1 The Elementary Searches on STN. 2 What Does Information in a Database Look Like?

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The Elementary Searches on STN

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What Does Information in a Database Look Like?

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The kind of information in a database depends on the type of database it is.

Database Type

Contents of Records*

When to Use

Bibliographic Title Author Source Abstract Indexing Terms

Author name searching Word searching Company name searching

* The exact content varies from one database to another.


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Database Type


When to Use

Full-Text Title

Author

Source

Abstract Document Text

When they cover the subject area of interest




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Database Type


When to Use

Chemical Substance

Structures

Chemical Names

Molecular Formulas

Chemical Reactions

Substance identification CAS Registry Number

lookup Reaction information




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Database Type


When to Use

Numeric Property Data Substances having a known property

Property data for a substance




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Bibliographic Files

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Workshop Focus: Bibliographic Files

Original Document

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Online Record

Workshop Focus: Bibliographic Files

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IndexesInformation in an online record is organized in specific indexes (fields).

E.g., all author names are placed in one location, the Author Index.

TIUse of molecular symmetry in SCF calculationsAUElder, M.CS

SO

DT

LAAB

TIEnsemble averages and molecular symmetryAUWhiffen, D. H.CSSO

DTLAAB

TIComputer Perception of Molecular SymmetryAUBalasubramanian, K.CS

SO

DTLAAB

TIAutomorphism and equivalence classesAUFigueras, John

CS

SO

DTLAAB

TITreatment of symmetry in MO calculationsAUJaffe, H. H.: Ellis, R. L.CSDep. Chem., Univ. Cincinnati,Ohio USA SOJ. Comput. Phys. (1974), 16(1), 20-31 DTJournalLAEnglishABIn the described method for using mol. symmetry in MO calcns., the point group of the mol. is

Author Index (/AU)

Elder, M.Whiffen, D. H.Balasubramanian, K.Figueras, JohnJaffe, H. H.Ellis, R. L.

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Every Field has his own index

Indexes

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Phrase Indexed Fields

Words Indexed Fields

Indexes

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Indexes

Expand is a usefull tool for:

• looking at indexes, to check if search terms are inside.

•underestanding the kind of indexing (word or phrase)

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Phrase Indexed Fields

E13 1 NAPROSYN/CNE14 1 NAPROSYN SODIUM/CNE15 1 NAPROXEN/CNE16 1 NAPROXEN 1,1-DIMETHYLETHYL ESTER/CNE17 1 NAPROXEN 2,2,2-TRIFLUOROETHYL THIOESTER/CNE18 1 NAPROXEN 2-(BENZENESULFONYL)ETHYL ESTER/CNE19 1 NAPROXEN 2-(DIMETHYLAMINO)ETHYL ESTER/CNE20 1 NAPROXEN 2-(METHANESULFONYL)ETHYL ESTER/CNE21 1 NAPROXEN 2-(METHYLTHIO)ETHYL ESTER/CNE22 1 NAPROXEN 2-(PHENYLTHIO)ETHYL ESTER/CNE23 1 NAPROXEN 2-BROMOETHYL ESTER/CNE24 1 NAPROXEN 2-HYDROXYETHYL ESTER/CN

=> s NAPROXEN 2,2,2-TRIFLUOROETHYL THIOESTER/CNL1 1 NAPROXEN 2,2,2-TRIFLUOROETHYL THIOESTER/CN

=> e naproxen/cn

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Terms in an index are access points to records.

Author Index

JAFFE H ARI/AU

JAFFE H H/AU

JAFFE H S/AUJAFFE H W/AUJAFFE HALINA/AUJAFFE HANS/AU

TI Treatment of symmetry in MO calculationsAU Jaffe, H. H.: Ellis, R. L.CS Dep. Chem., Univ. Cincinnati, Ohio USA SO J. Comput. Phys. (1974), 16(1), 20-31 DT JournalLA EnglishAB In the described method for using mol. symmetry in MO calcns., the point group of the mol. is ...

JAFFE H H is indexed as a phrase in the AU Field

Indexes

How is indexed in AU: JAFFE H H ?

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Phrase Indexed Fields => e jaffe h h/au

E1 3 JAFFE H A/AU

E2 21 JAFFE H ARI/AU

E3 136 --> JAFFE H H/AU

E4 8 JAFFE H L/AU

E5 6 JAFFE H S/AU

E6 5 JAFFE H W/AU

E7 3 JAFFE HALINA/AU

E8 37 JAFFE HANS/AU

E9 35 JAFFE HANS H/AU

E10 3 JAFFE HANS VON R/AU

E11 9 JAFFE HAROLD/AU

E12 3 JAFFE HAROLD L/AU

RECORDS

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Words Indexed Fields

E25 2 NAPROSYN/BIE26 2 NAPROX/BIE27 75 NAPROXEN/BIE28 1 NAPROXENAMIDE/BIE29 2 NAPROXENE/BIE30 1 NAPROXO/BIE31 1 NAPROXOL/BIE32 1 NAPRP2O7/BIE33 2 NAPRP3G12/BIE34 2 NAPRP5/BIE35 1 NAPRS2/BIE36 1 NAPRSE2/BI

=> s NAPROXEN(w)2(w)BROMOETHYL(w)ESTERL2 1 NAPROXEN(W)2(W)BROMOETHYL(W)ESTER

=> e naproxen(/bi)

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Indexing Terms

Database producers also add indexing terms that highlight the key concepts covered in the document.

Indexing terms typically are controlled terminology.

Assignment of uniform indexing terms to records within a database allows searchers to accurately locate documents on a particular topic.

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AN 1995:666968 DN 123:55037 TI Computer Perception of Molecular Symmetry AU Balasubramanian, K. CS Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona

State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA SO J. Chem. Inf. Comput. Sci. (1995), 35(4), 761-70 CODEN: JCISD8; ISSN: 0095-2338 DT Journal LA English CC 20-5 (History, Education, and Documentation) AB A computer code and algorithm are developed for the

computer perception of mol. symmetry. The codegenerates and uses the Euclidian distance matrixes ofmol. structures to generate the permutation-inversiongroup of the mol. The permutation-inversion group isconstructed as the automorphism group of the Euclidiandistance matrix. Applications to several mol. structuresand fullerenes such as the C60 buckminsterfullerene andC28 and C24 fullerenes are considered.

ST mol symmetry computer perception IT Algorithm Computer program Molecular structure (computer perception of mol. symmetry) IT Fullerenes RL: PRP (Properties) (computer perception of mol. symmetry) IT 99685-96-8, Buckminsterfullerene RL: PRP (Properties) (computer perception of mol. symmetry)

Title, author(s),source, abstract…

Original Document

Indexing

Indexing Terms

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IndexesAll Fields have their own IndexAll Fields have their own Index

Terms

Field Index

Record N°s

A

B

C

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n1 n2 n3 . . .

n1 n2 n20 . . .

n2 n20

n50 . . .

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•Specify how terms will be associated in the answers using

– AND– OR– NOT

Associate terms with logic operators

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ANDAND - Associating two or more terms with AND retrieves answers (records) containing all of the terms

For example: A search of DOG AND CAT in the CAplus file results in the STN response:

36871 DOG27943 CAT 1874 DOG AND CAT The response from STN tells you that:

36871 records contain the term DOG

27943 records contain the term CAT

1874 records contain both terms

DOG AND CAT

The response from STN tells you that:

36871 records contain the term DOG

27943 records contain the term CAT

1874 records contain both terms

DOG AND CAT


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OROR - Associating two or more terms with OR retrieves answers containing at least one of the terms

For example: A search of DOG OR CAT in the CAplus file results in the STN response:

36871 DOG27943 CAT62940 DOG OR CAT

The response from STN tells you that: 62940 records contain either DOG, CAT, or both.

The response from STN tells you that: 62940 records contain either DOG, CAT, or both.

NOTENOTE: Use OR to associate synonyms. Enclose terms connected by OR in parentheses.


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NOTNOT - Associating two or more terms with NOT retrieves answers containing the first term, but not the second.

For example: A search of DOG NOT CAT in the CAplus file results in the STN response:

36871 DOG27943 CAT34997 DOG NOT CAT

ALERTALERT: The NOT operator should be used with caution to avoid eliminating valid answers.


34997 records contain the term DOG but not the term CAT.


34997 records contain the term DOG but not the term CAT.


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Associate terms with logic operatorsAND

A BA and B

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Associate terms with logic operatorsOR

A BA or B

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Associate terms with logic operatorsNOT

A B

A not B B not A

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Indexes

Terms

Field Index

Record N°sA

B

C

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n1 n2 n3 . . .

n1 n2 n20 . . .

n2 n20

n50 . . .

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If you search: A

You get: n1 n2 n3

If you search: A or B

You get: n1 n2 n3 n20

If you search: A and B

You get: n1 n2

If you search: A and B and C

You get: n2

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Indexes

Terms

Field Index

Record N°sA

B

C

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n1 n2 n3 . . .

n1 n2 n20 . . .

n2 n20

n50 . . .

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If you search: A

You get: n1 n2 n3

If you search: A not B

You get: n3

If you search: B not A

You get: n20

If you search: A not (B or C)

You get: n3

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– AND

– OR

– NOT

Operators apply at all index fields:

Words and Phrases

Indexes

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Basic IndexBasic Index is made up of single words from the title,

abstract, and indexing terms.

Articles, prepositions, and conjunctions (called stopwords) are not in the Basic Index.

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Basic Index of the CAplus File

AN 2000:500182 CAPLUSTI Selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors: heteroaryl modified 1,2-diarylimidazoles are potent, orally active antiinflammatory agentsAU Khanna, Ish K.; Yu, Yi; Huff, Renee M.; o o oAB A series of heteroaryl modified 1,2- diarylimidazoles has been synthesized and found to be potent and highly selective (1000-9000-fold) inhibitors of the human COX-2. 3-Pyridyl-derived COX-2

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o o oST diarylimidazole prepn cyclooxygenase inhibitor; imidazole aryl prepn cyclooxygenase inhibitor; inflammation inhibitor arylimidazole; structure activity arylimidazole inflammation inhibitorIT Structure-activity relationship (antiinflammatory; prepn., cyclooxygenase -2 inhibitory and antiinflammatory activity, and structure-activity relationship of arylimidazoles)

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o o oIT 298205-08-0P RL: SPN (Synthetic preparation); PREP (Preparation) (prepn., cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitory and antiinflammatory activity, and structure-activity relationship of arylimidazoles)RE.CNT 56RE(1) Allison, M; New Engl J Med 1992, V327, P749 MEDLINE

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Online Search Strategy

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3. Build your search query

2. Identify relevant files

1. Determine your search question


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6. Evaluate answers

5. Conduct a preliminary search

4. Logon to STN International


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9. Logoff from STN International

8. Display answers in more detail

7. Sharpen your search strategy


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Determine Your Search Question

Research Interest:

Information on tamper-resistant packaging for milk.

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Information Statements

GeneralInformation on ways to package products.

Information on ways to package products that reveal evidence of tampering.

Information on packaging materials used in tamper-resistant dairy packaging.

Information on tamper-resistant seals used with plastic containers for milk.

Specific

Determine Your Search Question

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CAS Catalog

STN Database Summary Sheets

STNGuide

STN Price List

WWW .CAS.ORG– STN documentation is available at

www.cas.org/ONLINE/STN/doc.html

Identify Relevant Files

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CAS Catalog

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FILE 'HOME' => fil stnguide => s pack? and food L1 6 PACK? AND FOOD

STNGUIDE

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=> d dbn 1-6: : : : : : : : : :

L1 ANSWER 4 OF 6 STNGUIDE COPYRIGHT 2002 ACS, JST, FIZ-K

DBN FROSTI - Foodline: Food Science and Technology

: : : : : : : : : :

STNGUIDE

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=> d 4 dbs

L1 ANSWER 4 OF 6 STNGUIDE COPYRIGHT 2002 ACS, JST, FIZ-K

AN 420 STNGUIDE

DBN FROSTI - Foodline: Food . . .

DESC FROSTI (Foodline: Food Science and Technology) is a . . . . . .

STNGUIDE

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Skills Practice

1.Use the Database Summary Sheets for the FROSTI file to identify:

a) the fields making up the basic index

b) the sources for information in the file

c) the years of coverage

d) the language of the file

2. Find Files containing Patents Full-Text.

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Build Your Search Question

A Identify the main concepts

B Choose a set of search terms

C Link search terms with logic operators

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Identify the main concepts

Worksheet

Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3

tamper-resistant

packaging milk

you are to find information on:

tamper-resistant packaging for milk.

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• Involves identifying synonyms for that concept.

• At this point, the synonyms you identify will depend on your current knowledge and experience.

Choose a set of search terms

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Worksheet

Directions: Build search questions out of the word strings below. Use logic operators to link synonyms and main concepts.

