1 Online Searching, 4 th ed. Chapter 6 PubMed Search Example 1: A Topic Search “heart failure in young adult women” pp. 96 – 100 Librarian’s Guide to Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction

2 Compare this to the “schematic” illustration in the textbook – can you identify all the elements mentioned?

3 Psst: if you’d rather not see suggestions, turn them off at the bottom of the list… Remember – these suggestions are only things other people have typed in. Not necessarily better… but can be educational. We plow ahead with simply: heart failure women

4 yikes…! Beyond the Textbook Moment On your way down to the “Search details” on the right side of the screen, notice all the cool features along the way… (these 2 and many more) But the textbook says to find this – Search details: And click this – “See more…”

5 As shown in the textbook – the Query Translation reveals why there are so many results – talk about “getting more with OR”! How convenient – the search box stayed with us; we can immediately search again

6 Our revised search knocked off about 2000 of the results… now to Filter! Textbook update! The link to Additional Filters has moved to the END of the filter options: Textbook update! The link to Additional Filters has moved to the END of the filter options: Choosing Languages and Ages from the list of additional filters as shown in the textbook, we get… …and then we apply filters one at a time, the results automatically updating with each one.

7 As in the textbook – your turn. Time to explore and experiment. For example, why didn’t I choose the filter for “Sex” – female? (try it, does it make a big difference?) And note especially the feature on the right, showing “Titles with your search terms” – do those help? What is one problem with these articles that simply have your search terms in the title? Look at the whole list and ask yourself what is “off” [then you may click for hint] As in the textbook – your turn. Time to explore and experiment. For example, why didn’t I choose the filter for “Sex” – female? (try it, does it make a big difference?) And note especially the feature on the right, showing “Titles with your search terms” – do those help? What is one problem with these articles that simply have your search terms in the title? Look at the whole list and ask yourself what is “off” [then you may click for hint] (You lose the effect of the Age group filter)