Search for a Biomedical Subject?

TOPIC: When it comes to finding comprehensive and timely answers to important health issues quickly, medical researchers turn to Dialog. Dialog offers a broad spectrum of databases of importance to researchers in the areas of life sciences, chemistry, pharmacology and others.

Four databases on Dialog have the broadest coverage of biomedical literature: MEDLINE® (File 154), EMBASE® (File72), BIOSIS Previews® (File 55), and SciSearch®--A Cited Reference Database (File 34). This gives you the advantage of using more than one database to access thousands of sources. Each file has its strengths, its focus and its unique journals. A look at titles after removing duplicates reveals the importance and the ease of searching several files at once on Dialog.

Recent news articles suggest that antibiotics can be used to treat neurological diseases such as Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS).

In this example, you will find recent articles in the biomedical literature on using antibiotics to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease or ALS). You will search the four core biomedical databases, remove duplicates and view titles from each of the databases.

COMMAND SUMMARY

BEGIN 154,72,55,34
SELECT AMYOTROPHIC(W)LATERAL(W)SCLEROSIS
SELECT TREATMENT OR CURE? OR THERAP?
SELECT ANTIBIOTIC?
SELECT S1 AND S2 AND S3
SELECT S4/2006:2007
RD
TYPE S6/8/1-3 FROM EACH
TYPE S6/7/3 FROM 72

HOW TO...

1. BEGIN Files 154,72,55,34 to search the four key biomedical databases together.
2. SELECT terms for the first concept. Use the proximity connector (W) for words adjacent to each other in exact order. OR synonyms together. 3. SELECT the second concept using OR to connect synonyms. 4. SELECT the third concept. 5. Combine the three sets using the AND operator.
6. Narrow the search to a specific range of publication years. 7. REMOVE DUPLICATES (RD) when searching in more than one database.
8. TYPE a few records from each of the databases in Format 8 to see title, descriptors and publication years. Add FROM EACH to the end of the TYPE command to see one or more records from each database in the search. To select the appropriate record number, look at the range of records in the TYPE command (e.g., 6/8/2). Note:  Some records have been omitted from this display.
9. TYPE selected records in Format 7, which gives you the Bibliographic Citation and the Abstract. Use the FROM command and the database number to select a record from a particular database. Note: Part of this record is omitted from the display.

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