TAMPER__________PACKAGE__________MILK TAMPER _____ PACKAGE _____ CONTAINER _____ MILK_____ DAIRY

AND AND

OR

AND ANDOR


S tamper and (package or container) and (milk or dairy)

Write the search string

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Logon to STN

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Capture Session dialog box

Click Open

Enter a name

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* * * * * * * * * * Welcome to STN International * * * * * * * * *

NEWS 1 Web Page URLs for STN Seminar Schedule - N. America o o o NEWS HOURS STN Operating Hours Plus Help Desk Availability NEWS INTER General Internet Information NEWS LOGIN Welcome Banner and News Items NEWS PHONE Direct Dial and Telecommunication Network Access to STN NEWS WWW CAS World Wide Web Site (general information)

Enter NEWS followed by the item number or name to see news on thatspecific topic.

o o o * * * * * * * * * * * * * STN Columbus * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

FILE 'HOME' ENTERED AT 13:36:17 ON 30 NOV 2000

=>

You are connected to STN

Your signal to beginYou are placed in the HOME file

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STN Command Line Format

The general format for entering a command on STN is

=> Command Instructions <Enter key>

For example,

=> S TAMPER AND PACK? <Enter key>

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Basic Commands

Use thiscommand

When you want to Format Example

FILE Enter a file => FILE FROSTI

E (EXPAND) Open the databaseindex at a term tosee if it is in thedatabase

=> E TAMPER

S (SEARCH) Search for recordscontaining yoursearch term(s) andcreate an answerset (L#) of thoserecords

=> S TAMPER

D (DISPLAY) Look at answers => D L1 1 BIB

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Logoff from STN

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Logoff Hold allows you to save the entire online session for up to 60 minutes, at no charge. If you logon to STN using the same login ID and password within 60 minutes, you can continue your searching from the point at which you disconnected.

Logoff from STN

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Logoff from STN

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Conduct a Preliminary Search

Recall the Search Question …

Find information on tamper-resistant packaging for milk..

To conduct a preliminary search:

A Enter the database

B Check to see if search terms are in the database

C Run the preliminary search

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Enter the database

=> FILE FROSTI

FILE 'FROSTI' ENTERED COPYRIGHT (C) 2000 Leatherhead Food Research Association

FILE LAST UPDATED: 18 OCT 2000 <20001018/UP>

=>

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Check if terms are in the database

=> E TAMPERE1 1 TAMPED/BIE2 1 TAMPELUNE/BIE3 1639 --> TAMPER/BIE4 2 TAMPERE/BIE5 40 TAMPERED/BIE6 8 TAMPERERS/BIE7 1 TAMPERGUARD/BIE8 322 TAMPERING/BIE9 2 TAMPERINGS/BIE10 34 TAMPERPROOF/BIE11 1 TAMPERPROOFED/BIE12 3 TAMPERS/BI

EXPAND shows you a list of 12 terms. Each term is assigned an E-number.

The /BI tells you that STN looked in the Basic Index for your term.

The term you typed appears as E3.

Column 2 gives postings - the number of times a term appears in the designated index.

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=> E PACKAGEE1 2 PACKAG/BIE2 1 PACKAGABLE/BIE3 4411 --> PACKAGE/BIE4 6135 PACKAGED/BI

o o oE12 43060 PACKAGING/BI

=> EE13 1 PACKAGINGCONTAINERS/BIE14 1 PACKAGINGG/BIE15 2 PACKAGINGMATERIAL/BIE16 1 PACKAGINGPRINTPAK/BIE17 126 PACKAGINGS/BI

o o oE23 1 PACKAS/BIE24 1 PACKATGER/BI

To continue the list, type E at the prompt.


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=> E CONTAINERE1 1 CONTAIND/BIE2 4447 CONTAINED/BIE3 8782 --> CONTAINER/BIE4 1 CONTAINERBOARD/BIE5 10 CONTAINERISATION/BIE6 18 CONTAINERISED/BIE7 2 CONTAINERISING/BIE8 4 CONTAINERIZATION/BIE9 9 CONTAINERIZED/BIE10 3 CONTAINERIZING/BIE11 16148 CONTAINERS/BIE12 1 CONTAINERSHIP/BI

Note: There are other words in the EXPAND lists that could be used as search terms as well.


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Truncation Symbols

Truncation symbols (“wild cards”) allow for retrieval of:

• Various word endings• Singular and plural word forms• Spelling variations within a word (e.g., British/American spellings)

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Truncation Symbol

Definition Example Retrieval Possibilities

? Zero to any number of characters at the end of a term

GROW? GROW GROWS GROWING GROWTH

# Zero or one character at the end of a term

GROW# GROW GROWS

! Exactly one character within a term or at the end of a term

T!!TH

AMIN!

TEETH TOOTH TRUTH

AMINE AMINO

Truncation symbols may be combined within the same term. Multiple uses of # and ! are allowed.

Truncation Symbols

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Worksheet

Directions: Using truncation symbols, write a search termthat would retrieve the following groups of words.

pack, packs, package, packages, packaging

tamper, tampering, tamperings

container or containers

PACK?

TAMPER? or TAMPER####

CONTAINER#

Truncation Symbols

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Preliminary search

=> S TAMPER? AND (PACK? OR CONTAINER#) 1769 TAMPER? 49674 PACK? 19183 CONTAINER#L1 1613 TAMPER? AND (PACK? OR CONTAINER#)

Enclose synonyms in parentheses.

The response from STN tells you that 1613 records contain both concepts. Records are placed in an answer set labeled L1. They are arranged from newest to oldest.

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Use the DISPLAY (D) command.

– A no cost option is available in most files. – Lets you view a portion of the record for free. – The fields displayed are specific to the file. – Generally, shows

• title • terms or phrases supplied by the database producer.

Evaluate Answers

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The DISPLAY command requires three pieces of information for execution:

• answer set L-number• number(s) of answers you want to see• Format

To specify the no cost display option, use TRIAL as the format (in many, but not all files).

Evaluate Answers

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=> D L1 1 TRIAL L1 ANSWER 1 OF 1613 FROSTI COPYRIGHT 2000 LFRATI Closure sealing wad.CT BOTTLE CLOSURES; BOTTLES; CLOSURES; CONTAINERS; PACKAGING CONTAINERS; PACKAGING PRODUCTS; PATENT; PCT PATENT; PLASTIC CLOSURES; ROPP CLOSURES; SEALS; SPIRIT BOTTLES; TAMPER EVIDENT CLOSURES; TAMPER EVIDENT PACKAGING PRODUCTS

Hit-term highlighting is available in many STN files to help you see your search terms in the display.

Evaluate Answers

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=> D L1 TRIAL 5, 10, 30, 45, 50 L1 ANSWER 5 OF 1613 FROSTI COPYRIGHT 2000 LFRATI Tape-sealed bag and method for producing the same.CT BAGS; CLOSURES; PACKAGING CONTAINERS; PACKAGING PRODUCTS; PATENT; POUCHES; TAPE SEALED BAGS; TAPES; US PATENT L1 ANSWER 10 OF 1613 FROSTI COPYRIGHT 2000 LFRATI Device for measuring liquid contained in a container with a neck and for making said container tamperproof.CT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BEVERAGES; BOTTLE CLOSURES; CLOSURES; DISPENSERS; PACKAGING PRODUCTS; PATENT; PCT PATENT; TAMPER RESISTANT CLOSURES; TAMPER RESISTANT PACKAGING PRODUCTS

o o o

Either commas or spaces may be used to separate answer numbers.

Evaluate Answers

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Sharpen Your Search Strategy

Narrow the Search Strategy - Make It More Precise

• Choose more specific terms• Add another concept

Which Direction Should You Take?

Broaden the Search Strategy - Make It More Comprehensive

• Apply truncation to terms• Use more alternate terms

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Which Direction Should You Take?

Aspects to consider now:

Are the answers you see in the evaluation step the kinds of answers you want?

Are a large proportion of the answers relevant? Is the number of answers acceptable?

Sharpen Your Search Strategy

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Broadening an Online Search

Broaden to increase the number of answers retrieved: Apply truncation to search terms Use more alternate terms for the concepts

When choosing alternate terms, look for: Synonyms File-specific indexing terms Variations in spelling Acronyms File-specific abbreviations

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Worksheet

Directions: Look through the D TRIAL results for terms that could be used in addition to TAMPER? and PACK? Write them below the related term. Use the additional terms to write a more comprehensive search query.

Concept 1 – Tamper? Concept 2 – Pack?

Pilfer

Closure, Connection, Seal

Broadening an Online Search

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Search the more comprehensive query

=> S (TAMPER? OR PILFER?) 1769 TAMPER? 79 PILFER?L2 1790 (TAMPER? OR PILFER?)

=> S (PACK? OR CONTAINER# OR CLOSURE# OR CONNECT? OR SEAL?) 49674 PACK? 19183 CONTAINER# 4311 CLOSURE# 3142 CONNECT? 8657 SEAL?L3 59134 (PACK? OR CONTAINER# OR CLOSURE# OR CONNECT? OR SEAL?)

=> S L2 AND L3L4 1696 L2 AND L3

Associate synonyms using the OR operator.

L-numbers may be linked with other search terms or other L-numbers via the SEARCH command.

Helpful Hint: For efficient searching in files with search term pricing, develop separate queries for each concept.

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=> S (TAMPER? OR PILFER?) AND (PACK? OR CONTAINER# OR CLOSURE# OR CONNECT? OR SEAL?) 1769 TAMPER? 79 PILFER? 49674 PACK? 19183 CONTAINER# 4311 CLOSURE# 3142 CONNECT? 8657 SEAL?L5 1696 (TAMPER? OR PILFER?) AND (PACK? OR CONTAINER# OR CLOSURE# OR CONNECT? OR SEAL?)

Option: The preceding queries could have been combined into one search query. The number of answers is the same.

Summary:The preliminary search: 1613 answers. The more comprehensive search: 1696 answers

Search the more comprehensive query

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Narrowing an Online Search

Narrow to decrease the number of answers Choose more specific search terms Add another concept to the search query

Worksheet Directions: Review the D TRIAL results of the preliminary search. How could you alter your search strategy so that the results focus on packaging systems for milk where tampering is apparent?

More precise query: S L5 AND (EVIDEN? OR INDICAT?)

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Add another concept to the search query

=> S L5 AND (EVIDEN? OR INDICAT?) 5826 EVIDEN? 17901 INDICAT?L6 1469 L5 AND (EVIDEN? OR INDICAT?)

Worksheet Directions: Recall that your assignment is to investigate milk packaging. Write a search query that uses the results of the search you have just completed and sharpen the results to focus on tamper-resistant packaging for milk.

Revised query: S L6 AND (MILK# OR DAIR? OR CREAM#)

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=> S (MILK# OR DAIR? OR CREAM#) 37360 MILK# 35701 DAIR? 9837 CREAM#L7 58458 (MILK# OR DAIR? OR CREAM#)

=> S L6 AND L7L8 173 L6 AND L7

=> D TRIAL 1-3

L8 ANSWER 1 OF 173 FROSTI COPYRIGHT 2000 LFRATI Cap skirt with single bead and container neck structure.CT BOTTLES; CLOSURES; CONTAINERS; PACKAGING CONTAINERS; PACKAGING PRODUCTS; PATENT; SINGLE USE BOTTLES; SMALL BOTTLES; TAMPER EVIDENT CLOSURES; TAMPER EVIDENT PACKAGING PRODUCTS; US PATENT

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Evaluate answers at no cost.


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Use the DISPLAY (D) command to see the answers in greater detail.

Display Answers in More Detail

The DISPLAY command requires three pieces of instruction:

The default for each of these items is:

answer set L-number last L-number created

number(s) of answers first answer of the answer set

format BIB (bibliographic information)

At any time on STN, if you type out the entire command name (DISPLAY), STN will prompt you for each of these options.

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An answer format is a code that tells the STN computer which piece(s) of the

record to display.

Two common answer formats are: BIB for BIBliographic information (title,

author, source, language...) ALL for ALL the available information (be carefull)


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=> D L8 1 ALLL8 ANSWER 1 OF 173 FROSTI COPYRIGHT 2000 LFRAAN 531281 FROSTITI Cap skirt with single bead and container neck structure.IN Bietzer S.H.; Krischke K.A.; Repp R.E.PA Portola Packaging Inc.SO United States PatentPI US 6082567 B HI0704AI NO1023NTE HI0704DT PatentLA EnglishAB A tamper-evident cap and closure for a o o oCT BOTTLES; CLOSURES; CONTAINERS; PACKAGING CONTAINERS; PACKAGING PRODUCTS; PATENT; SINGLE USE BOTTLES; SMALL BOTTLES; TAMPER EVIDENT CLOSURES; TAMPER EVIDENT PACKAGING PRODUCTS; US PATENTDED 1 Sep 2000

Helpful Hint: In many cases, the individual indexes may be displayed by using the index codes.

Example: => D L8 5 TI LA


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Review: Online Search Strategy

Step 1 Determine your search question.

Step 2 Identify relevant files. CAS Catalog

STN Database Summary Sheets

STNGuide

Step 3 Build your search question. Main concepts and synonyms

Logic operators (AND, OR, NOT)

Step 4 Logon to STN International.

