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- 1. BLITS: Getting the Best from Embase & Systematic Searching EMBASE.com Key tips and tricks in 10 minutes...
- 2. Our content overview The Cochrane Handbook for Sys. Reviews provides great insight...
- 3. Our content overview Emtree: Biomedical thesaurus, over 60k terms 1947 1950 1974 2009 Embase: Fully indexed: Over 8000 journals, 1974- MEDLINE: 2,500 journals unique to Embase, mapped to Embase indexing, 1950- (including MEDLINE Classic) Embase Classic: AIP and In Process: Digitally scanned and Indexing added, from 2009 re-indexed, 1947-1973 Conference Abstracts: Indexing added, from 2009 3
- 4. Quickly sorting out what’s what... Embase Unique Embase & Medline Medline on Embase 5.5m 10m 9m 2000 3000 2500 [embase/lim] NOT [embase/lim] AND [medline/lim] NOT [medline]/lim [medline]/lim [embase]/lim 4
- 5. Tips on how to use our Evidence Based Medicine filters... Cochrane Review Randomized Controlled Trial Embase: introduced in 2006 Embase: introduced in 1994 Medline: introduced in 2000 Medline: available from 1966 on Controlled Clinical Trial Systematic Review Embase: introduced in 1994 Embase: introduced in 2004 Medline: introduced in 1995 Medline: not available Meta Analysis Embase: introduced in 1994 Medline: introduced in 1989 5
- 6. Another handy tool... Leveraging study types and populations in your search
- 7. Use the study types filter and population option - Study types and population are so called checked tags; the indexers ‘must’ check for this type of information. - Detailed information on checktags and description of it’s meaning can be found in indexing guide 2012 (embase.com/info) 7
- 8. And a third... Using proximity operators to drill down a free text search 8
- 9. Using proximity operators Proximity operators let you search for words or phrases at any specified distance from each other. NEAR/n This requests terms which are within 'n' words of each other, in either direction. cardiac near/5 catheter retrieves: "Despite complicated cardiac anatomy, catheter ablation of AT..."? "... patients undergoing catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias ..."? "...a continuous thermodilution cardiac output pulmonary artery catheter."? NEXT/n This requests terms which are within 'n' words of each other in the order specified. hip next/3 prosthesis retrieves: "... rheumatoid arthritis, joint surgery, hip or knee prosthesis ..."? "metal on metal hip resurfacing, prosthesis failure (complication, diagnosis)..."? 9
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Editor's Notes
- Our more international coverage is true; yes we have more European, Asian and Latin American content, but not at a cost of our North American coverage; Roughly 2700 N-American journals in Embase; 2500 in Medline.
- Our more international coverage is true; yes we have more European, Asian and Latin American content, but not at a cost of our North American coverage; Roughly 2700 N-American journals in Embase; 2500 in Medline.
- Our more international coverage is true; yes we have more European, Asian and Latin American content, but not at a cost of our North American coverage; Roughly 2700 N-American journals in Embase; 2500 in Medline.