BUMC MEDLINE PLUS/OVID TUTORIAL

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Tutorial Home
Instructions for Using the Tutorial
Developing Your Search Strategy
Formulating Your Question
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
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 TOPICS
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Author Searching
Title Word Searching
Journal Searching
OTHER RESOURCES
Searching for Evidence in the Primary Medical Literature Tutorial: EBM Tutorial
More Information about BUMC MEDLINE Plus/OVID
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This is the Subheadings screen.

Subheadings further refine your search by narrowing to specific aspects of the MeSH term.

For example, if you select "adverse effects" below, your search will retrieve 483 articles on the adverse effects of estrogen replacement therapy. If you select "economics" your search will retrieve 19 aritcles on the economics of estrogen replacement therapy, and so on.

There are over 50 subheadings, but OVID only displays those that are relevant to your search term. Take a moment to become familiar with the subheading options that are available here.

O V I D Subheading DisplayHelp

Combine selections with:

Subheadings for: *Estrogen Replacement Therapy

Include All Subheadings (3200)
-- or choose one or more of these subheadings --
  /ae - Adverse Effects (483)  /nu - Nursing (4)
  /cl - Classification (0)  /px - Psychology (54)
  /ct - Contraindications (45)  /st - Standards (21)
  /ec - Economics (19)  /sn - Statistics & Numerical Data (39)
  /hi - History (1)  /td - Trends (13)
  /is - Instrumentation (5)  /ut - Utilization (57)
  /mt - Methods (262)  /ve - Veterinary (2)
  /mo - Mortality (2) 

To select one or more subheadings, click in the checkbox next to each.

Subheadings are restrictive, however. Use caution when selecting them, because they can make your search too narrow and too restrictive.

The default, or rule-of-thumb, is to Include All Subheadings.

Let's follow the default option. Click on the Include All Subheadings option, then click on the CONTINUE button.


   
 
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