Step 5 Conduct a preliminary search. => FILE ABCD

=> E TERM

=> S TERM1 AND TERM2

Truncation symbols

Step 6 Evaluate answers. => D L# n TRIAL

Step 7 Sharpen your search strategy. Alternate search terms

File-specific terminology

Add concepts to the search query

Step 8 Display answers in more detail

=> D L# n format(s)

Step 9 Logoff from STN International.

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Skills Practice

Given that you have performed a search and the STN response is

L7 52 L6 AND (DRUG# OR PHARMACEUTICAL# OR MEDICINE#)

Write DISPLAY command lines that tell STN to display:

1. The bibliographic information and abstract for the first answer.

2. Answers 11-14 showing titles only.

3. The complete record of the 20th answer.

D BIB AB or DISPLAY L7 1 BIB AB

D 11-14 TI or DISPLAY L7 11-14 TI

D 20 ALL or DISPLAY L7 20 ALL

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1. Use the FSTA (Food Science and Technology Abstracts) file to locate information on biodegradable packaging made of starch.

Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3

biodegraded biodegradable biodegradation

package packages packaging container containers

starch starches

a) Use D TRIAL to preview several answers. b) Use what you learn from the D TRIAL displays to modify your query. c) Display the titles of the first 5 answers. d) Display the BIB and ABS information for two answers of interest.

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2. Find information on flavor or aroma components of blackberries in FROSTI. Use D TRIAL to evaluate your answers, sharpen your search strategy as needed, and display several answers in the answer format of your choice.

3. Search the JICST-Eplus file (Japanese Information Center of

Science and Technology, and Medicine in Japan) to find information on the use of ultrasonic waves in detection devices used at train crossings. Display company names for the first 10 answers. HINT Use the answer format CS.

4. Find information on flame-retardant materials used to insulate electric cables in the COMPENDEX (Computerized Engineering Index and EI Engineering Meetings) file. Display the bibliographic and abstract information for a few answers. HINT Use either the BIB or IBIB answer formats for

bibliographic information. They both display the same information; however, IBIB writes out the index names instead of using codes, making the display easier to read.

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What Is STN Telling You?

* * * * * * RECONNECTED TO STN INTERNATIONAL * * * * * * SESSION RESUMED IN FILE 'HOME' AT 15:24:23 ON 26 OCT 2000FILE 'HOME' ENTERED AT 15:24:23 ON 26 OCT 2000

=> S LIFETHIS COMMAND NOT AVAILABLE IN THE CURRENT FILESome commands only work in certain files. For example, the EXPAND command can only be used to look at the index in a file which has an index. Enter "HELP COMMANDS" at an arrow prompt (=>) for a list of commands which can be used in this file.

Your action?

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=> FILE CAPLUS

=> E MICROWAVE?E1 66996 MICROWAVE/BIE2 1 MICROWAVE2PA/BIE3 0 --> MICROWAVE?/BIE4 3 MICROWAVEABILITY/BIE5 67 MICROWAVEABLE/BI

o o oE12 5 MICROWAVEGUIDE/BI

=> S MICROWAVE?L9 67902 MICROWAVE?

Why are there 0 postings at E3, but 67,902 answers in L9?


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=> FILE ENERGY

=> S SOLAR AND CAR# OR AUTOMOBILE# 164787 SOLAR 27534 CAR# 22731 AUTOMOBILE#L10 23652 SOLAR AND CAR# OR AUTOMOBILE#

=> S SOLAR AND (CAR# OR AUTOMOBILE#) 164787 SOLAR 27534 CAR# 22731 AUTOMOBILE#L11 1482 SOLAR AND (CAR# OR AUTOMOBILE#)

Why is L10 so much larger than L11?Which answer set retrieves only those answers concerned with solar powered cars or automobiles?


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=> FILE INSPEC

=> S NANOROBOT?L12 28 NANOROBOT?

=> D TRAIL 1-3'TRAIL' IS NOT A VALID FORMAT FOR FILE 'INSPEC'

The following are valid formats:

BIB --------- AN, plus Bibliographic DataIBIB --------- BIB, indented with text labelsIND --------- AN, plus Index Data

o o oThe same formats may be used with the DISPLAY ACC command to display the record for a specified accession number.ENTER DISPLAY FORMAT (BIB):

What caused STN to respond in this manner?How do you return to an arrow prompt?


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Sharpening Strategies

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In this section, you will learn to:

• Control the relative proximity of search terms in answers• Arrange answers in relevance order• Narrow searches using specialized indexes of a file

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Locate records in the CAplus file on the preparation and manufacture of skin substitutes.

Approach:

Assume that steps 1-3 of the Online Search Strategy are complete. The following search question has been formulated.

=> SKIN AND SUBSTITUTE# AND (PREPARATION# OR MANUFACTURE)


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Conduct a preliminary search.

=> FILE CAPLUS

=> S SKIN AND SUBSTITUTE# AND (PREPARATION# OR MANUFACTURE) 131749 SKIN 367264 SUBSTITUTE# 1082797 PREPARATION# 271426 MANUFACTUREL1 734 SKIN AND SUBSTITUTE# AND (PREPARATION# OR MANUFACTURE)=> D TRIAL'TRIAL' IS NOT A VALID FORMAT FOR FILE 'CAPLUS'

The following are valid formats:

ABS --------- GI and ABALL --------- BIB, AB, IND, RE

o o oENTER DISPLAY FORMAT (BIB):END

Evaluate answers with no cost displays. If D TRIAL does not work - try D SCAN. D SCAN is the no cost format for CAS files.

Type END to exit the interaction and return to an arrow prompt.

96To see another answer, type 1.

Evaluate Answers=> D SCANL1 734 ANSWERS CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2000 ACS

o o oCC 25-1 (Benzene, Its Derivatives, and Condensed Benzenoid Compounds) Section cross-reference(s): 1TI Preparation of adamantyl-substituted stilbenes as dermatological agentsST adamantyl stilbene prepn dermatol agentIT Antiproliferative agents Antitumor agents Skin preparations (pharmaceutical) (adamantyl-substituted stilbenes)IT Skin preparations (pharmaceutical) (prepn. of adamantyl-substituted stilbenes as dermatol. agents)

o o o HOW MANY MORE ANSWERS DO YOU WISH TO SCAN? (1):1

This answer is not relevant. Although the terms "skin" and "substitute#" appear in the record, the answer has nothing to do with "skin substitutes."

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o o oL1 734 ANSWERS CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2000 ACSCC 17-7 (Food and Feed Chemistry)TI Preparation of shark fin substitute with gelatin and sodium alginate

o o oHOW MANY MORE ANSWERS DO YOU WISH TO SCAN? (1):1 L1 734 ANSWERS CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2000 ACS

o o oTI Preparation of artificial skinST artificial skin gum urethane rubberIT Rubber, urethane, biological studies RL: BIOL (Biological study) (artificial skin manuf. with gums and)IT Gums and Mucilages (artificial skin manuf. with urethane rubbers and) o o o

This answer is very relevant. Note that the terms “skin” and “artificial” are close together

Evaluate Answers

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To terminate D SCAN, type END,

NONE, or 0 (zero) at the colon.

o o oTI Collagen derivatives containing thiol group as biomaterial for preparation of prostheses and implants

o o oIT Skin (artificial, collagen derivs. contg. Thiol group as biomaterial for prepn. of prostheses and implants)

o o oHOW MANY MORE ANSWERS DO YOU WISH TO SCAN? (1):0

Evaluate Answers

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Proximity of Search TermsAre the answers you see in the evaluation step the kinds of answers you want?

If the answer is Tips

No Use the different search terms

Narrow the search

Yes, but you want more references

Broaden your search by using more alternate terms

Broaden your search by using truncation

Yes, but you want fewer references

Choose more specific search terms


Use proximity operators to link the concepts more closely

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Use proximity operators to specify the closeness of search terms to each other within records.

Assumption:Assumption: the closer the terms are together in the record, the more directly related they are to each other.

Proximity of Search Terms

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Use the operator

To require that answers

contain search terms:

Example

(W)

Note: (W) is automatically used in phrases.

Adjacent to each other, in the order typed

=> S SKIN (W) SUBSTITUTE#

OR

=> S SKIN SUBSTITUTE#

(nW)

n = 1,2,3,…

With n or fewer words between each other

=> S SKIN (2W) SUBSTITUTE#


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Use the operator

To require that answers contain

search terms:

Example

(A) Adjacent to each other in either order

=> S SKIN (A) SUBSTITUTE#

(nA)

n = 1,2,3,…

n or fewer words between each other

=> S SKIN (5A) SUBSTITUTE#


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Use the operator


search terms:

Example

(S) Usally in the same Sentence

=> S SKIN (S) SUBSTITUTE#


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Use the operator


search terms:

Example

(L) In the same Field

=> S SKIN (L) SUBSTITUTE#


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ANDSearch terms are in the same record

(L)Search terms are in the same information unit

(P)Definition varies with

the field and database

(S)Definition varies with

the field and database

(A)Terms are adjacent

in any order

(W)Terms are adjacent in

input order

noteSome proximity operatorswork differently in differentSTN files. Consult the file-specific HELP messagesfor details:

=> HELP (S)

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=> S (SKIN OR DERMAL) (2A) (SUBSTITUTE# OR ARTIFICIAL) AND (PREPN# OR PREPARATION# OR MANUF?) 131749 SKIN 9052 DERMAL 367264 SUBSTITUTE# 68710 ARTIFICIAL 679 (SKIN OR DERMAL) (2A) (SUBSTITUTE# OR ARTIFICIAL) 1913233 PREPN# 1082797 PREPARATION# 864277 MANUF?L2 254 (SKIN OR DERMAL) (2A) (SUBSTITUTE# OR ARTIFICIAL) AND (PREPN# OR PREPARATION# OR MANUF?)

Sharpen the search strategy

The (2A) operator retrieves terms in phrases such as: dermal substitutes, artificial skin, substitutes for human skin

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=> D SCANL2 254 ANSWERS CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2000 ACS

o o oTI Artificial skinST artificial skin polymerIT Artificial skin (polymer artificial skin)

o o oHOW MANY MORE ANSWERS DO YOU WISH TO SCAN? (1):1

L2 254 ANSWERS CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2000 ACSo o o

TI Manufacture of prosthetic skin with polymeric films and bioabsorbable substancesST skin prosthetic polyester synthetic fiberIT Textiles (skin substitute manuf. from polymeric film and chem.-treated)

o o o

Sharpen the search strategy

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=> D L2 35 BIB ABSL2 ANSWER 35 OF 254 CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2000 ACSAN 1999:48872 CAPLUSDN 130:154876TI Artificial skin models from urethane elastomers for cosmetic demonstration and their manufacture

o o oAB The models comprise (1) a surface layer comprising

o o o B, and removing the master model. Thus, an artificial skin model was prepd. From a polytetramethylene glycol- naphthalene diisocyanate rubber as a base layer and a polypropylene glycol-polymethylenepolyphenyl polyisocyanate rubber as a surface layer.

=> D L2 1-3 TI

Display answers in more detail

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Arranging Answers by Relevance

Relevance Ranking FOCUS command

Relevance is algorithmically determined using Occurrence of hit terms, weighted by index Proximity of search terms

Location of search terms within a field

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=> FOCUSPROCESSING COMPLETED FOR L2 L3 254 FOCUS L2 1-

=> D L3 1-3 TI L3 ANSWER 1 OF 254 CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2000 ACSTI Artificial skin and its preparation L3 ANSWER 2 OF 254 CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2000 ACSTI Artificial skin base materials and their manufacture L3 ANSWER 3 OF 254 CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2000 ACSTI Hyaluronic acid gel for artificial skin manufacture

Type FOCUS at an arrow prompt.

The system focuses the last L-number created.

After using FOCUS, answer 1 is the most relevant while answer 254 is the least.

FOCUS is: available in most bibliographic and full-text files best used with broad, multi-word subject searches

Arranging Answers by Relevance

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Using Specialized Indexes To Narrow an Answer Set

Useful for specifying that all records in a set are:

From a particular type of source document – e.g., patent or journal article

Written in a particular language

Published within a particular time period

To search for a term in a specialized index, the appropriate index

code, preceded by a slash, is appended to the search term

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Narrowing the Answer Set by Document Type

Search Question:

Refine your previous search concerning the preparation and manufacture of skin substitutes by limiting the answers to those that are reviews.

Original source document information is located in the Document Type index (/DT).

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=> E A/DT**** START OF FIELD *E3 0 --> A/DTE4 152876 B/DTE5 5143 BIO/DT

o o o=> EE13 853721 CONFERENCE/DTE14 274395 D/DTE15 274395 DISSERTATION/DTE16 7064 ED/DTE17 7064 EDITORIAL/DTE18 7150 ER/DTE19 7150 ERRATA/DTE20 1411961 GENERAL REVIEW/DTE21 1411961 GR/DTE22 12270032 J/DT

o o o

Use EXPAND to identify the appropriate search term.

Start at the beginning of the index by expanding on A/DT.

Finding "General Review" tells you that it is a valid search term to locate reviews in the DT index.

Both General Review and GR are valid search terms.


