Embase webinar: An introduction - 20 June 2012
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Embase for biomedical searching: An introduction Your host: Chris Flemming Your presenter: Ann- Marie Roche Welcome to our Embase webinar!
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During our 45-min webinar (including time for questions), our Embase expert, Ann-Marie Roche introduced: • The basics of searching in Embase, including the different content sources, indexing and retrieval tools. • Setting up email alerts and saving your searches.
Transcript of Embase webinar: An introduction - 20 June 2012
Embase for biomedical searching: An introduction
Your host: Chris Flemming Your presenter: Ann-Marie Roche
Welcome to our Embase webinar!
About us
• Webinar control panel:
• ‘chat’ or ‘ask a question’ for questions
and comments• Option for full screen view
• Q&A after presentation
Need to know
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Embase is the world’s most comprehensive, intelligent biomedical research tool, providing the drug and drug-related research community with reliable and authoritative content, to advance new biomedical and pharmaceutical discovery.
ConfidenceFind all relevant articles that may not otherwise be found by alternative databasesDeep biomedical indexing All relevant, up-to-date, biomedical information from the research literaturePrecise retrievalDeep and focused research through powerful retrieval tools
What is Embase
CONFIDENCE
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Emtree: Biomedical thesaurus, over 60k terms
Embase: Fully indexed: Over 7,700 journals (including MEDLINE), 1950-
MEDLINE: 2,500 journals unique to Embase, mapped to Embase
indexing, 1950- (including MEDLINE Classic)
Embase Classic:
Digitally scanned and
re-indexed, 1947-1973
AIP and In Process:
Indexing added, from 2009
Conference Abstracts:
Indexing added, from 2009
1947 1950 1974 2009
Content Overview
2000 25003000
5.5m 9m10m
MEDLINEEmbase
Content Overview
[embase/lim] NOT [medline]/lim
Embase scope
“Other” includes traditional MEDLINE topics: dentistry, veterinary science, nursing
Embase covers all of Embase plus MEDLINE(just the core drug & clinical areas are highlighted here)
Topic area (2010) Elsevier (total)
UniqueEmbase
Shared(both)
UniqueMEDLINE
MEDLINE(total) TOTAL
Allergy & Immunology 240 71 169 19 188 259
Cardiovascular Medicine 316 110 206 21 227 337
Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Discovery 119 22 97 36 133 155
Neurology 393 100 293 56 349 449
Oncology 316 116 200 28 228 344
Pharmaceutical Science 183 116 67 13 80 196
Pharmacology 603 249 354 28 382 631
Embase WITH MEDLINE
Conference Abstracts
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• Coverage began in 2009.
• Check http://embase.com/info/what-is-embase/coverage for the most up to date list of conference abstracts and conferences covered.
DEEP INDEXING
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60K terms (>260,000 synonyms) and all MeSH terms
29K drug and chemical terms
What is mapping?
Mapping means that searchers get the same results
regardless of which term they use, e.g. Vioxx (synonym) or rofecoxib (the
preferred term).
Updated 3 times a year (back-posting each time)
All drug generic names described by FDA and EMA, all International Non-Proprietary Names (INNs) described by WHO from 2000.
Deep indexing - Emtree
14 study types, including NEW Diagnostic Test Accuracy Study
78 drug and disease subheadings
Deep indexing - Emtree
PRECISE RETRIEVAL
Start searching…
Find the best terms for your search and include synonyms automatically with
autocomplete in Quick Search
Click on Disease Filter for example, to see which diseases are referenced with Januvia, either as a therapeutic area or side effect.
Find deep drug and disease relationships without having to consult the full text.
Registering in Embase
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•Setting up email alerts
•Saving your searches
•Staying up to date
Poll
The poll should appear on your screen shortly...
Building and combining searches
• Use single quotes to capture a phrase ‘diabetes mellitus’ for example (not with Autocomplete in Quick Search)
• Break up your search into individual searches, such as a drug search (in Drug Search form) and a disease search (in Disease Search form) and combine your results in Session Results
• Run your cursor over your search to Edit or copy to a Search Form for guided editing.
• Truncation and operators, AND, OR, NOT, NEXT, NEAR
Refer to http://info.embase.com/helpfiles for more guidance and links to materials such as the Quick User Guide.
Refining your search
• Quick and Advanced Limits on Advanced, Drug and Disease Search forms
• Major Focus on all advanced forms – major drugs and diseases retrieved
• Field limits under Advanced Search box to search in specific fields such as article title, abstract, conference name, drug name etc
• Drug and Disease Subheadings to limit to specific concepts such as Adverse Drug Reaction, Drug Comparison and Side Effect.
• Filters on Session Results page for specific diseases or study types for example
Check out our training videos at www.trainingdesk.elsevier.com/embase for more guidance.
Registering in Embase
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•Setting up email alerts
•Saving your searches
•Staying up to date
Questions & Answers
• Q&A will be sent to you by email.• For more information and questions please contact
[email protected]• Our next Embase webinar is on July 17th (10AM PDT).• Go to www.trainingdesk.elsevier.com/embase for all
training related materials
Please fill out the survey that appears on your
screen after leaving the webinar.
