Literature Search : 3 Sites to Check
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If you have a question
Email:
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Sarah Ingersoll
Database of Reviews of
Effectiveness
The NHS Centre for
Reviews and Dissemination, University of York
A quick and easy source for studies of effectiveness, and a good place
to start. You want to search DARE, one of the
Cochrane Library databases.
1. Enter a search term
2. Enter field to search (e.g. title or all
fields)
3. Enter any additional search term
4. Enter field to
search
Example:
pain/Title AND acupuncture/All fields
Result: 12 citations
National Library of
Medicine (NML),
PubMed
1. Search box: choose PubMed
2. Enter search term
3. Be sure to click the limits button
4. Enter limits in the labeled boxes
Example:
pain AND acupuncture: Title Word. Limits: All Adults, Publication Date from 1997/01/01 to 2000/08/01, English, Clinical Trial, Human
Result: 15 citations
National Library of Medicine,
Internet Grateful Med
Internet Grateful Med provides access to MEDLINE and many other databases. The search screen for MEDLINE has 3 empty text boxes where you can enter words or phrases to search on. Whatever you enter in those boxes can be searched as subject (the default), as author name or as text word in title--more flexibility here than on the PubMed search screen.
1. Choose MEDLINE
2. Enter search term and select a category in the "as" box
3. Continue with a second and third term (you can select different categories for each)
4. Be sure to apply limits, which are right on the same page
Example:
pain (title word) AND acupuncture (subject): Limits: All Adult, Publication Date from 1997/01/01/ to 2000/08/01, English, Clinical Trial, Human
Result: 17 citations
