Foundations for Specialty Practice

Searching the Literature: Medline

Sharon Karasmanis

Faculty Librarian, Health Sciences

s.karasmanis@latrobe.edu.au

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

Results display

Full citation record

Saving and retrieving searches

1. Create an account

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

2. If not available, search the journal title from Journals tab on the Library home page

3. If the journal is not held electronically, request the article from Document Delivery: access via Quicklinks on the Library home page

Help!

• Nursing and Midwifery guide

http://latrobe.libguides.com/nursing_midwifery• Postgraduate Cancer Nursing Guide

http://latrobe.libguides.com/cancernursing

• Annotated Bibliography Guide

http://latrobe.libguides.com/annotatedbibliography

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