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Institution:
Freiburg University
Hospital, Institute of Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics,
Department of Medical Informatics
Freiburg im Breisgau
Address:
Institute of Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics
Department of Medical Informatics
Stefan-Meier-Str. 26
79104 Freiburg, Germany
Tel. +49 761-203-6702
Fax +49 761-203-6711
Contact person:
Rüdiger Klar (Head)
tel 0761 203 6701
fax 0761 203 6711
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Ovid (through ReDI=Regionale Datenbankinformation
Baden-Württemberg) – How to search literature using Medline
The principle of a Medline search is explained through the
detailed examples.
The search issue
is solved according to content features on the basis of a controlled
vocabulary (MeSH-Thesaurus), in combination with concepts drawn from the
title or abstract (free text).
The technical details are different in the different providers (PubMED, DIMDI
etc.) and it is necessary to read and read again their online helps.
Main contents:
· How
to search
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according to
content features - using a controlled vocabulary (thesaurus); free text
search; summary
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using limits
(current limits)
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subheadings, menu,
search fields
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advisable search
strategies (examples drawn
from Evidence-Based Medicine)
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author searching
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journal searching
· How
to store and later start developing the own search strategy
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Literature citations
from last update (standing order SDI)
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Provision of original literature
Keywords:
tutorial for medicine students – medical
literature searching – search strategies and techniques – Medline use
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