terms are displayed in the Find field Edit the search by changing terms manually entering field codes or adding limiters or expanders e Delete To remove a search string click on the X button next to it Your Search History includes only the searches from the current EBSCOhRosf session that used the Advanced Search Screen When your session ends the Search History is deleted If you change databases your Search History will be saved Page 10 EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE November 2006 Databases Search Techniques Boolean Searching Boolean logic defines logical relationships between search terms The Boolean search operators AND OR and NOT allow you to broaden or focus your search results e he AND operator combines search terms so that each result contains all of the terms For example kidney AND lung will result in articles that contain both kidney and lung e he OR operator combines search terms so that each result contains at le
9. 235 Relevance r EP Linked Full Text Cryasurgery for prostate cancer feng includes abstract By Fahmy WE Arch Androl 2003 Sep Oct ol 49 5 pp 387 407 PMID 128833518 P Linked Full Text 3 Partner s influence an patient preference for treatment in early prostate cancer eng includes abstract By cnrangam SJ BJJ Int 2003 Sep Wol 82 pp 365 9 PMID 12930420 Persistent Link to Searches Once a search has been performed you can add a persistent link to a search to the folder The link to a search can be e mailed or saved and will allow you to conduct the search again by clicking on the link or entering it in the address field To add a link to your folder click on the Add search to folder link next to the search string EBSCO Research Hew Search Folder Preferences New Features Ask A Librarian Help Exit Basic Advanced Visual Choose Select another Search Search Search Databases EBSCO service Demo Medical Library Sign Into EBSCOhost Keyword Publications MeSH Indexes Results for appendix Add search to folder Add search to folder gt Display link to search Suggest subject Terms Find appendix In Select a Field optional Search Clear and In Select a Field optional and In Select a Field optional in MEDLINE E 9 Folder is empty Page 19 EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE November 2006 H 5 T Databases To view the
10. Click Browse Select the second title by placing a check mark in the box to the left of the title Click Search ge 2 I Page 14 EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE November 2006 Database IH Q ST Databases Searching MeSH Medical Subject Headings MeSH is the National Library of Medicine s controlled vocabulary thesaurus Each bibliographic reference is associated with a set of MeSH terms that are assigned to describe the content of an article There are more than 19 000 main headings in MeSH as well as thousands of cross references that assist in finding the most appropriate MeSH heading MeSH terms are arranged in a hierarchy or tree structure that permits searching at various levels of detail from the most general to more narrow levels to find the most precise terms MeSH records include indexing annotations tree numbers scope notes entry vocabulary history notes and allowable qualifiers MeSH headings can be exploded to retrieve all references indexed to the term as well as all references indexed to any narrower term s Searches can be limited to Major Headings where MeSH headings indicate the main focus of an article Searches can also be qualified with specific subheadings to increase precision Subheadings and their abbreviations can be found by clicking on the Database Help link above the Find field on the search screen To browse MeSH To browse a list of subject headings available in the database click the MeSH b
11. IAL PHASE 161 Page 17 EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE November 2006 EBS Research H 5 T Databases 5 Click the box next to the term you want to select Repeat steps 2 4 to add more items to the Browse for field 6 Click Search to view the results Page 18 EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE November 2006 BS Research H 5 T Databases T Result List Features The Result List displays the search results in reverse chronological order and the total number of results above and below them on the left side You can sort the results by Date Source or Relevance using the Sort by drop down list e Navigation Arrows In a Result List navigation arrows allow you to access the next or previous page of results The numbers allow you to go directly to a specific page Linked Full Text If enabled Linked Full Text will bring you to the full text article if available from alternate sources e g other EBSCOhost databases you subscribe to EJS or CrossRef e O Add The Add to Folder option allows you to add one or all results on the page to your folder Refine Search Search History Alerts Results To print e mail or save an article or citation add it to your folde 4 11010 of6572 b Pages 12345 P Sort by Mer Date Angina pectoris interventional therapies and treatment of restenosis eng includes abstract s Biochem Cell Biol 2003 Oct Vol 35 10 pp 1399 406 PMID 12818
