Search Strategy on Medline

Question 1

what must you identify within the scenario?

Answer 1

the key concepts

Question 2

what helps with searching keywords?

Answer 2

consider alternative spelling, synonym, different word endings, any abbreviations

Question 3

what does # mean on a search?

Answer 3

where there may be variable characters

e.g. t##th = teeth or tooth

Question 4

what does * mean on a search?

Answer 4

truncation

to find alternative endings of the term

Question 5

what does ? mean on a search?

Answer 5

where a letter may not be present in a different language

e.g. colo?r

Question 6

what are MeSh?

Answer 6

subject headings
- describes the article contents

Question 7

what are the wild cards?

Answer 7

? and #

Question 8

when combining search terms, you use Boolean operators, what are these?

Answer 8

and - narrows the search, makes more precise

or - combine related terms