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Embase syntax: a comparison with OvidJanuary 2012General syntax 1)Description OvidCommentsField searchheart:tiheart.ti.Multiple field searchheart:ti,abheart.ti,ab.Phrase search ‘heart attack’“heart attack” heart-attackheart attackEmbase: hyphens can be used instead of single or double quotesAdjacency (same order) 2)heart next/1 attackheart adj attack Ovid: adj = no intervening words 3)Adjacency (any order) 2)heart near/n attackheart adjn attackOvid: adjn indicates any orderTruncation (unlimited)heart*Heart$Incl. 0 characters (Ovid also * or :)Truncation (0-n characters)gene or gene? or gene?? .. gene$nEach ? = 1 character (exactly)Mandated wildcardwom?nwom#n1 character (exactly)Optional wildcard (0-1 char.)colo*rcolo?rEmbase: * = 0-n charactersNumerical strings“19” (or ‘19’)“19” (or ‘19’)Set numbers#1919Embase: # is obligatoryneither platform has stopwordswithin n words of each other, i.e. there are up to n-1 intervening words.In Embase, next/0 (near/0) retrieves the same result as next/1 (near/1)In Ovid, it is not possible to search same order adjacency for 1 or more intervening wordsLimitsDescription (#1 and ..Ovid (limit 1 to …CommentsAbstracts 1)[abstracts]/lim… to abstractsEnglish language 1)[english]/lim… to englishLanguages 1)french:la… to frenchHuman 1)[humans]/lim… to humanAnimals[animals]/lim… to animalsEmbase: includes animal studiesOvid: limited to actual animalsAnimal studies-… to animal studiesLimit is only available on Ovid 2)Publication year 1)[2001]/py... to yr=2001Publication year range 1)[2001-2004]/py... to (yr=2001-2004)Genderfemale/de (or male/de)… to female (...to male)Priority journals[priority journals]/lim… to priorityPublication types[review]/lim… to reviewOvid: includes source typesAge groups[infant]/lim… to infantExperimental subjects(search using Emtree)… to amphibiaOvid: 35 groups available 3)Route of drug admin(search with subheadings)… to oralClinical queries 4)-33 separate queriesLimits not available on EmbaseRecent updateNo equivalent; use /sd… to updateSince date[11-11-2011]/sd-Within date[14]/wd-Publication year range[2007-2009]/py… last 2 yearsOvid: up to current yearCombined limitsmale/de and [human]/lim… to (male and human)1)On Ovid these can be searched using: ab=y, en=y, lg=fre, hu=y, yr=2001 and up=y, for example ..l/1 ab=y2)Embase equivalent is: animal-tissue/de OR animal-cell/de OR animal-model/de OR animal-experiment/de3)Defined by Brian Haynes at McMaster University in Canada ()Combinations and special casesDescription OvidCommentsTruncation in phraseheart next/1 attack*heart attack$… with field limit(heart next/1 attack*):tiheart attack$.ti.Fixed order… not adjacent(heart near/2 attack*):tiheart adj2 attack$.ti.Any orderTruncation + wildcardsul*ur next/1 dioxid*sul#?ur dioxid$Ovid #? = 1 or 2 charactersMultiple truncationstructur* near/2 relat*structur$ adj2 relat$Any orderMultiword phrase (i)“structure activity” next/1 relat*structure activity relat$Next operator is used 1)Multiword phrase (ii)(structur* next/1 activity) and relat*structur$ activity relat$>1 “next” not allowedFor Embase, “structure activity” (using quotes) cannot here be replaced by structure-activity (hyphenated).Exact search 1) Description OvidCommentsJournalnature/jtnature.jn.Excludes e.g. Nature MedicineJournal abbreviationj-biochem/taj biochem.ja.Embase: can also use quotes Authorsmith-a/ausmith a.au.Embase: can also use quotessmith-a-a/ausmith aa.au.Ovid: initials are adjacentDescriptorleukemia/de 2)leukemia/Ovid: also searchable using SHleukaemia/deleukaemia/Maps synonym to preferred termSubheadingleukemia/dm_dt,dm_rtleukemia/dt,rtDisease subheadingsaspirin/dd_ae,dd_ctaspirin/ae,ctDrug subheadingsSubheading (floating)drug-therapy/lnkdt.fs.Ovid: uses 2-letter