12. abstracts for pre 1975 records Comments cross reference between an article and subsequent comments about the article that may include the PMID of the referenced article Grant Information Grant or contract numbers grant abbreviation and institute acronym that designates financial support by any agency of the US PHS Public Health Service Contributed Indexing MEDLINE now includes unique records contributed by select agencies Information may include Indexing Agency Local ID Investigator Space Flight Mission Keywords Note and Local Abstracts Gene Symbol The symbol or abbreviated form of the gene name as reported in the article This field was entered into MEDLINE from 1991 1995 Molecular Sequence Identifies a secondary source that supplies information e g other data sources databanks and accession numbers of molecular sequences discussed in articles CAS Registry The Chemical Abstracts Service CAS registry number or the Enzyme Commission number for a compound mentioned in an article the generic compound name may be included This field was added to MEDLINE in 1980 Revision Date The date a change was made to a record during a maintenance procedure EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE November 2006 L atabases e Entry Date s Date Created is the date processing began or the date of entry into PreMED Date Completed is the date processing ended or the date of entry into MEDLINE In proc
13. ast one of the terms For example blood OR plasma will result in articles that contain either blood or plasma e he NOT operator excludes search terms so that each result will not contain any of the terms that follow it For example blood NOT vein will result in articles that contain the term blood but not the term vein Page 11 EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE November 2006 Research _ Databases The Wildcard and Truncation Symbols Use the wildcard and truncation symbols in searches using terms with unknown characters multiple spellings or various endings Note Neither the wildcard nor the truncation symbol can be used as the first character in a search term e he wildcard is represented by a question mark To use the wildcard enter the search terms and replace each unknown character with a EBSCOhost will provide results containing variations of that character set with the replaced by a letter For example type to find all citations containing neat nest or next EBSCOhost will not find net because the wildcard replaces a single character e Truncation is represented by an asterisk To use truncation enter the root of a search term and replace the ending with an asterisk EBSCOhost will find all available forms of that word For example type hemat to find the words hematocrit or hematoma 4 Research Hew Search 28 Folder Preferences Hew Features Ask A Librarian Help Exit
14. ess records PreMEDLINE will contain a Date Created but not a Date Completed e Citation ID s PMID is the primary unique number assigned to each PubMed citation MEDLINE UI was the primary ID assigned to each citation prior to 2001 and was discontinued in 2003 e Persistent Link to this Article A link to an article that can be e mailed or saved and will allow you to retrieve the same article again by clicking on the link or entering it in the address field e Database Identifies from which database the article was retrieved Page 22 EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE November 2006
15. lt Appendectomymethods Appendicitis surgery Humans hale Treatment Outcome Date Created 20060901 Date Completed 20061016 20061019 16946392 http search ebscohost com login aspx direct trueadb cmedmeAhl 15845392 amp sitecehnst live MEDLINE 4 5 0f990 Result List Refine Search E Print E mail Save Export Add to folder e Arrows The arrows to the left and right of the record number allow you to navigate to the previous or next result e Result List Clicking this link will return you to the Result List e Refine Search Clicking this link allows you to apply limiters and expanders to your search e Print E mail Save Export These options allow you to Print E mail or Save the current result Export your citations in a variety of bibliographic manager formats add to the folder or access the folder e View This option allows you to view other items available for this citation e g Linked Full Text e Find More Like This When this link appears you can click the link to perform a search for articles with similar subject headings A new Result List will display Page 20 EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE November 2006 5 T Databases Research The following items may change depending on the item selected Page 21 Title The English language title of an article Transliterated Title The title of a foreign language article in the original language Author s Autho
16. only find articles about heart or lung that reference blood or oxygen Command Line Searching Command Line Searching can be used to conduct searches on either the Basic or Advanced Search Screen Manually entering Boolean expressions and field codes in the search field will produce the same results as using the drop down lists to build a search For example typing AU Sullivan will produce results that include Sullivan in the article s Author citation field Typing AU Sullivan and JN Health Bulletin will produce results that include Sullivan in the Author citation field only if they are from the journal Health Bulletin The Explode feature for subject terms can be included in a command line search using the desired MeSH field code headings such as MH followed by the search term then a For a list of searchable field codes click the Database Help icon to the right of the Database name Subheadings can also be searched enter the MeSH Heading followed by subheading two letter acronym subheading two letter acronym MH Heart Disease dt dh pc etc Free floating subheadings can be searched use the MeSH Heading Field code followed by the two letter acronym for the subheading MW ae Page 13 EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE November 2006 Research IH Q 5 T Databases Sub Toolbar Options As an alternative to keyword searching EBSCORhosf offers the capability to search a database by browsing a list of Publications MeSH and Indexes Ke
