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Database Search Tips

This guide will help get you started in some of our most popular databases. Happy searching! Let us know if we can help.

TMC Library Video Tutorials

The TMC Library's four-part video series on conducting a literature search using PubMed

PubMed Literature Search Part 1 PubMed Literature Search Part 2
PubMed Literature Search Part 3 PubMed Literature Search Part 4

 

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The TMC Library's two-part video series on conducting a literature search using Medline Ovid

MedLine Literature Search Part 1 MedLine Literature Search Part 2

Literature Searching tips: how to easily edit your search in OVID (Medline, Embase, etc.) from LSHTM TV on Vimeo.

  

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It should be noted that the Embase database does not use the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) to classify the articles in its database according to subject. Instead Embase utilizes Emtree, and you can check out Embase's resources to learn the differences between MeSH and Emtree. 

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Web of Science Resources