BUMC MEDLINE Plus/OVID Tutorial

Boston University Medical Center
Alumni Medical Library

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Instructions for Using this Tutorial
Developing Your Search Strategy
Formulating Your Question
Choosing An Appropriate Database
Selecting the Best 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
Subheadings
Tree Display
Explode Function
Focus Function
Combining Sets
Quiz Section II: Combining Sets
Limiting
Quiz Section III: Reviewing the Explode, Focus, Subheadings, and Limit Options
Viewing or Displaying Search Results
Full Text Options
Printing, E-Mailing, and Saving Search Results
Ordering Articles
Searching Tips, Hints, & Reminders
Tutorial Evaluation
Additional Tutorial Topics
Explaining OVID's Main Menu Icons
Searching for a Specific Author
Searching for Title Words
Searching for Journal Names


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O V I D Subheading DisplayHelp
Combine selections with:
The last choice we have to make is whether we want to attach any subheadings to our subject. Let's include all subheadings so that we don't restrict the search to any one aspect of the topic.

Click in the box to Include All Subheading and click on the CONTINUE button.

Subheadings for: exp *Heart Diseases

Include All Subheadings
-- or choose one or more of these subheadings --
  /bl - Blood  /mi - Microbiology
  /cf - Cerebrospinal Fluid  /mo - Mortality
  /ci - Chemically Induced  /nu - Nursing
  /cl - Classification  /ps - Parasitology
  /co - Complications  /pa - Pathology
  /cn - Congenital  /pp - Physiopathology
  /di - Diagnosis  /pc - Prevention & Control
  /dh - Diet Therapy  /px - Psychology
  /dt - Drug Therapy  /ra - Radiography
  /ec - Economics  /ri - Radionuclide Imaging
  /en - Enzymology  /rt - Radiotherapy
  /ep - Epidemiology  /rh - Rehabilitation
  /eh - Ethnology  /su - Surgery
  /et - Etiology  /th - Therapy
  /ge - Genetics  /us - Ultrasonography
  /hi - History  /ur - Urine
  /im - Immunology  /ve - Veterinary
  /me - Metabolism  /vi - Virology