17. orm a Single Find Field search 1 From the default search screen click the Advanced Search Tab 2 In the Find field enter keyword s 3 Apply limiters or expanders using the Refine Search Tab 4 Click Search A Result List is displayed In the Single Find Field you can combine terms with Boolean operators on a single line command line searching e g arthritis and exercise and pain Page 7 EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE November 2006 Research J Databases Advanced Search Single Find Field with Search Builder Fe Ali EBSCO Research Hew Search Folder Preferences New Features Ask A Librarian Help Exit Datab ases Basic Advanced Visual Choose Select another Search Search Search Databases EBSCO service Demo Medical Library Sign to EBSCOhost Keyword Publications MeSH Indexes Suggest Subject Terms Find flung OR pulmonary Search Clear in MEDLINE Folder is empty Add following to your search Term s Select a Field optional using and Add ta Search Single Find Field with Search Builder allows you to combine keywords search fields and a Boolean operator with any existing text in the Find field Note f there is no existing text in the Find field the Boolean operator selection 15 ignored Each time you click Add to Search the new terms are surrounded by parentheses To perform a Single Find Field with Search Builder search 1 Type lung OR
18. ou select Explode and Major Concept you retrieve all references indexed to your term and its narrower terms and all articles for which the subject heading is a major point of the article Page 16 EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE November 2006 Research Databases Searching by Indexes Browse a list of indexes to view the database s citation fields Note Unless otherwise specified by your library administrator Index Browse is only available from the Advanced Search Screen To search by Indexes 1 Click the Indexes sub toolbar link 2 Choose the field you would like to view from the drop down list Hew Search Felder Preferences Hew Features Ask A Librarian Help Exit Advanced Visual Choose Select another en Search Search Search Databases EBSCO service Demo Medical Library sign to EBSCOhost Keyword Publications MeSH Indexes ij Folder is empty Indexes Top of Page rms of Use Copyright es Inc All rights reserved Humans amp nimals 3 Enter search terms in the Browse for field 4 Click Browse to view resulting search terms in alphabetical order beginning with your selected term Indexes Browse an Index Publication Type v Browse for CLINICAL TRIAL Select one or more terms and add to search using Records Teen Count CLUNICAL TRIAL 354667 LI CLINICAL TRIAL PHASE S30 LI CLINICAL TRIAL PHASE II 0139 LI CLINICAL TRIAL PHASE III 2202 LI CLINICAL TR
19. persistent link to the current search the screen click the Display link to search link The search query is displayed in a shaded area below the link Highlight the link text and copy using your browser s copy function You can immediately paste the link into a web site document or e mail Detailed Citation Features Databases Sign In to EBSCOhost Basic Search Keyword New Search Fekler Preferences Hew Features Ask A Librarian Help Exit Select another EBSCO service Choose Databases Visual Search Advanced Search Publications Demo Medical Library Indexes 4 5 0f990 gt Result List Refine Search E Print E mail ll Save Export 3l Add to folder View zl Citation Title Author s Author s Address Source Publication Type Language Journal Information MeSH Terms Entry Date s Update Code PMID Persistent link to this record Database View I Citation Schistosomiasis of the appendix Find More Like This C Hurriez H Department of Surgery Newham General Hospital Landon E13 651 UK callistamadavaicehatmail Journal Of The Royal Society Of Medicine J R Soc Med 2006 Sep vol 99 B pp 473 4 Case Reports Journal Article English County of Publication England NEM 7802878 Publication Model Print Cited Medium Print ISSA 0141 0768 Print Subsets MEDLINE Appendicitis parasitology Schistosomiasis surgery Adu
20. pulmonary in the Find field 2 Type failure in the Term s field 3 Choose AND as the Boolean operator 4 Click Add to Search These steps result in lung OR pulmonary AND failure Page 8 EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE November 2006 Research Databases Advanced Search Guided Style Find Fields Preferences Hew Features Ask A Librarian Help Exit EBSCO Hew Search Basic Advanced Choose Select another Host Databases Search Search Search Databases EBSCO Service Demo Medical Library Sion Into EBSCOhost Keyword Publications MeSH Indexes Suggest Subject Terms Find kidney in Select a Field optional Search Clear and flung in ITI Title and Brown in AU Author in MEDLINE e 3gjFolder is empty Guided Style Find Fields provides fill in the blank keyword searching to aid in complex or specific searches To perform a Guided Style Find Fields search 1 Enter a search term in the first Find field Choose the Field to search from the drop down list Select a Boolean operator to combine the next term Enter another term in the next Find field ur om I Choose the Field to search from the drop down list 6 Click Search A Result List is displayed Using Guided Style Find Fields you can also combine terms together on a single line For example type kidney OR lung for results containing the word kidney or lung Page 9 EBSCOhost User Guide