codesExplosionleukemia/expexp leukemia/aspirin/exp/dd_ae,dd_ctexp aspirin/ae,ctWith subheadingsMajor termleukemia/mj*leukemia/leukemia/exp/mjexp *leukemia/With explosionIn general, exact searches use /XX rather than :XX, where XX is a field codeSee also /PY (shown under Limits), /SD (since date; not shown) and /WD (within days; not shown)Interchangeable with /DM or /DD which used to denote medical and drug terms respectivelyField search 1)Ovid 1) 2)CommentsAccession numberAN2002354099:anAN2002354099.an.Article titleTIheart:tiTIheart.ti.Embase: incl. Original title 3)Original (non-English) titleTTSee note 3)OTheart.ot.AuthorAUsmith-a:auAUsmith a$.au.With any initials after first one 4)Author addressADuniv:adINuniv.in.Ovid: AD = corresponding authorAuthor email addressEM‘me@’:em--Ovid: displayed with addressAuthor countryCAitaly:caADitaly.in.For corresponding authorAbstractABheart:abABheart.ab.CitationCTheart:ct--Includes AU,TI,PY,JT,PI,VI,PGAbstract and citationACheart:ac--Journal titleJTnature:jtJXnature.jx.See also Exact searchJournal abbreviationTAbiochem:taJAbiochem.ja.Embase: see also Exact searchJournal countryCYfrance:cyCPfrance.cp.Country text may differ For notes, see continuation of table on next pageDescription (cont.)Ovid 1) 2)Comment on EmbaseISSNIS0021924x:isIS0021-924x.is.Embase: including eISSN 5)ISBNIB1402037635:ibIB1402037635.ib.Available for Book SeriesCODENCDaajnd:cdCDaajnd.cd.Not assigned to new journalsSource publication datePD(various formats)DP11 sep 2001.dp.Embase: format 2001-09-11, but as Ovid for Medline unique itemsPublication yearPY2009:pyYR2009.yr.See also LimitsVolumeVI100:viVO100.vo.IssueIP10:ipIP10.ip.Page numberPG’10’:pg--Either first or last pageStart pageSP10:spPG10.pg.Language of articleLAfrench:laLGfrench.lg.Language text may differLanguage of summaryLSfrench:lsSLfrench.sl.Language text may differConference dateDC‘1989-02-26’:dcCF20110226.cf.Ovid: part of “Conference info”Conference locationLCdetroit:lcCFdetroit.cf.Ovid: part of “Conference info”Conference nameNCcare:ncCFcare.cf.Ovid: part of “Conference info”Editor nameEDsmith-e-a:edEDsmith ea.ed.Conference editorsPublication typeITreview/itPTreview.pt.Ovid: part of “Publication type”Source typePTjournal/ptPTjournal.pt.Ovid: part of “Publication type”Index termDEleukemia:deHWleukemia.hw.Word search (not exact)Drug trade nameTNaspirin:tnTNaspirin.tn.Drug manufacturerMNbayer:mnMFbayer.mf.Device trade nameDNultrasound:dnDVultrasound.dv.Device manufacturerDFjohnson:dmDMjohnson.dm.CAS registry numberRN3843-74-1:rnRN3843-74-1.rn.Clinical trial numberCNnct00054717:.Molecular sequence nrMS123620:msMS123620.ms.Embase section headingsCL37:clEC037.ec.Embase: no leading zerosPublication item identifierIIS0093691x02011287:ii--DOI tag-10.1016DO“10.1016”.do.Embase: no field code availableField searches are “non-exact” searches in , corresponding to searches in “word-indexed” fields in Ovid. Some Ovid fields are “phrase indexed” fields (= Embase “exact search”): these are underlined.Additional Ovid fields are: AF(All Fields; use no field abbreviation in Embase)AR(Article Number; searchable in within PG)BS(Book Series; searchable in within JT)BT(Book Title; not available in )CG(Conference publication; searchable in Embase as NC, DC and LC)DD(Date Delivered; use Since Date /sd in Embase)EM(Entry week; use Since Date /sd in Embase)MP(Multiple Fields; use no field abbreviation in Embase)PB(Publisher; not available in )RD(Revised Date; not available in )RF(Number of References; not available in )TW(Text Word; corresponds to Embase TI+AB+TN)Embase TT (Original title) is not currently operationalFor last name searches use smith:au () or smith a$.au. (Ovid)eISSN on Ovid is available in a separate field (EN) ................
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