the citations listed. MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with a hierarchy system of trees and branches, subheadings and the ability to a term. ‘explode’ Search limit/edit: Gives the option to refine your search. For example by choosing only papers that have been published in peer-reviewed journals, those to do with children, papers published in the last ten years or those in English etc. This can be helpful if your original search identifies more citations than it is practical to hand-search. Save your search: Once you have identified potential papers in a number that is feasible to hand-search (view each citation in turn), you have the option of marking the citations that might be useful. This might be as simple as ticking a box next to the citation or selecting the to folder’ option. When you have finished searching, you can go to the tab (or ‘add ‘folder’ equivalent) to view the citations you have marked for more detailed appraisal. There is the option to create an account on many databases, in which case the marked citations will be saved when you log out. Otherwise you can export them by email, send to a reference management system or simply print them off or write them down so you have a hard copy. Search history: This function is essential to undertaking meaningful literature searches. It allows you to view all the searches you have undertaken and combine with AND, OR or NOT to explode and then refine your search. See table 3.4 for an example of this.
the citations listed. MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with a hierarchy system of trees and branches, subheadings and the ability to ‘explode’ a term. Search limit/edit: Gives the option to refine your search. For example by choosing only papers that have been published in peer-reviewed journals, those to do with children, papers published in the last ten years or those in English etc. This can be helpful if your original search identifies more citations than it is practical to hand-search. Save your search: Once you have identified potential papers in a number that is feasible to hand-search (view each citation in turn), you have the option of marking the citations that might be useful. This might be as simple as ticking a box next to the citation or selecting the ‘add to folder’ option. When you have finished searching, you can go to the ‘folder’ tab (or equivalent) to view the citations you have marked for more detailed appraisal. There is the option to create an account on many databases, in which case the marked citations will be saved when you log out. Otherwise you can export them by email, send to a reference management system or simply print them off or write them down so you have a hard copy. Search history: This function is essential to undertaking meaningful literature searches. It allows you to view all the searches you have undertaken and combine with AND, OR or NOT to explode and then refine your search. See table 3.4 for an example of this.
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