Searching Secondary Databases.

Alternative ways to search in PubMed: Truncate searches by using the ____ symbol -e.g., inhale* will match inhalation, inhaler, inhaled, etc. -Sometimes this will give too many hits and you have to rethink your search strategy.

*

Name 3 secondary databases other than Ovid and Scopus.

-CINAHL -Reactions Weekly -Google Scholar

Searching in Scopus: -Similar to other database searching. -Not as many ____ available. -Links to a _________ vocabulary when searching in Life and Health sciences. -Can use boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT). -Truncation is available (*).

-Limits. -Controlled.

There are some instances when keywords should be used over MeSH terms. Pertinent scenarios include: -Not all secondary databases use ____ terms.

-MeSH

When searching by subject in secondary databases, there are two main ways to search.

-MeSH terms (Medical Subject Headings) -Keywords

Managing your selected citations enables you to ______, ______, or save your citations.

-email -print

In contrast to MeSH terms, ____ will pull any articles that use the selected word.

Keywords.

There are more than _____ journal titles in PubMed.

5,600.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) had over ______ citations indexed to MEDLINE in 2016.

850,000.

What are the three types of boolean operators?

AND, OR, NOT.

-useful if you are receiving too many records for one search term. -Results include areas common to all search terms. In this diagram, this is the green area.

AND.

Example: track and field. -Result: all articles about the sports of track and field together.

AND.

The "_____ search" lets you view, retrieve, and combine old searches.

Advanced.

Searching in PubMed: The search box will ____ be available to you on any page in PubMed: the home page, a results screen, the clipboard, or any other.

Always.

Why not use Ovid MEDLINE In-Process at all times: searches by _____ only.

Keywords.

Often times, more than one search term is needed to find pertinent literature. -Search terms can be combined using _____ ____.

Boolean operators.

Contains mostly nursing journals & focuses mostly on nursing issues. -administration of medications -inpatient care

CINAHL.

The ______ feature in PubMed enables you to set aside your citations while you do other searches; keeps for up to 8 hours of inactivity.

Clipboard.

MeSH terms in PubMed: If you have multiple search terms, enter them singularly and _______.

Combine.

MEDLINE was created by the National Library of Medicine (NLM). -Covers the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine and preclinical science from international journals. -Most abstracts are in english. -Updated ____. Available from 1946 onwards.

Daily.

There are some instances when keywords should be used over MeSH terms. Pertinent scenarios include: A specific _______ name is not a MeSH term and you do not want information for the entire class of drugs.

Drug.

Includes information from : ACP Journal Club, Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), and Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE).

Evidence Based Medicine (EBM reviews).

_____ allows an expanded search to include all citations that are indexed to the MeSH term and subheadings. (i.e. perceived keywords).

Explode.

Limitations of keywords: -The main content of these resulting articles may not be the ______ of your search.

Focus.

____ only allows a search where the chosen term is considered the main topic.

Focus.

PubMed is ____, but Ovid and Scopus require subscription.

Free.

Search from ____ (tertiary) to ____ (primary).

General to specific.

Hints to remember when using keywords: If searching by drug name, search by ____ name (you will get more hits).

Generic.

If your search is not time-specific, always search using the most ______ database.

Inclusive.

Secondary databases are used to find recently published health-related research. -These databases ____ and ____ literature published in medical journals. -Users can search for articles of interest rather than looking through individual journals.

Index and abstract.

MeSH terms are assigned (or ______) to new literature.

Indexed.

There are some instances when keywords should be used over MeSH terms. Pertinent scenarios include: Recently published article not yet ____ to MeSH terms.

Indexed.

Be careful, never ____ an initial search.

Limit.

____ Searches: -Search field -Author, journal, title, etc. -Publication type: review, clinical trial, guideline. -Age. -Publication date. -Language. -Human or animal. -Gender.

Limiting.

When to use Ovid MEDLINE In-Process: searching for recent literature that is not yet included in ______

MEDLINE.

It is more precise to search using the ____ database in PubMed.

MeSH.

Searching by _____ terms is preferred, but there are certain scenarios when the use of keywords are appropriate.

MeSH.

There are some instances when keywords should be used over MeSH terms. Pertinent scenarios include: -No appropriate _____ term (e.g. concentration, as in drug concentration).

