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Journal Search Notes
Search Options:
| Word or phrase |
Search on a word such as "adverse" or a phrase such as "adverse event". |
| Beginning of word |
Search on the beginning of a word. For example, searching on "investigat" finds "investigator" and "investigational", but not "subinvestigator". |
| Any text |
Search on text that may occur in the middle of a word or across words. For example, searching on "investigator" finds "subinvestigators"; searching on “to cha” finds “to chance”. |
| Punctuation is significant |
Limit results based on the presence or absence of punctuation. For example, searching on "FDA-approved" finds only "FDA-approved", while searching on "FDA approved" finds only "FDA approved". With this option unselected, searching on "crossover" will find both "crossover" and "cross-over". |
| Search within results below |
If your initial search returns too many results, this option allows you to search only amongst the results previously found. |
Tips:
- Searches only find instances where the exact text in the search box is
found. For example, searching for “event adverse” finds no
results.
- Results are displayed in this order: (1) the search term was found in
an article title, (2) the search term was found in the body of the
article. Within each of these groups, the order of display is (a) the
search term was found as a whole word, (b) the search term was found at
the beginning of a word, and (c) all other results. Within these subgroups, articles with more matching terms are displayed first; among articles with the same number of matches, the newer articles are displayed first.
- Surrounding a search phrase with quotation marks has no
effect, unless you select "Punctuation is significant".
- Words such as “and” and “or” are interpreted as part of the search
phrase.
- Red underlining indicates where the search term has been found in the title. Searches in the body of the article are not shown.
- Search terms that are singular and present-case with U.S. English spelling are more likely to find results.
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