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Quick search · If you want to find a small number of highly relevant articles, consider searching in Title · For a more comprehensive topic search ... SkiptoMainContent Itlookslikeyou'reusingInternetExplorer11orolder.ThiswebsiteworksbestwithmodernbrowserssuchasthelatestversionsofChrome,Firefox,Safari,andEdge.Ifyoucontinuewiththisbrowser,youmayseeunexpectedresults. UniversityofBathLibraryLibraryEmbaseQuicksearch searchthelibrarywebpages Search Embase:Quicksearch IntroductionQuicksearchEmtreesearchPICOsearchMoresearchtypesLimitsandFiltersManagingyoursearches Quicksearch WhensearchingforatopicinQuicksearchyouhaveanumberofoptions: Ifyouwanttofindasmallnumberofhighlyrelevantarticles,consider searchinginTitle Foramorecomprehensivetopicsearchuse:Title,Abstract, Authorkeywords AllFields willlookforyourterminanypartofthedatabaserecordincludingauthorandjournalname Broadsearch willgiveyouthewidestpossiblesearch.  ItsearchesAllFieldsplus theEmtreeindexforyourtermandanysubheadingsoftheterm.   Usingwildcards ThefollowingwildcardscanbeusedinEmbase: * Foroneormoreletters-e.g.prescri*retrievesprescribe,prescribed,prescribing,prescription. ? Forsingle-lettertruncation-e.g.sulf?nylretrieves'sulfonyl'or'sulfinyl' $ For0/1character-e.g.group$retrievesgrouporgroupsbutnotgrouping. Phrasesearching Embase allowsyoutospecifythatyoursearchtermsmustbenexttoeachotherinaparticularorder.Youcandothisusingsingleordoublequotesorahyphen.  Forexampletofindthephrase prescriptiondrugs, anyofthesewillwork: 'prescriptiondrugs' "prescriptiondrugs" prescription-drugs Butbeware- ifyoudothisyouwillexcludethephrase drugsavailableonprescription. Proximityoperators InadditiontotheusualBooleanoperatorsAND,ORandNOT, youcanuse proximityoperatorsinEmbase. Theyallowyoutospecifyhowcloselytogetheryourkeywords shouldbe. Thetheoryisthatifyourkeywordsareclosetogether,theresultsyoufindaremorelikelytoberelevant. Italsogetsaroundtheproblemwithphrasesearchingwherethewordshavetobeinaparticularorder. <>