BLITS: Getting the Best fromEMBASE.com
Embase & Systematic Searching
Key tips and tricks in 10 minutes...
Our content overview
The Cochrane Handbook for Sys. Reviews provides great insight...
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Our content overview
Emtree: Biomedical thesaurus, over 60k terms
Embase: Fully indexed: Over 8000 journals, 1974-
MEDLINE: 2,500 journals unique to Embase, mapped to Embase
indexing, 1950- (including MEDLINE Classic)
Embase Classic:
Digitally scanned and
re-indexed, 1947-1973
AIP and In Process:
Indexing added, from 2009
Conference Abstracts:
Indexing added, from 2009
1947 1950 1974 2009
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Quickly sorting out what’s what...
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Embase Unique Embase & Medline Medline on Embase
[embase/lim] NOT[medline]/lim
[embase/lim] AND[medline]/lim
[medline/lim] NOT[embase]/lim
Tips on how to use our Evidence Based Medicine filters...
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Cochrane ReviewEmbase: introduced in 2006Medline: introduced in 2000
Controlled Clinical TrialEmbase: introduced in 1994Medline: introduced in 1995
Meta AnalysisEmbase: introduced in 1994Medline: introduced in 1989
Randomized Controlled TrialEmbase: introduced in 1994Medline: available from 1966 on
Systematic ReviewEmbase: introduced in 2004Medline: not available
Another handy tool...
Leveraging study types and populations in your search
Use the study types filter and population option
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- Study types and population are so called checked tags; the indexers ‘must’ check for this type of information.
- Detailed information on checktags and description of it’s meaning can be found in indexing guide 2012 (embase.com/info)
And a third...
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Using proximity operators to drill down a free text search
Using proximity operators
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Proximity operators let you search for words or phrases at any specified distance from each other.
NEAR/n
This requests terms which are within 'n' words of each other, in either direction.cardiac near/5 catheter retrieves:"Despite complicated cardiac anatomy, catheter ablation of AT..."? "... patients undergoing catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias ..."?"...a continuous thermodilution cardiac output pulmonary artery catheter."?
NEXT/n
This requests terms which are within 'n' words of each other in the order specified.hip next/3 prosthesis retrieves:"... rheumatoid arthritis, joint surgery, hip or knee prosthesis ..."?"metal on metal hip resurfacing, prosthesis failure (complication, diagnosis)..."?
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