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=> D HISo o o

L1 734 S SKIN AND SUBSTITUTE# AND (PREPARATION# OR MANUFACTURE)L2 254 S (SKIN OR DERMAL) (2A) (SUBSTITUTE# OR ARTIFICIAL) AND PREPN#L3 254 FOCUS L2 1- E A/DT=> S L2 AND GENERAL REVIEW/DT 1411961 GENERAL REVIEW/DTL4 20 L2 AND GENERAL REVIEW/DT=> D L4 BIBL4 ANSWER 1 OF 20 CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2000 ACS

o o oSO Kobunja Kwahak Kwa Kisul (1999), 10(6), 710-721 CODEN: KKKIEM; ISSN: 1225-0260PB Polymer Society of KoreaDT Journal; General ReviewLA Korean

The D HIS command allows you to view a list of all commands and files used during your online session.

Restrict the answers to reviews. Note the DT code follows the search term and a slash.


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Narrowing the Answer Set by Language

Search Question:

Refine your previous search concerning the preparation and manufacture of skin substitutes by limiting the answers to those that are written in English.

Original source language is located in the Language index (/LA).

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=> E ENGLISH/LAE1 10669821 EN/LAE2 10669821 ENG/LAE3 10669821 --> ENGLISH/LAE4 58 EO/LAE5 70682 ES/LAE6 58 ESPERANTO/LAE7 291 ESTONIAN/LAE8 291 ET/LAE9 121 EU/LAE10 710 FA/LAE11 3610 FI/LAE12 3609 FINNISH/LA

=> S L2 AND E3 10669821 ENGLISH/LAL5 100 L2 AND ENGLISH/LA

Use EXPAND to identify the appropriate search term.

You find 10,669,821 records where English is listed as the language.

Note: EN and ENG are abbreviated forms of the word ENGLISH and are valid search terms in the LA index of CAplus.

Restrict the answers to English language documents.

Note: E3 can be used as a search term.


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=> D L5 4 BIBL5 ANSWER 4 OF 100 CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2000 ACS

o o oTI Biocompatibility studies of a new biosynthetic dermal substitute based on collagen/hyaluronan conjugateAU Koller, J.; Bakos, D.; Sadlonova, I.

o o oSO Cell Tissue Banking (2000), 1(1), 75-80 CODEN: CTBAFV; ISSN: 1389-9333PB Kluwer Academic PublishersDT JournalLA EnglishRE.CNT 14RE(3) Compton, C; Lab Invest 1989, V60, P600 MEDLINE

o o o(14) Yannas, I; J Biomed Mat Res 1980, V14, P65 CAPLUSALL CITATIONS AVAILABLE IN THE RE FORMAT


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Narrowing the Answer Set by Publication Year

Search Question:

Refine your previous search concerning the preparation and manufacture of skin substitutes by limiting it to those documents that were published between 1998 and 2000.

Publication year information is located in the Publication Year index (/PY).

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=> S L2 AND 1998-2000/PY 2339954 1998-2000/PYL6 86 L2 AND 1998-2000/PY

=> D L6 BIBL6 ANSWER 1 OF 86 CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2000 ACS

o o oTI Biopolymer/polyallylamine composites and their manufacture

o o oDT PatentLA JapaneseFAN.CNT 1 PATENT NO. KIND DATE APPLICATION NO. DATE --------------- ---- -------- --------------- --------PI JP 2000273264 A2 20001003 JP 1999-77510 19990323 <--

=> D L6 2 BIBo o o

A hyphen is used between years when specifying a range.

Specific years may also be searched,

=> S Lx and 1998/PY.

=> S Lx and py >= 2000

Narrowing the Answer Set by Publication Year

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Tools for Refining Searches - Summary

Techniques for broadening a search:

Use truncation Use more alternate search terms in the query

Synonyms File-specific indexing terms Variations in spelling Acronyms File-specific abbreviations

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Techniques for narrowing a search:

Choose more specific search terms Add another concept to the search query

Use specialized indexes

Use proximity operators to specify the relative closeness of search terms to each other within the answer:

(W) Terms adjacent to each other, in the order typed(A) Terms adjacent to each other, in either order

(S) Terms in the same sentence (L) Terms in the same field


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Technique for ranking search results:

Use FOCUS to rearrange answers in relevance order


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1 Find information in the MEDLINE database on job stress in the dental profession. Use proximity operators to adjust the size and focus of your answer set.Use the FOCUS feature to arrange the answers in relevance order.

2 Use the PROMT (Predicasts Overviews of Markets and Technology) file to locate business information on the development of new gourmet coffee flavors. Isolate those documents written between 1996 and 1999. Display results in relevance order.

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-In the FSTA database, locate publications by Saul Katz on

methods for decaffeinating coffee.

-In the CABA database, locate publications by P.K. O’Rourke

on cattle raising.– HINT Improve the subject search results by including

synonyms for “cattle” such as “cow” or “beef”.

-In the Caplus database, locate DuPont patents on aluminum

nitride fibers.– HINT Improve the subject search results by including

ALN as a synonym for aluminum nitride.

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Managing Search Results

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Managing STN Results

Save searches, queries or answer sets

Use saved searches, queries or answer sets

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Storing SearchesA number of options are available on STN to store and

manage Answer sets

=> SAVE SKINSUBS1/A

Queries=> SAVE SKINSUBS2/Q

L-number lists=> SAVE SKINSUBS3/L

Stored items may be used in a future online session.

Information is stored by login id.

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SAVE, ACTIVATE, and DELETE are used together to

manage stored STN search results.

Stored Searches

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Storage Options

There are two options for storage:

To store information Use this STN SAVE option

Long-term SAVE

In 7-14 days expires SAVE TEMP

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2. Recall the saved search results in a future online

session.

1. Save answers

4. Maintain saved items for currency, deleting as

needed.

3. Reuse the saved results for display.

To store and manage STN results

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=> SAVE TEMP TITLE

ENTER L#, L# RANGE, ALL, OR (END):L2ENTER NAME OR (END): SKINSUBS1/AENTER TITLE (NONE):PREPARATION OF SKIN SUBSTITUTES ANSWER SET L2 HAS BEEN SAVED AS 'SKINSUBS1/A'

The following information is required to SAVE an answer set: Answer set L-number File name Title (optional)

Save answers

The name must begin with a letter, have 1-12 characters, contain only letters or numbers, and end in /A. TITLE must be included on the command line if you wish to add a title.

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=> D SAVEDNAME CREATED NOTES/TITLE-------------- ----------- ------------------------------------ALLKW/A 15 MAY 2003 161 ANSWERS 158 ANSWERS IN FILE HCAPLUS 3 ANSWERS IN FILE WPINDEX CAKW/A 15 JUN 2004 309 ANSWERS IN FILE HCAPLUS CASEQ/A 14 AUG 2003 76 ANSWERS IN FILE HCAPLUS CASSEP/A 09 NOV 2002 54 ANSWERS IN FILE CAPLUS NEWHITS/A 14 AUG 2004 6 ANSWERS IN FILE HCAPLUS SKINSUBS1/A TEMP 361 ANSWERS IN FILE CAPLUS PREPARATION OF SKIN SUBSTITUTES WPIKW/A 20 AUG 2004 3 ANSWERS IN FILE WPINDEX

Recall saved results

D SAVED gives an inventory of items saved in storage.

Current awareness alerts do not display by default. To see current awareness alerts saved under an ID, type

=> D SAVED/S

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Stored items can be recalled in a future online session using the ACTIVATE command.

The query is not re-searched. The same answers are in the answer set as when it was saved.

An saved item is not removed from storage when it is activated.

Reuse saved items

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=> FILE CAPLUS

=> ACTIVATE SKINSUBS1/AL3 349 SEA FILE=CAPLUS (SKIN OR DERMAL) (2A) (SUBSTITUTE# OR ARTIFICIAL) AND (PREPN# OR PREPARATION# OR MANUF?)

=> D L3 12 BIB ABSL3 ANSWER 12 OF 349 CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2004 ACS on STN AN 2004:212886 CAPLUSTI Change in cell adhesion property on cytocompatible interface using phospholipid polymer grafted with poly(d,l-lactic acid) segment for tissue engineeringAU Watanabe, Junji; Ishihara, KazuhikoCS School of Engineering, Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, JapanSO Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (2003), 4(6), 539-544 CODEN: STAMCV; ISSN: 1468-6996PB Elsevier Ltd.DT JournalLA EnglishAB Tissue engineering is a multi-disciplinary science that utilizes basic principles from materials engineering and mol. biol. to reconstruct

Displaying results in more detailAnswer sets must be activated in the file(s) in which they were created.

The next L-number in the current session is assigned to the activated answer set.

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The activated answer sets can be refined using additional search terms.– STN does not update the search - it does not find

answers added to the databases since the answer set was saved.

– Instead, it locates answers in the saved/activated set that match the additional requirement.

Searching with saved results

=> S L3 AND PY>=1998 6193571 PY>=1998L4 181 L3 AND PY>=1998

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The items saved in long-term storage can be removed using the DELETE command.

Deleting saved items

=> D SAVED

=> DEL SKINSUBS1/A

DELETE SKINSUBS1/A? (Y)/N:Y

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The Multifile Environment on STN

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The Multifile Environment on STN

• Clusters

• STNindex

• Crossfile Searching

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Clusters

STN groups files by technology coverage to make it easy to

identify files that are relevant to a search topic.

=> D CLUSTER

CLUSTER NAME COMMENT----------------- -----------------------------------------------------ADISBASES Adis International Limited Database Cluster AEROTECH Aerospace and Related Technology Cluster AGRICULTURE Agriculture Cluster ALLBIB All bibliographic files for STNINDEX searching AUTHORS Files for STNINDEX author based searches BIOSCIENCE Bioscience Literature Cluster BUSINESS Sci-Tech Business and News Cluster CASLINK Linked CAS files (Predefined Search Sequences) CASRNS CAS Registry Numbers Cluster CHEMENG Chemical Engineering Cluster CHEMISTRY Chemical Literature Cluster COMPANIES Files for company based searches COMPUTER Computer Science Cluster CONSTRUCTION Building and Construction Cluster CORPSOURCE Files for STNINDEX corporate source based searches CURRENT Current file environment Cluster ELECTRICAL Electrical Engineering ENGINEERING Engineering and Technology Cluster ENVIRONMENT Environment Cluster FOOD Food Science and Technology Cluster FUELS Energy Sources Cluster FULLTEXT Fulltext Files Cluster GEOSCIENCE Earth and Geo-sciences Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . .

File Clusters

=> D CLUSTER AGRICULTURECLUSTER NAME CLUSTER DEFINITION----------------- -----------------------------------------------------AGRICULTURE AGRICOLA BIOBUSINESS BIOCOMMERCE BIOSIS BIOTECHNO CABA CAPLUS CBNB CIN CONFSCI CROPB CROPU ESBIOBASE FEDRIP FOMAD FOREGE FROSTI FSTA GENBANK IFIPAT INVESTEXT LIFESCI NAPRALERT NTIS PASCAL PHIC PHIN PROMT SCISEARCH USPATFULL USPAT2 Agriculture Cluster

Helpful HINT

Customized clusters may be created using the SET CLUSTER command. Example: => SET CLUSTER ENTER CLUSTER NAME OR (?):.MYCLUSTER ENTER LIST OF FILE NAMES OR (?):CAPLUS BIOSIS MORE FILES, (NONE), OR ?:NONE CLUSTER '.MYCLUSTER' DEFINED AS 'CAPLUS, BIOSIS' SET COMMAND COMPLETED Customized cluster names must start with a dot: .MYCLUSTER

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Example: You choose ENGINEERING cluster and..

you want to include the METADEX and EMA files (both materials science) in your search, go online and enter:

=> file ENGINEERING METADEX EMA

you are not interested in petroleum industry patents:

=> file ENGINEERING -APILIT

you want to add and eliminate files, enter e.g.

=> file ENGINEERING METADEX EMA -APILIT

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a cost-effective way to determine information for the user

before start searching

assists you in deciding which files to enter and to search

allows you to test your search strategy.

predefined clusters can be modified

user can create own clusters

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Command IND to access STNindex (at least 2 files defined)

=> ind 1mobility ca cerab compendex ema energy inspec solidstate promt

INDEX '1MOBILITY, CA, CERAB, COMPENDEX, EMA, ENERGY, INSPEC, SOLIDSTATE, PROMT'ENTERED AT ...

9 FILES IN THE FILE LIST IN STNINDEXEnter SET DETAIL ON to see search term postings or to view search error messages that display as 0* with SET DETAIL OFF.

