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Type search terms into box on the main page.

Tutorial.

Save searches in My NCBI ‘cubby.’

Enter PubMed by double-clicking in the scroll-box on the library home page.

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Large number of hits.

Click on ‘Details’ to show how PubMed translated the search. (You can modify the search by typing in the text box.)

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Click on ‘Limits’ to filterthe search.

Limits added in this search:- Clinical Trials- Adults over 19 years- Human subjects- Indexed in the last 2 years.

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Number of hits is still quite large. (1220 from previous 240,165)

Add ‘AND diet therapy’ to the search terms. (AND, OR, & NOT operators must be in all capitals.)

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Number of hits is a manageable 39. (down from previous 1220 and 240,165)

‘Details’ has been updated.

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Select ‘Abstract’ view.

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Select a database.

Enter OVID by double-clicking in the scroll-box on the library home page.

Ovid times out after 15 minutes of inactivity and you may see this page if this happens. No ID/password is needed. Click on the “Start Ovid” button to start a new session.You will have to start your search over.

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Select from terms that OVID found in thesaurus. ‘Explode’ includes subordinate terms, ‘focus’ narrows to the main term.

OVID can translate ordinary words to medical terms (MeSH)

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OVID displays the selected term in a ‘tree’ of related terms, giving the number of hits for each term.

Sub-headings are also listed with numbers of hits.

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Limits were applied to reduce the number of results from 19797 to 174.

Link to complete reference and/or full text when a link to full text is available. When a link to full text is not available in Ovid, the SFX link may help you locate it.)

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The complete reference gives more information about the article (which can also be searched to find more related articles).

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Entering MDConsult -Two approaches:Generic – no user name or password is needed.

Personal – create your own username and password. You can customize MDConsult for your personal interests.Also your personalized username and password allows access when the ‘Generic’ button is not available.

Enter MDConsult by double-clicking in the scroll-box on the library home page.

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Navigation tabs

Guided tour / tutorial

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• 100+ Medical books are in MDConsult.

• Included in the COM Library eBooks list.

• All may be searched at once in MDConsult.

• May also be searched using WebFeat.

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140+ medical journal titles are in MDConsult.

Included in the COM eJournals list.

Find the contents of a journal issue by using the search engine.

Journal title – Thesaurus ‘off’ – Publication date –

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Mosby’s Drug Consult with indexes.

Frequent updates and news.

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Patient handouts are available in English and in Spanish

Search all sections for “heart attack.”

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• Differential Diagnosis Tool

• Medical Topics Articles

• Patient Education Handouts

• Procedure Descriptions

• Links to MDConsult books

and journals

• PDA Downloads

Enter FIRSTConsult by double-clicking in the scroll-box on the library home page.

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Diagnoses are listed by probability depending on patient’s age.Links lead to detailed information.Integrated with MDConsult for full-text books and journals.

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Summary tab is shown here.Other tabs are:

Background Diagnosis Treatment Outcomes Prevention Resources

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Procedure tab is shown here.Other tabs are:

Summary Indications Contraindications OutcomesResources

Includes ICD-9 codes (in Summary tab).

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In English and Spanish.May be customized.

Topics Covered: What is the condition? Symptoms Tests Treatment What to do Recovery time Prevention Sources for more information

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CONTENTS:

POEMS (Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters): Full collection of 2,000+ collected since 1996.

Cochrane Database abstracts: full collection of 1800+.

Evidence-based guideline summaries: 700+.

Clinical Decisions Rules: 200+.

Diagnostic test calculators: symptom to disease to test – 1000+.

H&PE calculators: symptom to disease to test – 1000+.

5-Minute Clinical Consult: complete with 1000+ summaries and 500+ images.

ICD-9 lookup tool: 1,500 most commonly needed codes.

Daily POEMS (upon request)

OPTIONS:

Online website accessible with PC or wireless PDA.

Download application to PC

Download application to PDA

Enter InfoRetriever by double-clicking in the scroll-box on the library home page.

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Examples of Calculators

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Level of Evidence is given for each guideline.

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