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SupportHSL MyLibraryAccount AskUs AskUs Chat Call:919-962-0800 FAQs   UniversityLibrariesnowprovidesaccesstoDynamed,apoint-of-careclinicaldatabase   SearchingEmbase:Introduction CreatedbyHealthScienceLibrarians  AskHSL IntroductionWhatisEmbase?WhentosearchEmbaseHowtoAccessEmbaseCreateanElsevierAccountQuickTipsBasicSearchesSearchFormsandWizardsFieldTagsandFiltersforNarrowingSearchesFindFull-TextArticlesSaveSearchResults AskUs Weareheretohelp! EmailorChat FAQs One-on-OneConsultation Classes Phone(919)962-0800 Text/SMS(919)584-5931 WhatisEmbase? Embase isasubscriptiondatabasefromElsevierthatprovidesbiomedicineliterature.   EmbaseisprovidedbyElsevierandincludesliteratureintheMEDLINEdatabasefromtheNationalLibraryofMedicine,inadditiontoalmost3,000otherjournalsandover11,500conferences. Itcontainsjournalarticles,conferencepapersandabstractsandreportsinbiomedicinedatingbackto1947.   Embasehasadvancedindexingofdrugliteraturetoenabledetailedsearchesonanydrugstudyquestionoraspectofdruginformation.   EmbaseisindexedusingEmtreesubjectheadings,similartothe MedicalSubjectHeadings(MeSH)termsinPubMedtohelpyou findalltherelevantarticlesonatopic. LearnmoreaboutEmbase  YoucanlearnmoreaboutEmbasebyexploringthesearchoptions providedontheEmbasehomepage.  EmbasealsohasvideotutorialsonhowtousethedatabaseandaQuickReferenceGuidetosearchoptionsanddatabasenavigation.  WhentosearchEmbase Fordrug/pharmacytopicsandmedicaldevices: Embase hasstrongcoverage ofpharmacy,pharmaceutical,andpharmacologicalresearch. ThesubjectheadingssysteminEmbase(Emtree)notonlyincludesthegenericnamesfordrugsandchemicals,butalsotheirtradenames andlaboratory/researchcodes,andthousandsoftermsfor medicaldevices.Asof2021,thereare 86,000preferredtermsinEmtreewithalmost400,000synonymsand 66drugsubheadings.  Forconferenceliterature: Embaseincludesabstractsandpapersfrombiomedical,drugandmedicaldeviceconferencesbackto2009.Asof2021,Embaseincludesover3.6millionconferenceabstractsfrom11,500conferences.  Whenconductingcomprehensiveliteraturesearchesorsystematicreviews: UseEmbasealongsidePubMedforin-depth,literature-basedresearchonbiomedicaltopics.EmbaseisanidealcomplementtoPubMedforliteraturesearchesofmorethanonedatabase.Therearealmost3,000journalsthatareuniquetoEmbaseandthedetailedindexingofcitationrecordsmeansevenpapersalsoinotherdatabasesmaybeeasiertofindinEmbase.  Toquicklyanswerinterventionalquestions:  TheEmbasePICOsearchmakesiteasier toquicklyfindthemostrelevantstudiesthatmatchyourquestion'sPatientPopulation,Intervention,anyComparisonIntervention,andOutcomes.ThissearchtoolwillhelpyouidentifythebestsearchtermsandsynonymsforeachPICOelementandcreateadetailedsearchstrategytofindtheprimaryandsecondaryliterature.  HowtoAccessEmbase ThereisalinktoEmbaseontheHealthSciencesLibrary'shomepage.  (www.hsl.lib.unc.edu) SelectEmbaseonthispage,oronotherUNCLibrariespages.BecauseEmbaseisasubscriptionresource,youwillneedtoaccessitviatheUNCLibraries'link.     AllarticlesinEmbasewillhaveaFind@UNCbuttontoconnectyoutothefull-textPDF.WhenthearticleisnotavailableonlineintheUNCLibrariescollections,theFind@UNCbuttonlinkstoapagewithoptionstolookforaprintcopyinthelibrarycatalogortorequestthearticleviaInterlibraryLoan.      CreateanElsevierAccount AsofJune2021,youmusthave anElsevieraccounttobulkexportcitations/searchresultsfromEmbase.IfyouaresignedintoyourfreeElsevieraccounttheoptiontoexportcitationswillbeavailableafteryourunanysearch.ifyouarenotsignedinordonothaveanaccount,theoptionwillnotbeavailabletoexportcitationdata.  TocreateanElsevieraccount,clickonthe"Signin"buttoninthetopleftcornerofthewindow.  Inthenextwindow,typeinyourpreferredemailaddress(thisdoesnothavetobeyourUNCemailaddress)andclick"Continue."  Next,fillouttheformwithyourFirstName(i.e.,"GivenName")andLastName(i.e.,"FamilyName")andapasswordwiththerequiredsecuritycriteria.Clickonthe"Register"buttonwhenyouhavefinishedfillingouttheform.YouwillberedirectedtoEmbaseandautomaticallysignedintoyournewElsevieraccount.  IfyouevergetsignedoutofyourElsevieraccountwhileusingEmbase,youcanclickonthe"Signin"buttontologinagain.  Next:QuickTips>> SupportResearch,Teaching,&Learning-GivetotheHSL