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Smart Database Searching

Smart Database Searching. Richard Nollan Associate Professor UT Health Sciences Library. PubMed on Ovid. MEDLINE and PubMed EMBASE EBM HaPI IPA PsycINFO. Strategy. Textword searching Immediate gratification Synonymy Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Well-defined searches

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Smart Database Searching

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  1. Smart Database Searching Richard Nollan Associate Professor UT Health Sciences Library

  2. PubMed on Ovid • MEDLINE and PubMed • EMBASE • EBM • HaPI • IPA • PsycINFO

  3. Strategy • Textword searching • Immediate gratification • Synonymy • Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) • Well-defined searches • Completeness

  4. Ovid Search Page

  5. Laptop Burns

  6. Laptop Burn Results

  7. Mapping to MeSH

  8. Subheadings

  9. Tylenol subheads

  10. HB & Tylenol

  11. Features

  12. Limits • Publication Types • Subject Subsets (AIDS, history, cancer) • Clinical Queries • Language • Age • Gender • Journal Subsets (Core clinical, bioethics)

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