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=> s ((aluminia or alumina) and (motor# or rotor# or turbine# or

engine#))/ti

5 FILE 1MOBILITY 35 FILE CA 6 FILE CERAB 8 FILE COMPENDEX 1 FILE EMA 5 FILE ENERGY 3 FILE INSPEC 1 FILE SOLIDSTATE 10 FILE PROMT

9 FILES HAVE ONE OR MORE ANSWERS, 9 FILES SEARCHED IN STNINDEX

L1 QUE ((ALUMINIA OR ALUMINA) AND (MOTOR# OR ROTOR# OR TURBINE# OR ENGINE#))/TI

Plurals are automatically included when you enter SET PLURALS ON before SEARCHing.Can be set permanently:SET PLURALS ON PERM

Search your profile

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=> d rankF1 35 CA F2 10 PROMT F3 8 COMPENDEX F4 6 CERAB F5 5 1MOBILITY F6 5 ENERGY F7 3 INSPEC F8 1 EMA

F9 1 SOLIDSTATE

Display a ranking of the files with most answers

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Retrieve and display the answers

=> fil CA PROMT COMPENDEX

=> fil F1 F2 F3

=> fil F1-F3

- Select the files that have answers

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=> fil hits

FILE 'CA' ENTERED AT ...USE IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF YOUR STN CUSTOMER AGREEMENT.PLEASE SEE "HELP USAGETERMS" FOR DETAILS.COPYRIGHT (C) 1997 AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS)

FILE 'PROMT' ENTERED AT ...COPYRIGHT (C) 1997 Information Access Company. All rights reserved. ...

Retrieve and display the answers

- or use FILE HITS to enter all scanned files that had hits

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=> SET MSTEPS ON

SET COMMAND COMPLETED

=> s l1L2 35 FILE CA L3 10 FILE PROMT L4 8 FILE COMPENDEX L5 6 FILE CERAB L6 5 FILE 1MOBILITY L7 5 FILE ENERGY L8 3 FILE INSPEC L9 1 FILE EMA L10 1 FILE SOLIDSTATE

TOTAL FOR ALL FILESL11 74 L1

Use command SET MSTEPS ON (PERM) to search the L-number query created in INDEX

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=> set duporder file


Identify duplicate citations by choosing

the parameter SET DUPORDER FILE

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=> dup l11 rem

PROCESSING COMPLETED FOR L11 L12 60 DUP REM L11 (14 DUPLICATES REMOVED)

ANSWERS '1-35' FROM FILE CA ANSWERS '36-45' FROM FILE PROMT ANSWERS '46-47' FROM FILE COMPENDEXANSWERS '48-49' FROM FILE CERABANSWERS '50-54' FROM FILE 1MOBILITY ANSWERS '55-58' FROM FILE ENERGY ANSWER '59' FROM FILE EMA ANSWER '60' FROM FILE SOLIDSTATE

Remove duplicate identified in themultifile L-number of the answer set

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=> focusFOCUS NOT AVAILABLE IN 'ENERGY'. PROCESSING COMPLETED FOR L12 ANSWERS FROM NON FOCUS FILES PUT AT END OF ANSWER SET.

L13 60 FOCUS L12 1-

Use command FOCUS to rearrange theDUP REM results according to relevance

This command is available in 8 out of 9 files from our cluster, the exception being

the ENERGY file

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The Search in the Multifile Environment on STN:

File by File (preferred) Simultaneous Multifile

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Search Question:

Find references discussing photosensitive epileptic seizures that are triggered by watching television.

Simultaneous Multifile Searching

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To develop and use a universal search strategy across many files:

2. Develop the universal search query in one file.

1. Identify relevant files.

3. Run the search in multiple files.


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To develop and use a universal search strategy across many files:

5. Display answers.

4. Remove duplicate answers.


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Identify Relevant Files

The STNindex feature allows a searcher to see how many hits will occur in databases of interest without incurring the actual search charges.

It is used most often when surveying clusters, but can be used with any combination of two or more file and/or cluster names.

The INDEX command is used to access STNindex.


=> INDEX ALLBIB

INDEX '1MOBILITY, 2MOBILITY, ADISALERTS, AEROSPACE, AGRICOLA, ALUMINIUM, ANABSTR, AQUASCI, AQUIRE, BABS, BIBLIODATA, BIOBUSINESS, BIOCOMMERCE, BIOSIS, BIOTECHABS, BIOTECHDS, BIOTECHNO, BLLDB, CABA, CANCERLIT, CAOLD, CAPLUS, CASREACT, CBNB, CEABA-VTB, ...’ ENTERED AT 15:23:08 ON 18 SEP 2002

129 FILES IN THE FILE LIST IN STNINDEX

Enter SET DETAIL ON to see search term postings or to viewsearch error messages that display as 0* with SET DETAIL OFF.

ALLBIB is a cluster that covers every bibliographic file on STN. It is useful if you are unsure of which topic cluster to search.


=> S PHOTOSENSITIVE (4A) (SEIZURE OR EPILEPSY) AND (TELEVISION OR TV) 1 FILE ADISALERTS 2 FILE BIOBUSINESS 40 FILE BIOSIS 1 FILE BIOTECHNO 1 FILE CAPLUS 2 FILE COMPENDEX 1 FILE COMPUAB 33 FILES SEARCHED... 1 FILE DDFU 3 FILE DRUGU 1 FILE EMBAL 76 FILE EMBASE 18 FILE ESBIOBASE 5 FILE EUROPATFULL 58 FILES SEARCHED…

For the survey stage of the search, a “quick and dirty” search is used:


=> D RANKF1 76 EMBASE F2 50 MEDLINE F3 49 SCISEARCH F4 40 BIOSIS F5 23 PASCAL F6 18 ESBIOBASE F7 12 JICST-EPLUS F8 6 INSPEC F9 6 PROMT F10 5 EUROPATFULL F11 4 NLDB F12 4 USPATFULL F13 3 DRUGU F14 2 BIOBUSINESS F15 2 COMPENDEX F16 2 LIFESCI F17 2 TOXCENTER F18 1 ADISALERTS F19 1 BIOTECHNO F20 1 CAPLUS F21 1 COMPUAB F22 1 DDFU F23 1 EMBAL F24 1 USPAT2

D RANK displays a list of the files with hits in descending order.

Each file is assigned an F-number that can be used in place of the file name when the files are entered for searching.

Based on the high number of hits, EMBASE may be a good starting point for developing the query.


=> HELP CONTENT FILE=EMBASE You are currently in the EMBASE File. EMBASE, the Excerpta Medica database, covers worldwide literature on biomedical and pharmaceutical fields. It is produced by Elsevier Science, the world's largest publisher of scientific and technical information.

EMBASE contains more than 8,772,090 citations (11/01) for the time period 1974-present and is updated weekly.

Records contain bibliographic information; controlled terms (EMTREE drug and medical descriptors, EMTREE codes); drug trade names and manufacturers; and medical device trade names and manufacturers (1998-present). Approximately 80% of the records include abstracts, and many include CAS Registry Numbers (R).

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Learning more about database content

To view information about the content of a specific file while in the INDEX environment, type: HELP CONTENT FILE=FILENAME


All information is searchable. The Basic Index contains single words from the document titles (TI), controlled term (CT), chemical names (drug and medical devices trade names) (CN), gene number (GEN), company (manufacturer) names (CO), names of product (NP), and abstract (AB) fields, as well as CAS Registry Numbers. The only words that are not indexed are the stopwords, AN, AND, AS, AT, BY, FOR, FROM, IN, NOT, OF, ON, OR, THE, TO, and WITH. Other information, such as author names, is searched by using field qualifiers, e.g., S JONES, E A/AU.

For a list of additional messages giving information about the EMBASE File, enter HELP DIRECTORY at an arrow prompt (=>).

For information on the most recent updates to the file, enter NEWS FILE at an arrow prompt.

=> HELP DIRECTORY FILE=EMBASE



=> HELP DIRECTORY FILE=EMBASE

The following HELP messages are available to obtain information on the EMBASE File:

HELP ACCESSION - EMBASE File Accession Number formats HELP CONTENT - General EMBASE File description HELP COST - Price schedule for the EMBASE File HELP CROSSOVER - File crossover searching in the EMBASE File HELP DESK - Information on EMBASE File user assistance HELP DFIELDS - List of display field codes HELP EFIELDS - List of extract field codes HELP EMTAGS - Information on previously used EMTAGS HELP FIELDS - List of fields and formats HELP FORMAT - Predefined formats for DISPLAY and PRINT



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Recall the Search Question . . .

Find references discussing photosensitive epileptic seizures that are triggered by watching television.


=> FILE EMBASE

=> SET NOTICE SEARCH

ENTER AMOUNT IN U.S. DOLLARS, OR OFF (1000):20NOTICE SET TO 20 U.S. DOLLARS FOR SEARCH COMMANDSET COMMAND COMPLETED

=> SET NOTICE DISPLAY

ENTER AMOUNT IN U.S. DOLLARS, OR OFF (100):20NOTICE SET TO 20 U.S. DOLLARS FOR DISPLAY COMMANDSET COMMAND COMPLETED

=> SET PLURALS ONSET COMMAND COMPLETED

Technique option: SET NOTICE commands warn when search and display fees exceed a specified value.

Technique option: SET PLURALS ON will automatically search plural word forms.


=> S L1

1721 PHOTOSENSITIVE 43157 SEIZURE 33357 SEIZURES 53443 SEIZURE (SEIZURE OR SEIZURES) 47920 EPILEPSY 2538 EPILEPSIES 48032 EPILEPSY (EPILEPSY OR EPILEPSIES) 441 PHOTOSENSITIVE (4A) (SEIZURE OR EPILEPSY) 5089 TELEVISION 21 TELEVISIONS 5097 TELEVISION (TELEVISION OR TELEVISIONS) 2811 TV 254 TVS 3048 TV (TV OR TVS)L2 76 PHOTOSENSITIVE (4A) (SEIZURE OR EPILEPSY) AND (TELEVISION OR TV)

Recall that L1 is the preliminary search. Note enhanced recall with SET PLURALS ON.


=> D TRIAL 2 6 7L2 ANSWER 2 OF 76 EMBASE COPYRIGHT 2002 ELSEVIER SCI. B.V.TI Suppressive efficacies by adaptive temporal filtering system on photoparoxysmal response elicited by flickering pattern stimulation. CT Medical Descriptors: *photosensitivity *stimulus response *epilepsy: DI, diagnosis adaptation pattern recognition image display contrast enhancement computer simulation provocation test visual stimulation luminance television human male female clinical article


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During the preliminary search, watch for possible useful synonyms in the titles and indexing.

Worksheet

Directions: Write synonyms under the associated mainconcepts in the columns below.

Photosensitive Seizures Television


=> S (PHOTOSENSITIVE (W) (EPILEP? OR SEIZURE) OR PHOTOPAROXYSMAL? (2A) RESPON? OR PHOTOSTIMULATION)

L3 3015 (PHOTOSENSITIVE (W) (EPILEP? OR SEIZURE) OR PHOTOPAROXYSMAL? (2A) RESPON? OR PHOTOSTIMULATION)

=> S (TELEVISION OR TV OR CRT OR CATHODE RAY TUBE)

L4 8847 (TELEVISION OR TV OR CRT OR CATHODE RAY TUBE)

=> S L3 AND L4

L5 95 L66 AND L67


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noteObserve the result using the enhanced query.

=> S L5 NOT L2L6 23 L5 NOT L2=> D TRIAL 2 4L6 ANSWER 2 OF 23 EMBASE COPYRIGHT 2002 ELSEVIER SCI. B.V.TI [Strategies for photosensitive epilepfic patients]. LA GESTIONE DEL PAZIENTE FOTOSENSIBILE.CT Medical Descriptors: *epilepsy: DI, diagnosis *epilepsy: ET, etiology *epilepsy: PC, prevention *photosensitivity eye color photostimulation spectacles television human conference paper

L6 ANSWER 4 OF 23 EMBASE COPYRIGHT 2002 ELSEVIER SCI. B.V.TI A Study of the effect of color photostimulation from a cathode-ray tube (CRT) display on photosensitive patients: The effect of alternating red-cyan flicker stimulation.CT Medical Descriptors: *seizure *photosensitive epilepsy photostimulation Japan

The enhanced query retrieved 23 additional references.


=> D RANKF1 76 EMBASE F2 50 MEDLINE F3 49 SCISEARCH F4 40 BIOSIS F5 23 PASCAL F6 18 ESBIOBASE F7 12 JICST-EPLUS F8 6 INSPEC F9 6 PROMT F10 5 EUROPATFULL F11 4 NLDB F12 4 USPATFULL

=> FILE F1 F2 F4FILE 'EMBASE' ENTERED AT 15:47:18 ON 18 SEP 2002COPYRIGHT (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

FILE 'MEDLINE' ENTERED AT 15:47:18 ON 18 SEP 2002

FILE 'BIOSIS' ENTERED AT 15:47:18 ON 18 SEP 2002COPYRIGHT (C) 2002 BIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS INC.(R)

Recall that files may be entered using the F-numbers generated by D RANK.