21. r 2006 Research Databases e Relevancy Ranked Enter a term the Browse for field and choose Relevancy Ranked The exact match for the term appears first in the list followed by the relevancy ranked list Folder is empty Page Previous Next Browse for osteoarthritis Browse C Term Begins With C Term Contains Relevancy Ranked Select heading then add to search using or Add Explode Major Concept Click term to display details Osteoarthritis Scope Osteoarthritis Hip Scope Osteoarthritis Knee Scope Page Previous Next Explode When you Explode a term you create a search query that expands on the subject heading The headings are exploded to retrieve all references indexed to that term as well as all references indexed to any narrower terms In a database with a tree such as MeSH exploding retrieves all documents containing any of the terms below the term selected in the tree If a plus sign appears next to a narrower or related term there are narrower terms below it Major Concept When you select Major Concept for a term you create a search query that returns only those records for which the subject heading is a major point of the article Searches are limited with specific qualifiers subheadings to improve the precision of the search and limited to major subject headings to indicate the main concept of an article Combining Explode and Major Concept If y
22. r 4 600 current biomedical journals Included are citations from Index Medicus International Nursing Index Index to Dental Literature PREMEDLINE AIDSLINE BIOETHICSLINE and HealthSTAR What is EBSCOhost EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system accessible via the Internet It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers The databases range from general reference collections to specially designed subject specific databases for public academic medical corporate and school libraries System Requirements To effectively use EBSCOhost features the minimum browser requirements are Internet Explorer 5 5 or higher and Firefox 1 5 and higher Macintosh requirements are Safari 1 2 and Firefox 1 0 We support all operating system versions of Linux Macintosh Microsoft Linux If you are using below the minimum requirements for Netscape or Internet Explorer or using a Lynx browser please use the EBSCOhost Web Text Only Interface Note You must have Adobe Acrobat installed to view the PDF Full Text files Choosing Databases to Search To search a single database Click directly on the database name link e g MEDLINE The default search screen appears To search several databases Check the box located to the left of each database you want to search Click Continue The search screen appears Database Help To obtain help for the database s you are sea
23. r more terms that appear a specified number of words or fewer apart in the database s The proximity operator is composed of a letter N or W and a number to specify the number of words placed between search terms e Near Operator 5 will find a result if the terms are within five 5 words of each other regardless of the order in which they appear For example type kidney N5 failure for results that contain kidney failure as well as failure of the kidneys Within Operator W W8 will find a result if the terms are within eight 8 words of each other in the exact order entered For example type kidney W8 failure for results that contain kidney failure but not failure of the kidneys Grouping Terms Together Using Parentheses Parentheses can be used to control a search query Without parentheses a search is executed from left to right However words enclosed in parentheses are searched first Why is this important Parentheses allow you to define the way the search will be executed The left phrase in parentheses is searched first then based upon those results the second phrase in parentheses is searched Generalized Search heart or lung and blood or oxygen Focused Search heart or lung and blood or oxygen In the first example the search will retrieve results on heart as well as references to the terms lung and blood and everything on oxygen In the second example parentheses control the query to
24. r names in the format last name followed by one or more initials or first name Corporate Author Corporate author or group names with authorship responsibility Author s Address Institution of affiliation or address of the first author Source Source information includes the journal title journal title abbreviation date of publication format varies volume issue part supplement and pagination Pub Type The type of publication as assigned by NLM indexers to describe the article Language The publication language of an article Journal Info Country of Publication The country of publication for this journal NLM ID National Library of Medicine Unique ID number ISSN International Standard Serial Number of the journal Subsets The journal subset code assigned to specific subsets of journals MeSH Heading Medical Subject Headings MeSH used by indexers at the NLM to describe the content of an article Major headings or subheadings are identified by an asterisk Click the headings to search that term click the subheadings to search the headings subheading pair Note PreMEDLINE records also called in process records have not been assigned MeSH headings Personal Name as Subject A named individual who is the subject of biographical information an obituary or an entire article Abstract A short summary written by the author and taken directly from the published article There are no
