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Foundations for Specialty Practice
Searching the Literature: Medline
Sharon Karasmanis
Faculty Librarian, Health Sciences
Medline Search Screen
Searching in Medline
• You can search by keyword (broader), subject term (more precise) or both
Scope note:
After checking the Scope Note
• Return to subject heading list (Back):– Include all Subheadings, Explode and Continue
Expand the Search History to display search results
Add a keyword search
• Add * to truncate a word• Add quotes to search by phrase (3 or more
words)• Un-tick the box ‘Map Term to Subject Heading’• Use alternate terms
Combine with OR
• Remember: OR means more!• Same search term, just searching in two
different ways: keyword (broader search) and subject term (more precise search)
Add another concept to the search
• Expand the search history
Combine searches
• Tick the boxes for searches 3 and 6• Combine with And = 1078 results• Limit by date, language and more …
Additional Limits
Search result: highest level of evidence
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Full citation record
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2. Save Search history
3. Retrieve saved search: login to My Account > My Workspace > My Searches and Alerts
Finding the full text!
1. Select the Full Text Finder to link you to the article
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