=> SET DETAIL ONSET COMMAND COMPLETED

=> E PHOTOPAROXYSMAL 5E# FILE FREQUENCY TERM-- ---- --------- ----E1 3 PHOTOPAROXYSAL/BI EMBASE 1 PHOTOPAROXYSAL/BI MEDLINE 1 PHOTOPAROXYSAL/BI BIOSIS 1 PHOTOPAROXYSAL/BIE2 BIOSIS 1 PHOTOPAROXYSM/BIE3 331 --> PHOTOPAROXYSMAL/BI EMBASE 115 PHOTOPAROXYSMAL/BI MEDLINE 100 PHOTOPAROXYSMAL/BI BIOSIS 116 PHOTOPAROXYSMAL/BIE4 3 PHOTOPARTICLE/BI EMBASE 1 PHOTOPARTICLE/BI MEDLINE 1 PHOTOPARTICLE/BI BIOSIS 1 PHOTOPARTICLE/BIE5 3 PHOTOPARTICLES/BI EMBASE 1 PHOTOPARTICLES/BI MEDLINE 1 PHOTOPARTICLES/BI BIOSIS 1 PHOTOPARTICLES/BI

SET DETAIL ON allows for the review of search terms in each individual file in the multifile environment.

New search terms may be verified before searching in a multifile environment, if desired Appending the number 5 to the EXPAND will generate shorter lists.


=> E CRT 5E# FILE FREQUENCY TERM-- ---- --------- ----E1 BIOSIS 1 CRSYTALLOGRAPHY/BIE2 BIOSIS 1 CRSYTALS/BIE3 3572 --> CRT/BI EMBASE 1163 CRT/BI MEDLINE 1203 CRT/BI BIOSIS 1206 CRT/BIE4 61 CRT1/BI EMBASE 16 CRT1/BI MEDLINE 21 CRT1/BI BIOSIS 24 CRT1/BIE5 BIOSIS 1 CRT10/BI

=> SET DETAIL OFFSET COMMAND COMPLETED

=> SET MSTEPS ONSET COMMAND COMPLETED

SET DETAIL OFF to avoid long lists of postings when executing the actual search.


=> S L5L7 95 FILE EMBASE L8 50 FILE MEDLINE L9 45 FILE BIOSIS

TOTAL FOR ALL FILESL10 190 L53

Answers may be displayed from the single-file sets or from the “merged” answer set.


Technique option: SET MSTEPS ON creates a separate line number for each file in the multifile environment (L7-L9) as well as a combined answer set (L10).

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The DUPLICATE command is applied to multifile answer sets and to multiple answer sets retrieved from different bibliographic databases.

The following table outlines available features.


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When you wantto…

Use this command Notes

Combine answersets withoutremoving duplicaterecords

DUPLICATE IDENTIFY Used when dealingwith multifile patentanswer sets

Different files handlepatents differently

Combine answersets and removeduplicate answers

DUPLICATE REMOVE Order of L#sdeterminespreference forkeeping records

Create an answerset containing onlyduplicate records

DUPLICATE ONLY May be used todetermine veryimportant referencesthat are receivingbroad file coverage.


=> SET DUPORDER FILESET COMMAND COMPLETED

=> DUPLICATE REMOVEENTER L# LIST OR (END):l7 l8 l9DUPLICATE PREFERENCE IS 'EMBASE, MEDLINE, BIOSIS'KEEP DUPLICATES FROM MORE THAN ONE FILE? Y/(N):NPROCESSING COMPLETED FOR L7 PROCESSING COMPLETED FOR L8 PROCESSING COMPLETED FOR L9 L11 125 DUPLICATE REMOVE L7 L8 L9 (70 DUPLICATES REMOVED) ANSWERS '1-95' FROM FILE EMBASE ANSWERS '96-111' FROM FILE MEDLINE ANSWERS '112-125' FROM FILE BIOSIS

Technique option: SET DUPORDER FILE arranges DUPLICATE REMOVE answer set in file order.

The order of the L-numbers determines the preference for keeping duplicates.


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The answer set resulting from a DUPLICATE REMOVE is a multifile answer set.

To display answers from it, a display format that is valid for the file from which the answer comes must be specified.

If no format is specified, the file's default display format is used.


=> D TI 1 FROM EACH L63 ANSWER 1 OF 125 EMBASE COPYRIGHT 2002 ELSEVIER SCI. B.V.DUPLICATE 1TI Suppressive efficacies by adaptive temporal filtering system on photoparoxysmal response elicited by flickering pattern stimulation. L63 ANSWER 96 OF 125 MEDLINE DUPLICATE 29TI Bitemporal hemianopia in photosensitive epilepsy : a case study. L63 ANSWER 112 OF 125 BIOSIS COPYRIGHT 2002 BIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS INC.TI (Correction of Previews 200200093978. Optical filters inhibiting television -induced photosensitive seizures. Correction of author names.

1 FROM EACH is a convenient way to look at one answer form each file in the answer set.


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When performing thisactivity

Consider the following:

Identify relevant files Search STNindex using file or cluster names

Evaluate file content, coverage, and cost usingonline HELP or database summary sheets

Develop the search query in one file Conduct a quick, preliminary search to identifyterminology

No-cost displays: D SCAN, D TRIAL

Sharpen strategy using identified terminology

Run the search in multiple files SET NOTICE SEARCH and SET NOTICEDISPLAY to monitor fees

SET MSTEPS ON to generate answer sets ineach file as well as a multifile set

Remove duplicate answers SET DUPORDER FILE to arrange results in fileorder

Display answers D 1 FROM EACH, to see one answer from eachfile

D 1- or D TOTAL, to see the entire set


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Crossfile searchingCrossfile searching

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Crossfile searching

To perform a search in a database using parts of information

retrieved previously in another file

Enables you to... enhance the range of relevant results

include new aspects in your search strategy

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Crossfile searching

You can make use of both L- and E-numbers

You can perform a crossfile search – either stepwise or

– automatically (using the TRANSFER (SMARTSELECT) feature)

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=> fil inspec

FILE 'INSPEC' ENTERED AT ...

=> s virtual reality (L) rapid prototyping 29664 VIRTUAL 11058 REALITY 3279 VIRTUAL REALITY (VIRTUAL(W)REALITY) 74115 RAPID 5952 PROTOTYPING 1889 RAPID PROTOTYPING (RAPID(W)PROTOTYPING)

L1 25 VIRTUAL REALITY (L) RAPID PROTOTYPING

Crossfile searching

The (L) proximity operator makes sure that hit terms occur in the same information unit.

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=> fil compendex

=> s l1 13369 VIRTUAL 6680 REALITY 2084 VIRTUAL REALITY (VIRTUAL(W)REALITY) 62155 RAPID 3851 PROTOTYPING 1603 RAPID PROTOTYPING (RAPID(W)PROTOTYPING)

L2 42 VIRTUAL REALITY (L) RAPID

PROTOTYPING

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=> set duporder fileSET COMMAND COMPLETED

=> dup l1 l2 rem

FILE 'INSPEC' ENTERED AT ...

FILE 'COMPENDEX' ENTERED AT ...COPYRIGHT (C) 1997 ENGINEERING INFORMATION, INC. (EI)PROCESSING COMPLETED FOR L1 PROCESSING COMPLETED FOR L2 L3 63 DUP REM L1 L2 (4 DUPLICATES REMOVED) ANSWERS '1-25' FROM FILE INSPEC

ANSWERS'26-63'FROM FILE COMPENDEX

Can be set permanently for the user loginid

Crossfile searching

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Crossfile searching

Who contributed and what have these people published on the subject in research journals?

You heard something about a conference in Montreal, on pulp paper, in 1996, in which many people were interested in mills.

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=> fil conf

=> s (pulp(1w)paper)/mt and montreal/ml and my=1996

138 PULP/MT 175 PAPER/MT 123 (PULP(1W)PAPER)/MT 718 MONTREAL/ML 7570 MY=1996 (1996/MY)L1 1 (PULP(1W)PAPER)/MT AND MONTREAL/ML AND MY=1996

(1W) up to one word, order respectedMT Meeting TitleML Meeting LocationMY Meeting Year.

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=> d Iall L2 ANSWER 1 OF 1 CONF COPYRIGHT 1997 FIZ KA/CEA-FRAACCESSION NUMBER: PAS:110008 CONF SYSTEM NUMBER: K00110008MEETING TITLE: 82. annual meeting of the Technical Section of the Canadian Pulp and (...)MEETING ORGANIZER: Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Montreal, PQ (Canada). Technical SectionMEETING LOCATION: Montreal (Canada)MEETING DATE: 19960130 - 19960202NOTE: Administrative Contact: Canadian Pulp and Paper Association (...)CLASSIFICATION CODE: *11L Wood and paper productsSTATUS: Entered Revised

STATUS DATE: 19950328 19951206

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=> fil confsci

FILE 'CONFSCI' ENTERED AT ...COPYRIGHT (C) 1997 Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA)

=> s (82nd and canadian and pulp(1w)paper)/mt and montreal/ml and my=1996 3346 82ND/MT 19956 CANADIAN/MT 2235 PULP/MT 2418 PAPER/MT 2131 PULP(1W)PAPER 20115 MONTREAL/ML 77210 MY=1996

L2 107 (82ND AND CANADIAN AND PULP(1W)PAPER)/MT AND

MONTREAL/ML AND MY=1996

Crossfile searching

CONFSCI, file containing information on research papers presented at conferences

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=> sel mt

E1 THROUGH E1 ASSIGNED

=> d sel e1

E1 107 961 0014: 82ND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE

TECHNICAL SECTION OF THE

CANADIAN PULP AND PAPER

ASSOCIATION (9610014)/MT

Crossfile searchingSMARTSelect

=>Set Smart on perm

=> Sel mt

Ls 1

=> D Ls

SMARTSelect

=>Set Smart on perm

=> Sel mt

Ls 1

=> D Ls

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=> s l2 and mill# 1223 MILL#L3 8 L2 AND MILL#

=> sel l3 au

E2 THROUGH E24 ASSIGNED

Crossfile searching

SMARTSelect

=> Sel L3 au

Ls’ 23

SMARTSelect

=> Sel L3 au

Ls’ 23

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=> d sel e2-e10

E2 2 PERRIER, M./AUE3 1 BELYEA, G.R./AUE4 1 BERKSOY, E.M./AUE5 1 BOLUK, Y./AUE6 1 DAVIS, D./AUE7 1 FARZADEH, H./AUE8 1 GAGNON, P./AUE9 1 HABETS, L.H.A./AUE10 1 HOOIMEIJER, A./AU

SMARTSelect

=> D Ls’ 1-10

SMARTSelect

=> D Ls’ 1-10

Crossfile searching

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=> fil paperchem2

FILE 'PAPERCHEM2' ENTERED AT ... COPYRIGHT (C) 1997 Institute of Paper Science

and Technology (IPST)

Crossfile searchingPAPERCHEM2 (non-subscriber),a file containing citations to the worldwidescientific and technical literature of the pulp,paper, and board industries

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=> s e2-e24 and mill#

9 "PERRIER, M."/AU 1 "BELYEA, G.R."/AU 2 "BERKSOY, E.M."/AU 3 "BOLUK, Y."/AU 0 "DAVIS, D."/AU 6 "FARZADEH, H."/AU 2 "GAGNON, P."/AU 26 "HABETS, L.H.A."/AU 6 "HOOIMEIJER, A."/AU 21 "HOYDAHL, H.-E."/AU 2 "KHANBAGHI, M."/AU 3 "KNELISSEN, H.J."/AU 16 "KRONIS, J.D."/AU 2 "MALHAME, R."/AU 7 "OLOFSSON, J."/AU 1 "ORCCOTOMA, J.A."/AU

Crossfile searchingSMARTSelect

=> S Ls’ and mill#

L4 73

SMARTSelect

=> S Ls’ and mill#

L4 73

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25 "PARIS, J."/AU 1 "RIPPON, P."/AU 15 "ROCHE, A."/AU 3 "ROSEBOROUGH, M."/AU 3 "ROY, D."/AU 2 "SOLBAKKEN, M."/AU 1 "STIEE, D."/AU 50130 MILL#L4 73 ("PERRIER, M."/AU OR "BELYEA, G.R."/AU OR "BERKSOY, E.M."/AU OR "BOLUK, Y."/AU OR "DAVIS, D."/AU OR "FARZADEH, H."/AU OR "GAGNON, P."/AU OR "HABETS, L.H.A."/AU OR "HOOIMEIJER, A."/AU OR "HOYDAHL, H.-E."/AU OR "KHANBAGHI, M."/AU OR " KNELISSEN, H.J.“ /AU OR "KRONIS, J.D."/AU OR "MALHAME, R."/AU OR "OLOFSSON, J."/AU OR "ORCCOTOMA, J.A."/AU OR "PARIS,

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=> d 34-35 au ti

L4 ANSWER 34 OF 74 PAPERCHEM2 COPYRIGHT 1997 IPSTAU Farzadeh, H.; Xia, Q.; Ying, Y.; Rao, M. (University of

Alberta. (Edmonton: Alberta: Canada)); Danielson, K.DMI. (Peace River: Alberta: Canada))...

