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The Medical Device search is located in the Embase search toolbar. Enter the medical device name, browse and edit synonyms, and follow the ... SkiptoMainContent Itlookslikeyou'reusingInternetExplorer11orolder.ThiswebsiteworksbestwithmodernbrowserssuchasthelatestversionsofChrome,Firefox,Safari,andEdge.Ifyoucontinuewiththisbrowser,youmayseeunexpectedresults. WelchMedicalLibraryHomeWelchMedicalLibraryGuidesExpertSearchingEmbaseSearchTips EnterSearchWords Search ExpertSearching LiteratureSearchingServicesLiteratureReviewProcessFormulatingYourResearchQuestionWhichDatabasestoUseChoosingSearchTermsCombiningSearchTermsFindingSpellingVariationsSearchbyPartsofaCitationLimitingaSearchwithFiltersSavingYourSearchFindingRelatedArticlesSystematicReviewsSearchingwithGoogleOtherTypesofReviewsDatabaseTipsheetsPubMedSearchTipsEmbaseSearchTipsEmbase1.WhentoUseEmbase2.EmbaseCoolTools3.HowtoUseEmtreeControlledVocabulary4.HowtoUseKeywords5.EmbaseProTips6.CombiningSearchTermsandConcepts7.SavingYourSearches8.EmbasePDFPrintableHandout9.MoreInformationCochraneSearchTipsMoreWelchGuides AccessingFullText FINDIT@JH Inmostdatabases,theFINDITiconwilloftenappearwithinanitemrecord.ClickingtheFINDITiconwilltakeyoutoacatalogpageshowingalistoffull-textoptions. YoucanalsosearchFINDITdirectly. InterlibraryLoan Ifthefull-textisnotavailable,youwillseeaheadingthatsays,"RequestacopyfromInterlibraryLoan."Clickon"WelchMedicalLibraryBorrowers"linktorequestthearticlefreeofcharge(availableforHopkinsaffiliates). YoucanalsosubmitanInterlibraryLoanrequestmanually. Embase WhentoUseEmbase EmbaseCoolTools HowtoUseEmtree HowtoUseKeywords EmbaseProTips HowtoCombineSearchTermsandConcepts HowtoSaveYourSearches PrintablePDFHandout MoreInformation AccessEmbase(Hopkinsaffiliates) 1.WhentoUseEmbase Embasehasover32millionrecords,includingarticlesfrom7,600peer-reviewedjournaltitles.Sixtytopicareasarecovered,includingthirtycoreclinicalandpharmacologytopicsthatrepresentover70%ofEmbasecontent.ThedatabasehasmoreofaninternationalfocusthanPubMed,andalsohasgreatercoverageforpharmaceuticalsandmedicaldevices. NotethatthiscontentisfortheEmbase.comversionofthedatabase,nottheOvidversion. 2.EmbaseCoolTools Embase'sstrengthslieinitscomprehensiveindexingandvalue-addedtools.Explorethetoolbaratthetopofthesearchoptionsfordifferentoptionsondrugs(PVWizard,Drugs),medicaldevices,diseases,andPICOframeworks.Below,findtipsforusingPVWizard,Drugs,andMedicalDevicesearchoptions. DrugSearches PVWizard ThePVWizard(PVstandsforpharmacovigilance)allowsthesearchertocreatestraightforwardqueriesthatincludetradenames,genericnames,andsynonymsfordrugsandpharmaceuticals.AccessthePVWizardfromthesearchtoolbar.Enteryourdesireddrugnameandfollowthepromptsforthemostcomprehensivedrugsearch.Thestepsarebrieflyoutlinedinthescreencastbelow. Drugs Whilethissearchoptionisnotfullycomprehensive,itcanhelpasearcherfindliteratureonadverseevents,toxicity,interactions,andspecifyroutesofadministration.Thebrieftutorialbelowoutlinesthesesteps. MedicalDeviceSearches MedicalDevice TheMedicalDevicesearchislocatedintheEmbasesearchtoolbar.Enterthemedicaldevicename,browseandeditsynonyms,andfollowthepromptstocreateacomprehensivemedicaldevicesearch.Thestepsareoutlinedinthescreencastbelow. 3.HowtoUseEmtreeControlledVocabulary ControlledVocabulary:Emtree SimilartoMeSHinPubMed,EmbasehasacontrolledvocabularycalledEmtree.Termsarearrangedhierarchicallybysubjectcategorieswithmorespecifictermsarrangedbeneathbroaderterms. Termsincludechemicalnames,tradenames,devicenamesandlaboratory/researchcodesmappedtogenericnamesformorethan31,000drugsandchemicals. EmtreeentriesincludemorepreferredtermsandsynonymsthanMeSH. EmtreetermsallowformorecomprehensiveexplosionthanMeSH. FormoreinformationaboutthedifferencesbetweenMeSHandEmtree,browsethisusefulwhitepaperfromElsevier,"AComparisonofEmtreeandMeSH." Explode,NoExplode,MajorFocus Explodewillsearchwithallsubjectheadingsbelowthemainheadingincludedandbringupallresultslistinganyofthesetermssubjectheadingsubheadingscombinations.Commandtosearch:/exp Noexploderetrievesonlythetermspecifiedandnoheadingsbelowit.Forexample:'botany'/deonlyfindsrecordsindexedwithbotany,andnotethnobotany,forensicbotany,orpalynology.Commandtosearch:/de Asmajorfocuswillonlysearchforyourchosen Emtree termasamainterm.MaintermsarechosenbyEmtreeindexerstobetheprimaryfocusofanindividualarticle.Commandtosearch:/mj Detailedinformationabout Emtree vocabularyisavailableatElsevier'ssupporthub. 