25. r on EBSCOhost You can visit the New Features Screen try out selected features for your session learn about additional features that are already active and read about features that will be coming soon Ask A Librarian When the Ask a Librarian link appears on the interface you can click the link and EBSCOhost displays an e mail form Enter your name e mail address a subject line and your question If you have Search History available you can mark the check box to indicate that your Search History should be included with the e mail e Help This link opens the Online Help e Exit Home Library This link appears only if no home library graphic and URL are available Click Exit to log out of EBSCOhost e Home Library Graphic Click on the library graphic or logo to return to the library home page The Sub Toolbar The sub toolbar is available on the search screens and will vary depending on the database and features your library administrator selects The Keyword Publications MeSH and Indexes authority file buttons are displayed on the sub toolbar on both the Basic and Advanced Search Screens The Language drop down list allows you to translate the search screens tabs buttons and citation field descriptors into Spanish French German Italian Portuguese Russian Korean Japanese Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese and Greek The function of each option on the sub toolbar is explained throughout this guide
26. rching click the Help icon to the right of the database name or databases drop down list From the Choose Databases Screen click the More Information link below the Database description From the Choose Databases Screen the Title List link connects to the Publication Authority File Page 3 EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE November 2006 Research T J Databases Using the Toolbar EBSCOhos offers a toolbar for functions that are available at all times during a search session New Search Folder Preferences Hew Features Ask A Librarian Help Exit Basic Advanced Visual Choose Select another Databases Search Search Search Databases EBSCO service Demo Medical Library Sign Into EBSCOhost Keyword Publications MeSH Indexes The function of each tab and button is explained throughout this guide Using the Utility Toolbar e New Search This link will return you to the default search screen e View Folder This will display results placed in the folder Note f you are not signed in to My EBSCOhost your folder items will be cleared when the session ends e Preferences This link will allow you to change the Result List format and number of results per page e New Features The Try New Features link provides an innovative way to learn about the features and functionality available on EBSCOhost When the library administrator activates New Features the New Features link will display in the top toolba
27. utton on the green sub toolbar A new thesaurus specific Browse Screen is displayed Enter search terms in the Browse for field Select either the Term Begins With Term Contains or Relevancy Ranked radio button and click Browse A list of headings is displayed As you select headings mark Explode or Major Concept To display a list of results that match your search terms click Search Database e Term Begins With Enter a term in the Browse for field and choose Term Begins With An alphabetical list is displayed 3g Folder is empty Page Previous Next Browse for osteoarthritis Browse Term Begins With C Term Contains C Relevancy Ranked Select heading then add to search using or Add Explode Major Concept Click term to display details Osteoarthritis Scope Osteoarthritis Hip Scope Osteoarthritis Knee Scope Osteoarthropathies Primary Hypertrophic Use Osteoarthropathy Primary Hypertrophic Ostecarthropathies Secondary Hypertrophic Use Osteoarthropathy secondary Hypertrophic Ostenarthropathy Primary Hypertrophic Scope Osteoarthropathy Secondary Hypertrophic Scope Osteoarthrases Use Osteoarthritis Osteoarthrosis Use Osteoarthritis e Term Contains Enter a term in the Browse for field and choose Term Contains The search term appears first followed by terms that contain the word in alphabetical order Page 15 EBSCOhost User Guide MEDLINE Novembe
28. yword Publications MeSH Indexes Searching by Publication The Publications Authority File lists the information contained in a database according to journal name You can browse a list of publications or perform a search on several publications in a specific database To browse the Publications Authority File 1 Click the Publications sub toolbar link The Publications Authority File appears with the beginning of the list displayed 2 From the Publications Tab enter your search term s in the Browse for field You can enter all or part of a publication name for example Pediatrics 3 Select a search type by clicking the radio button next to e Alphabetical Finds journals beginning with the letters you entered Results are displayed in alphabetical order e Relevancy Ranked Display publication titles containing the term you entered 4 Click Browse to view your terms as they appear in the Publications Authority File A Result List is displayed Click on the name of the publication to view the journal title journal title abbreviation ISSN and NLM Journal ID Place a check mark next to the title and click Search to view all articles from that publication To search for several publications at the same time 1 With the Publications Result List displayed select the title of the first journal by placing a check mark in the box to the left of the title Type the name of the second publication in the Browse for field
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