TI Knowledge Integration System for Slave Lake Pulp Corporation [Slave Lake, Alberta] and Daishowa Peace River [Alberta] Mill L4 ANSWER 35 OF 74 PAPERCHEM2 COPYRIGHT 1997 IPSTAU Noel, A.; Paris, J. (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal. (Montreal: Qc.: Canada)); Roche, A. (Paprican. (Pointe

Claire: Qc.: Canada))TI Simulation of White-Water Management Strategies for an

Integrated Newsprint Mill

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TRANSFER

In File Paperchem2:

=> Transfer L3 au 1-

Lt n

=> S Lt and mill#

Crossfile searching

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Current Awareness

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Current Awareness

•Automatic and manual SDIs

•Assistants in STN Express with Discover!

and STN on the Web

•Multifile SDIs

•SmarTracker SDIs

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Automatic SDISDI command (STN Classic, STNoW)Alert assistant (STN on the Web)SDI Wizard (STN Express)

Manual SDICommand window Command files

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=> SDI

ENTER QUERY L# FOR SDI REQUEST OR (END):L3

ENTER UPDATE FIELD CODE (UP) OR ?:UP

ENTER SDI REQUEST NAME, (AA019/S), OR END:INLINE/S

ENTER COST CENTER (NONE) OR NONE:.

Open file

Update codes provide choicesfor retrieval.

Prepare query

=> FILE INPADOC

=> S (A63C017-04 OR A63C017-06 OR

A63C017-08 OR A63C017-14)/IC OR o o o

L3 2906 (A63C017-04 OR A63C017-06 OR

A63C017-08 OR A63C017-14)/IC OR o o o

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INPADOC record and family-based update codes

Record Family New family ("basic") - EDFNew record (MEMBER) EDP UPFDNew document (LEVEL) ED UPFPUpdate to bibliography UP UPFBUpdate to legal status UPLS UPFLNew document or legal status EDLS UPFEAll updates (any changes) UPM UPFA

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ENTER TITLE (NONE):Inline Skates

ENTER METHOD OF DELIVERY (OFFLINE), ONLINE, OR EMAIL:email

ENTER EMAIL ID (4116K):[email protected]

[email protected] IS NOT A KNOWN MAILID

REENTER EMAIL ID FOR '[email protected]' OR (END):[email protected]

[email protected]

RECEIVE DELIVERY NOTIFICATION? (Y)/N:y

ELIMINATE PREVIOUSLY SEEN ANSWERS WITH EACH SDI RUN? Y/(N):y ....................

QUERY L3 HAS BEEN SAVED AS SDI REQUEST 'INLINE/S'

For using the internet email-address, add „internet“.

Note: STN keeps track of previously seen records: The accession no. is kept in the system for one year.

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=> D INLINE/S NAME CREATED NOTES/TITLE-------------- ---------- -----------------------INLINE/S 15 FEB 2001 SDI REQUEST FOR FILE INPADOC

INLINE SKATES COST CENTER NONE UPDATE QUALIFIER UP METHOD OF DELIVERY EMAIL EMAIL ID(S) [email protected] NOTIFICATION YES PRINT FORMAT ALL.M MAXIMUM NUMBER OF HITS TO BE PRINTED 100 HIGHLIGHTING YES DUPLICATE ELIMINATION YES PRINT FILE BACKGROUND NO SEND SDI WITH NO ANSWERS YES

DISPLAY QUERY WITH RESULTS YES

TIP: To display SDIs first open the file STNGUIDE since there is no connect time fee.=> FILE STNGUIDE

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=> D SAVED/S

NAME CREATED NOTES/TITLE -------------- ----------- -----------------------------

INLINE/S 15 FEB 2001 SDI REQUEST FOR FILE INPADOC

INLINE SKATES

EAST/S 16 FEB 2001 SDI REQUEST FOR FILE DPCI

EASTMAN

AMDINTEL/S 19 FEB 2001 SDI REQUEST FOR FILE WPINDEX

AMDINTEL

If you want to display all SDIs that are set up use the command => D SAVED/S

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=> FILE INPADOC

=> D SAVED/A (or D SAVED)

o o o

=> ACTIVATE INLINE(nn)/A

TITLE: INLINE SKATES

L4 QUE (A63C017-04 OR A63C017-06 OR A63C017-08 OR

A63C017-14)/IC OR INLINE SKATE#/BI,ABS OR o o o

L5 21 L4 and 20010301/UP

If you want results delivered online

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=> FILE INPADOC

=> SDI EDITENTER SDI NAME TO BE EDITED OR (END):inline/s PARAMETER SETTING --------------------------- ------------------------- SDI Name and Creation Date INLINE/S 15-02-2001 SDI REQUEST FOR FILE INPADOC 1 Title INLINE SKATES 2 Cost Center NONE 3 Update Qualifier UP 4 Method of Delivery EMAIL o o o 14 Duplicate Elimination NO 15 Display Query with Results YES 16 SDI Expiration Date NOT SPECIFIED ----------------------------------------------------- 17 L5 QUE ABB=ON PLU=ON (A63C017-04 OR A63C017-06 OR A63C017-08 OR A63C017-14)/IC OR INLINE SKATE# OR INLINESKATE# OR ROLLERBLADE# OR ROLLER BLADE# ENTER LINE NUMBER(S) FOR CHANGE, END, OR (?):end

If you want to change several lines it is easier to delete a profile (=> DEL INLINE/S) and create a new one.

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1. Step: Prepare your query (L1)2. Step: From the menu select the Alert Assistant.

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Click on the Discover! Button on the bottom of the STNExpress Window. A menu will guide you.

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Multifile SDIs

Relevant files must be open

Command SDI MFILE

System asks for the name and general information for the complete SDI

Specifications can be made for each file

Update field codes and print formats can be chosen individually

Queries (also different queries) can also be created in single files beforehand

TIP: If there are too many different search parameters it is recommendable to set up a single file profile for each database.

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Within the same file: Accession numbers are checked and

saved for a year by STN

Across multiple files: same procedure as with DUPLICATE

REMOVE

Removal of Duplicates:

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Each database is updated at different times In multifile SDIs the preferred database cannot be specified.

Duplicates are removed when they appear. In some patent databases with family information (Caplus, DWPI)

not all duplicates are removed as only the basic patent number is checked.

Records from databases not offering the DUPLICATE command will be considered unique (DPCI).

Removal of Duplicates:

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Step 1: Create the query / queries

Step 2: Open the databases in which the SDI should be run

Step 3: Run Multifile SDI

Search Example: You are interested in changes of legalstatus and family information of the patent with priority number US 1999-255305.

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=> FILE WPINDEX

=> S US1999-255305/PRN

L1 1 US1999-255305/PRN

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=> FILE WPINDEX INPADOC ZCAPLUS

=> SDI MFILE

MULTFILE SDI GENERAL PARAMETERS-------------------------------ENTER MULTIFILE SDI REQUEST NAME ('AA019/S'), OR END:STIRRER/SENTER TITLE (NONE):MAGNETIC STIRRERENTER COST CENTER (NONE) OR NONE:.ENTER METHOD OF DELIVERY (OFFLINE), ONLINE, OR EMAIL:EMAILENTER EMAIL ID (4116K):[email protected]@FIZ-KARLSRUHE.DE.INTERNETRECEIVE DELIVERY NOTIFICATION? (Y)/N:.ELIMINATE PREVIOUSLY SEEN ANSWERS WITH EACH SDI RUN? Y/(N):.HIGHLIGHT HIT TERMS? (Y)/N:.SEND SDI WITH NO ANSWERS? (Y)/N:.ENTER SDI EXPIRATION DATE 'YYYYMMDD' OR (NONE):.

General information for the complete SDI.

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MULTFILE SDI FILE SPECIFIC PARAMETERS: WPINDEX -------------------------------------ENTER COMPONENT SDI REQUEST NAME ('AA019/S') OR END:STIRRWPI/SENTER QUERY L# FOR MULTIFILE SDI REQUEST OR END:L1ENTER UPDATE FIELD CODE (UP) OR ?:UPPENTER PRINT FORMAT (STD) OR ?:ALLARCHIVE ANSWERS? Y/(N):.REDISTRIBUTE ANSWERS? Y/(N):.ENTER MAXIMUM NUMBER OF HITS TO BE PRINTED PER RUN (100):.SORT SDI ANSWER SET (N)/Y?:.MULTFILE SDI FILE SPECIFIC PARAMETERS: INPADOC -------------------------------------ENTER COMPONENT SDI REQUEST NAME ('AA019/S') OR END:STIRRINPA/SENTER QUERY L# FOR MULTIFILE SDI REQUEST OR END:L1ENTER UPDATE FIELD CODE (UP) OR ?:UPLSENTER PRINT FORMAT (STD) OR ?:.

o o o

Specific information for each file.

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SDI for Chemical Structures

Crossfile SDI between REGISTRY and CAPLUS files

Retrieves new CAplus literature describing:– New REGISTRY compounds– Old REGISTRY compounds

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SmartTracker

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Search query may include components from both the REGISTRY and CAplus files– REGISTRY: structure or dictionary based query– CAplus: REG file L-number crossover– CAplus: additional search terms including CAS role

indexing

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Step 1: Create the query in REGISTRY

Step 2: Enter CAplus file - search REG file L-number and additional terms if desired

Step 3: SMART of SDI XFILE command

Search Example: What new Mo and Si containingpolyacids have been described?

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=> FILE REGISTRY

=> S (MO(L)SI(L)O(L)H)/ELS

228498 MO/ELS

929749 SI/ELS

14802002 O/ELS

16627522 H/ELS

L9 1835 (MO(L)SI(L)O(L)H)/ELS

Create query in REGISTRY.

Enter the CAPLUS file.

=> FILE HCAPLUS

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=> S L9 AND (?HETEROPOLY? OR HETEROPOLY ACIDS+NT/CT)

1535 L9

24 ?HETEROPOLYMN

10655 ?HETEROPOLY?

24 ?HETEROPOLYMN

23 HETEROPOLYMN

o o o

L10 610 L9 AND (?HETEROPOLY? OR HETEROPOLY ACIDS+NT/CT)

=> S L10 AND P/DT

2817725 P/DT

L11 225 L10 AND P/DT

Transfer the REG File query L9 and add additional search terms

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=> SMART SMARTracker INITIATED

ENTER QUERY L# FOR SDI REQUEST OR (END):L11

ENTER UPDATE FIELD CODE (UP) OR ?:UP

ENTER SDI REQUEST NAME, (AA009/S), OR END:POLYACIDS/S

ENTER COST CENTER (NONE) OR NONE:PIUG

ENTER TITLE (NONE):Mo or Si contg heteropoly acids

ENTER METHOD OF DELIVERY (OFFLINE), ONLINE, OR EMAIL:EMAIL

ENTER EMAIL ID (3701C):[email protected]

[email protected]

RECEIVE DELIVERY NOTIFICATION? (Y)/N:N

ELIMINATE PREVIOUSLY SEEN ANSWERS WITH EACH SDI RUN? Y/(N):Y

ENTER PRINT FORMAT (BIB) OR ?:IBIB ABS HITSTR

o o o

=> SDI XFILE (if you are in both Files: REGISTRY and HCAPLUS)

Current Awareness

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Manual SDI: Develop a file for the CW

Search Question: Create a profile to monitor invention status of several patents:

Create a query containing relevant patent numbersCopy the query into an editor, edit and save the file

Periodic update search:Open the command window when online Open saved script and start the run

Current Awareness

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Current Awareness

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Current Awareness

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Current Awareness

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=> FILE PATOSEP

=> QUE (EP337613/PN OR EP34881/PN OR EP426486/PN OR

EP523847/PN OR EP549331/PN OR EP626854/PN OR

EP767816/PN OR EP80840/PN OR EP249200/PN)

L1 QUE (EP337613/PN OR EP34881/PN OR EP426486/PN OR

EP523847/PN OR EP549331/PN OR EP626854/PN OR EP767816/PN OR EP80840/PN OR EP249200/PN)

Current Awareness

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=> QUE (EP29594/PN OR EP373417/PN OR EP426085/PN OR



L2 QUE (EP29594/PN OR EP373417/PN OR EP426085/PN OR



=> S (L1 or L2) and UPLS>20000101

L3 8 (L1 OR L2) AND UPLS>20000101

Current Awareness

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Search efficiency

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Search Problem: I don’t need to see my whole history

Display HIS

=> D HIS 5

L6 39 S L5L7 9 S L5/BACL8 6 S L5/THUL9 1 (L7 OR L8) (L) ECZEMA E ECZEMA/CT E E3+ALL E E5+ALLL10 252541 SKIN? OR WART? OR LESION? OR SEBORRHEA? OR SCABIES? OR PSORIASI

Shows the last 5 L-numbers

Display HIS

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Search Problem: I need a more flexible way to DISPLAY answers and tag answers for later viewing.