4.HowtoUseKeywords UsingKeywords Keywordsareanytermsyouwoulduseinpractice,aswellassynonyms,variationsinspelling,antonyms,initalisms,andacronyms.Keywordtermscanbesinglewordsorphrases. Usequotesaroundallphrasestoensurethatthephraseissearchedtogether. Keywordsfordrugsshouldincludetrade,generic,andchemicalnames. KeywordGeneration Keywordscanbegeneratedby browsingentrytermsinPubMed'sMeSH,andsynonymsinEmbase'sEmtreetoaddadditionalkeywordstoaconcept. lookingatafewkeyarticlesandseeinghowtheterminologyisused. doingafewpreliminarysearchesandbrowsingtheresultstoseehowtheterminologyisused. 5.EmbaseProTips ApplyingFilters OntheleftsideoftheresultsareoptionstofilteryoursearchbySources,Drugs,Diseases,Devices,etc.undertheheader“ResultsFilters.”Clickthearrownexttoeachfiltertoseetheavailableoptions. Warning:filterssuchasspecies,ages, textavailability,andsubjectdisciplinemayunnecessarilyexcludearticles youwanttosee.Whenyouapplythesefilters,youareusingcontrolledvocabularyordatabaseindexingtoexcludearticles.Thisisnotalwaysareliablemethodofexcludingarticles. ProximitySearching Embase allowsforproximityoperatorstosearchfortermswithinacertainnumberofwordsfromeachother.Therearetwotypesofproximitysearching:NEAR/nandNEXT/n NEAR/nsearchesfortermswithinthespecifiednumberofwordsfromeachother,ineitherdirection.(therapyNEAR/5sleep)looksforthewordtherapywithin5wordsofsleep. NEXT/nsearchesfortermswithinthespecifiednumberofwordsfromeachother,intheorderthewordsaretyped.Forexample,therapyNEXT/5sleepwouldfind“therapyforimprovedsleep,”butitwouldnotfind“sleeptherapy. PhraseSearching Surroundphraseswithsinglequotestosearchasaphrase.Thiswillallowforamoreprecisesearch. Truncation In Embase youcanusea*attherootofawordtofindmultipleendings. Forexample: arthroplast*willreturn arthroplasty, arthroplasties, arthroplastic, arthroplastics,etc. mobili*willreturnmobility,mobilization, mobilisation,mobilize,etc. Youcanalsousea?asawildcardtosearchforlettervariantswithinaword(e.g.wom?nfindswomenandwoman) In Embase youcanusetruncationandphrasesearchingatthesametime.e.g."earlychildhood mobili*" Youcanusetruncationandquotationmarksatthesametime.Forexample,thesearch“sleep therap*”willreturn“sleeptherapy”andsleeptherapies” Fields Tolocatefieldlimits(suchastitle,abstract),gotothe"AdvancedSearch"pageandclickonthelinkfor“fields”locatedinsmallprintbeneaththesearchbox. Defaultis"allfields,"butbyenteringasearchtermandthenclickingononeoftheselimits(forexample,clicking"Abstract:ab")willaddittothesearchbuilder. The Embase fieldtagsthatmostcloselyresemble[tw]in PubMed are:abstract,title,keyword. Forexample:'vaccine':ti,ab,kwwillsearchthetitle,abstract,andkeywords TosearchTitle/abstractonlyuse“:ab,ti.”Forexample:'vaccine':ab,ti.Thistagcanalsoinvolvemultiplesearchterms.Forexample:(opioid*ORnarcotic*):ti,ab Othercommandsinclude: 'term':ti(Title) 'term':ab(Abstract) 'SmithA':au(Author) 'term':ad(AuthorAddress/Affiliation) 'term':jt(JournalTitle) Acomprehensivelistoffieldtags,includingthosefordrugsanddevices,canbefoundatElsevier'ssupporthub. 6.CombiningSearchTermsandConcepts BooleanOperators AcomprehensivesearchofEmbasewillincludebothcontrolledvocabulary(Emtree)andkeywordterms. Booleanoperatorsareusedtocombinesearchterms.InEmbase,youcanusetheoperatorsAND,OR,andNOT. Yoursearchhistoryislocatedonthesearchresultspage. Booleanoperatorsinclude: OR—use ORbetweensimilarkeywords,likesynonyms,acronyms,andvariationsinspellingwithinthesameideaorconcept AND—useANDtolinkideasandconceptswhereyouwanttoseebothideasorconceptsinyoursearchresults NOT—usetoexcludespecifickeywordsfromthesearch;however,youwillwanttouseNOTwithcautionbecauseyoumayendupmissingsomethingimportant 7.SavingYourSearches Bysavingyoursearch,yourstrategywillbereproducibleforanothertimeandproperlydocumented. Exploreoptionsfor citationmanagementhere,andfindtipsonhowtoexportresults. TosavesearchesinEmbase,createanaccountbyclickingonthe“Register”linklocatedatthetoprightofthepageheader.Savesearchesafterlogginginbyclickingonthe“Setemailalert”linkatthetopofthesearchresults. 8.EmbasePDFPrintableHandout EmbaseSearchingTips 9.MoreInformation SeeAlso EmbaseContactforTechnicalSupport EmbaseVideoTutorials EmbaseQuickUserGuide RelatedResearchGuides ExpertSearching SystematicReviewsandOtherExpertReviews CitationManagement <>