BUMC MEDLINE PLUS/OVID TUTORIAL

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Developing Your Search Strategy
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Choosing An Appropriate Database
Selecting the Best Search Terms
Advantages and Disadvantages of Text Word and Title Word Searching
Selecting the Best Medical Subject Headings
Quiz Section I: Text Word vs. MeSH Searching
Mapping Function
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Combining Sets
Quiz Section II: Combining Sets
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Quiz Section III: Reviewing the Explode, Focus, Subheadings, and Limit Options
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Searching for Evidence in the Primary Medical Literature Tutorial: EBM Tutorial
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Now we are ready to apply to our search what we have learned about combining.

We know that we want the correlation between estrogen replacement therapy AND heart diseases, so we should combine these concepts using the boolean AND.

In BUMC MEDLINE Plus/OVID, we combine using the set numbers. In this case, we will combine 1 and 2.

There are two ways to combine:

  1. We can combine by using the Combine menu option at the top of the page.

  2. Or, we can combine sets by typing 1 and 2 in the "Enter keyword or phrase" box.

#Search HistoryResultsDisplay
1
*estrogen replacement therapy/
3200 Display
2
exp *heart diseases/
98882 Display
 
 

Let's combine the sets: Type 1 and 2 in the "Enter keyword or phrase" box below, then press the PERFORM SEARCH button to continue.


Enter Keyword or phrase:Map Term to Subject Heading

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