MeSH.

A controlled vocabulary thesaurus.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).

-Useful if you are receiving too may records with an unwanted characteristic. -Results include areas only the yellow area or only the blue area.

NOT.

Example: track not field. -Results: only articles about track. Articles that mention field will be removed.

NOT.

It is _____ recommended to filter to the English language. Many non-English articles have abstracts available in English that you may be able to get useful information from.

NOT.

MEDLINE was created by the ____

National Library of Medicine. (NLM).

-Useful if you are receiving too few records. -Results include areas of both search terms. In this diagram, this is the yellow, green, and blue areas.

OR.

Example: track or field. -Results: all articles about either track or field, will also include articles about both.

OR.

Includes Ovid MEDLINE citations and new literature that does not yet have MeSH terms indexed to it.

Ovid MEDLINE In-Process.

-Have option to search by keyword but needs to be chosen. -In-Process: Keywords only

Ovid.

Automatically linked to MeSH.

Ovid.

Search single terms and then combine terms with boolean operators.

Ovid.

The ____ program houses multiple secondary databases.

Ovid.

Where is the Cochrane database?

Ovid.

Scopus only has a few limits available, but ___ and ____ have many.

PubMed and Ovid.

MEDLINE coverage is in many other secondary databases. Name them.

PubMed, Ovid, Scopus, Embase, etc.

All searches in ____ are automatically exploded.

PubMed.

MeSH database.

PubMed.

Single search with boolean operators.

PubMed.

Will map to MeSH and keywords from main search bar.

PubMed.

There are several different versions of Ovid MEDLINE. They differ by the _____ dates of literature that they contain.

Publication.

-Collection of literature related to adverse drug effects (ADEs) and/or drug interactions. -Tertiary information (summaries of ADEs, published case reports, etc.)

Reactions Weekly.

Changing databases: -Terms may not be the _____ in different databases.

Same.

-100% Medline coverage (Health Sciences): Journal articles, conference proceedings. -Additional coverage of Life Sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, & humanities.

Scopus.

Automatically linked to MeSH and keywords.

Scopus.

Single search with boolean operators or can combine.

Scopus.

The largest abstract & citation database of peer-reviewed literature.

Scopus.

This database has 100% Medline coverage and diverse content.

Scopus.

-Accessible from the Advanced Search page & Results page. -Shows how PubMed translated your search.

Search details.

Searching in PubMed: You can begin your search by entering terms in the ____ bar.

Search.

Knowing how to utilize _______ databases assists in locating the most relevant and pertinent information, and decreases time spent searching.

Searchable.

MEDLINE is found in any databases, however, ______ is completely different in each database.

Searching.

PubMed (MEDLINE) is an example of a searchable ____ database.

Secondary.

By using standardized vocabulary, the goal is to allow you to efficiently find all articles of ______ content. -Example: Several terms are used for diabetes, MeSH terms allow all related terms to be searched.

Similar.

Alternative ways to search in PubMed: If you know the specific author, title, journal, or date of an article, you can also use the _____ _____ ____.

Single citation matcher.

Searching in PubMed: -PubMed contains many records, so be as ____ as possible.

Specific.

Hints to remember when using keywords: Make sure you are _____ the word correctly.

Spelling.

Limitations of keywords: You may not be pulling all pertinent literature because you have not used the same ______ that other authors have used.

Term.

There are some instances when keywords should be used over MeSH terms. Pertinent scenarios include: -Specific _____ (e.g., LEADER study)

Terms.

When to use EBM: when looking for a review of the literature on a specific topic ( _____ information).

Tertiary.

Terms with different endings may be ______. -Randomiz* (randomiz$)= randomize, randomized, randomization, randomizing. -Be cautious not to use this with words that are prefixes for several words: cat* cats, catabolism, catalytic, catastrophe.

Truncated.

It may be better to start out with a more ____ search (explode the search) and narrow it later if your search results are too large or non-descript.

expanded.

Changing databases: -Always start over with a _____ search in each new database searched.

new.

Health-related research is published at an extremely ____ pace.

rapid.

Hints to remember when using keywords: To capture the most results, try ____ for your search term.

synonyms.