DISPLAY BROWSE

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D BROWSE options Shows the following information:

TI Title of the record you are on

TI 2 Title for answer 2

DIS The next answer, in default format

1-3 Answers 1-3, in default format

IBIB ABS 10 Answer 10 in IBIB ABS format

KWIC 1-3 Answers 1-3 in KWIC format

*KWIC Answers in KWIC format as the default format for the remainder of the D BROWSE session

END Ends the D BROWSE session

DISPLAY BROWSE

=> D BROWSE

:TI

L4 ANSWER 1 OF 71 CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2001 ACSTI Preparation of 2,3,5-trimethyl-p-benzoquinone

:TI 2-5 L4 ANSWER 2 OF 71 CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2001 ACSTI Synthesis of TMBQ using Cu(II)-substituted MCM-41 as the catalyst L4 ANSWER 3 OF 71 CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2001 ACSTI Oxidation of the .alpha.-tocopherol model compound 2,2,5,7,8- pentamethyl-6-chromanol in the presence of alcohols L4 ANSWER 4 OF 71 CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2001 ACSTI Development of new manufacture process of vitamin E using artificial enzymes L4 ANSWER 5 OF 71 CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2001 ACSTI Preparation of 2,3,5-trimethylbenzoquinone from 2,3,6- trimethylphenol

DISPLAY BROWSE

:KWICL4 ANSWER 5 OF 71 CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2001 ACSAB 2,3,5-Trimethylbenzoquinone (I), useful as an intermediate for drugs, e.g. vitamin E, is prepd. by oxidn. of 2,3,6-Me3C6H2OH (II) with O or O-contg. gas in the presence of Cu chlorides and. . . ST benzoquinone trimethyl prepn intermediate tocopherol; vitamin E intermediate trimethylbenzoquinone prepn; phenol trimethyl oxidn solvent; polyglycol ether solvent trimethylphenol oxidnIT 1406-18-4, Vitamin E RL: RCT (Reactant) (intermediate for, trimethylbenzoquinone as)

:BIB

L4 ANSWER 5 OF 71 CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2001 ACSAN 1991:163741 CAPLUSDN 114:163741TI Preparation of 2,3,5-trimethylbenzoquinone from 2,3,6- trimethylphenolIN Kimura, Ichiro; Onodera, KenjiPA C. K. Fine Chemicals K. K., JapanSO Jpn. Kokai Tokkyo Koho, 5 pp. CODEN: JKXXAFDT PatentLA JapaneseFAN.CNT 1 PATENT NO. KIND DATE APPLICATION NO. DATE --------------- ---- -------- --------------- --------PI JP 02300146 A2 19901212 JP 1989-117425 19890512 JP 2575058 B2 19970122OS MARPAT 114:163741

:END

DISPLAY BROWSE

=> FILE USPATFULL=> SOFTENING AGENT? (P) (QUATERNARY OR QUARTERNARY) (W) AMMONIUM

L1 567 SOFTENING AGENT? (P) (QUATERNARY OR QUARTERNARY) (W) AMMONIUM

=> L1 (2P) IMAGE?L2 5 L1 (2P) IMAG?

=> D BROWSE

:*TI KWIC:1-2

*TI KWIC is now the default format

DISPLAY BROWSE

:TAG 1

:3-5

:TAG 4-5

:END

=>SORT L2 TAG PD

=>D FP TOTAL...

Answers 1,4,5 are tagged

Tagged answers are sorted by Publication Date

DISPLAY BROWSE

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SETTINGS

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Using SET CommandsThere are several different commands available for customizing an STN

session or account. Many of these will be demonstrated throughout the course of this workshop.

The following table is a summary of some of the more common SET commands.

Any settings that are changed during the course of a session will revert to the default when the session ends.

To preserve your settings past the duration of the session, type PERM after the SET command.

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=> d set

SET PARAMETER CURRENT PERMANENT LOGIN DEFAULT

------------------------ ------------ ------------ ---------- ------------

ABBREVIATION 'ON' 'ON' 'ON' 'OFF'

o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

=> d set plurals

SET PARAMETER CURRENT PERMANENT LOGIN DEFAULT

------------------------ ------- --------- ----- -------

PLURALS 'ON' 'ON' 'ON' 'OFF'

SETTINGS

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Search Problem: I keep forgetting to type S for search:

SET AUTOSEARCH

=> FILE CAPLUS

=> EXPRESS?EXPRESS? IS NOT A RECOGNIZED COMMAND

=> SET AUTOSEARCH ON PERM

=> EXPRESS?L1 763452 EXPRESS?

=> HYDROPEROXIDE LYASE/CN OR HYDROPEROXIDE LYASE OR HPLL3 106 L2L4 1053 L3 OR HYDROPEROXIDE LYASE OR HPL

=> GENE?L5 2058980 GENE?

=> L1 (S) L4 (3A) L5L6 22 L1 (S) L4 (3A) L5

PERM sets it on forever

SET AUTOSEARCH

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Search Problem: Can I create my own cluster with databases that I choose?

SET CLUSTER

=> SET CLUSTERENTER CLUSTER NAME OR ?):.PLANTBIOCHEMENTER LIST OF FILE NAMES OR (?):CAPLUSMORE FILES, (NONE) OR ?:MEDLINE BIOSIS EMBASEMORE FILES, (NONE) OR ?:CABA AGRICOLAMORE FILES, (NONE) OR ?:SCISEARCHMORE FILES, (NONE) OR ?:NONECLUSTER '.PLANTBIOCHEM' DEFINED AS 'CAPLUS, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, EMBASE, CABA, AGRICOLA, SCISEARCH'

=> D CLUSTER .PLANTBIOCHEM

=> FILE .PLANTBIOCHEM

SET CLUSTER

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Search Problem: In a multifile search, I would like to see the number of answers for each database

SET MSTEPS

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SET MSTEPS

=> FILE .PLANTBIOCHEM

=> SET MSTEPS OFF Set command completed

=> EXTRACT? (S) ?AMIDE? (S) ECHINACEAL1 46 EXTRACT? (S) ?AMIDE? (S) ECHINACEA

=> SET MSTEPS ON

=> EXTRACT? (S) ?AMIDE? (S) ECHINACEA

L2 10 FILE CAPLUS L3 4 FILE MEDLINE L4 11 FILE BIOSIS L5 9 FILE EMBASE LEFT TRUNCATION IGNORED FOR '?AMIDE?' FOR FILE 'CABA'L6 1 FILE CABA LEFT TRUNCATION IGNORED FOR '?AMIDE?' FOR FILE 'AGRICOLA'L7 0 FILE AGRICOLA L8 11 FILE SCISEARCH

TOTAL FOR ALL FILESL9 46 EXTRACT? (S) ?AMIDE? (S) ECHINACEA

SET MSTEPS

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SET EXPAND

Continuous

Renumber

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=> set expand continuousSET COMMAND COMPLETED

=> e acid

. . . . . . . .

E3 3279255 --> ACID/BI

. . . . . .E12E12 1 ACID125I/BI

=> e rain

E13E13 1 RAIMUNIYA/BI

. . . . . .

SET EXPAND

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=> set expand renumber


=> e acid

. . . . . . . . . .

E3 3279255 --> ACID/BI

. . . . . . . . . .

E12E12 1 ACID125I/BI

=> e rain

E1E1 1 RAIMUNIYA/BI

. . . . . .

SET EXPAND

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SET NOTICE

=> set notice search 50 permNOTICE SET TO 50 U.S. DOLLARS FOR SEARCH COMMANDSET COMMAND COMPLETED => set notice display 50 permNOTICE SET TO 50 U.S. DOLLARS FOR DISPLAY COMMANDSET COMMAND COMPLETED

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SET NOTICE

=> e18+ntTHE ESTIMATED SEARCH COST FOR FILE 'ZCAPLUS' IS 1,912.35 U.S. DOLLARS DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THIS REQUEST? (Y)/N or END:n => d l1 1-50 bib absTHE ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS REQUEST IS 120.75 U.S. DOLLARS DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THIS REQUEST? (Y)/N:n

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SET DETAIL

=> set detail offSET COMMAND COMPLETED => index medline embase => thyroid disease 13938 FILE MEDLINE 8590 FILE EMBASE 2 FILES HAVE ONE OR MORE ANSWERS, 2 FILES SEARCHED IN STNINDEX L1 QUE THYROID DISEASE

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SET DUPORDER

=> fil medline embase => thyroid disease and py>2002L1 162 FILE MEDLINE L2 240 FILE EMBASE TOTAL FOR ALL FILESL3 402 THYROID DISEASE AND PY>2002

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SET DETAIL=> set detail onSET COMMAND COMPLETED => thyroid diseaseFILE 'MEDLINE' 107319 THYROID 1297 THYROIDS 107397 THYROID (THYROID OR THYROIDS) 1456414 DISEASE 1411241 DISEASES 2505441 DISEASE (DISEASE OR DISEASES) 13938 THYROID DISEASE (THYROID(W)DISEASE) FILE 'EMBASE' 76802 "THYROID" 1208 "THYROIDS" 76885 "THYROID" ("THYROID" OR "THYROIDS") 1469817 "DISEASE" 207331 "DISEASES" 1556240 "DISEASE" ("DISEASE" OR "DISEASES") 8590 THYROID DISEASE ("THYROID"(W)"DISEASE")

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SET DUPORDER=> set duporder defaultSET COMMAND COMPLETED => dup rem l3PROCESSING COMPLETED FOR L3 L4 311 DUP REM L3 (91 DUPLICATES REMOVED) => set duporder fileSET COMMAND COMPLETED => dup rem l3PROCESSING COMPLETED FOR L3 L5 311 DUP REM L3 (91 DUPLICATES REMOVED) ANSWERS '1-162' FROM FILE MEDLINE ANSWERS '163-311' FROM FILE EMBASE

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SET ACCOUNT=> set accountENTER COST CENTER (NONE):lab1COST CENTER SETTING WILL TAKE EFFECT WITH THE NEXT FILE COMMANDSET COMMAND COMPLETED => fil caplus => thyroid disease L1 2528 THYROID DISEASE

=> d set accountACCOUNT CURRENT 'LAB1' PERMANENT 'NONE' LOGIN 'NONE' DEFAULT 'NONE'

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SET ACCOUNT=> set account lab2COST CENTER SETTING WILL TAKE EFFECT WITH THE NEXT FILE COMMANDSET COMMAND COMPLETED => fil medline => thyroid diseaseL2 13938 THYROID DISEASE => d set accountACCOUNT CURRENT 'LAB2' PERMANENT 'NONE' LOGIN 'NONE' DEFAULT 'NONE'

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Search Problem: Too much highlighting; I only need the “important” words highlighted

SET HIGHLIGHTING

=> FILE CAPLUS

=> SET HIGHLIGHTING OFFSET COMMAND COMPLETED

=> HAIR?(S)(PREPARATION? OR FIX!TIVE OR SHAMPOO? OR ?CONDITION? OR ?TREATMENT? OR GEL? OR MOUSSE? OR DYE# OR COLOR? OR COLOUR? OR COMPOSITION OR CREAM? OR WAV?) L1 43013 HAIR?(S)(PREPARATION? OR FIX!TIVE OR SHAMPOO? OR ?CONDITION? OR ?TREATMENT? OR GEL? OR MOUSSE? OR DYE# OR COLOR? OR COLOUR? OR COMPOSITION OR CREAM? OR WAV?)

=> SET HIGHLIGHTING ONSET COMMAND COMPLETED

=> JOJOBA (S) L1L2 53 JOJOBA (S) L1

Turn highlighting on before you search the novelty

SET HIGHLIGHTING

=> D HIT 1-2 L2 ANSWER 1 OF 53 CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2001 ACSIT Jojoba oil Keratins Sunflower oil RL: BUU (Biological use, unclassified); BIOL (Biological study); USES (Uses) (multistep permanent hair waving with hydrogen peroxide treatment) L2 ANSWER 2 OF 53 CAPLUS COPYRIGHT 2001 ACSIT Amino acids, biological studies Carbohydrates, biological studies Jojoba oil Olive oil Protein hydrolyzates Safflower oil RL: BUU (Biological use, unclassified); BIOL (Biological study); USES (Uses) (pretreatment compn. for hair wave setting)

Only the words searched after SET HIGHLIGHT ON are highlighted

SET HIGHLIGHTING

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SET PLURALS

=> set plurals offSET COMMAND COMPLETED => acid rain L5 5498 ACID RAIN (ACID(W)RAIN) => set plurals onSET COMMAND COMPLETED => acid rain L6 5549 ACID RAIN (ACID(W)RAIN)

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SET ABBR

=> set abbr offSET COMMAND COMPLETED => blood coagulat?(l)citrate(l)aqueous solution L7 0 BLOOD COAGULAT?(L)CITRATE(L)AQUEOUS SOLUTION => set abbr onSET COMMAND COMPLETED => blood coagulat?(l)citrate(l)aqueous solution L8 11 BLOOD COAGULAT?(L)CITRATE(L)AQUEOUS SOLUTION

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SET INTERPRET

=> set interpret offSET COMMAND COMPLETED => acid rain L9 5549 ACID RAIN => set interpret onSET COMMAND COMPLETED => acid rain L10 5549 ACID RAIN (ACID(W)RAIN)

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SET POSTINGS=> set postings onSET COMMAND COMPLETED => enzyme linked immunoassay? or elisa 726082 ENZYME 418976 ENZYMES 915870 ENZYME (ENZYME OR ENZYMES) 224422 LINKED 1 LINKEDS 224422 LINKED (LINKED OR LINKEDS) 71849 IMMUNOASSAY? 1276 ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOASSAY? (ENZYME(W)LINKED(W)IMMUNOASSAY?) 54489 ELISA 2104 ELISAS 55363 ELISA (ELISA OR ELISAS)L6 56180 ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOASSAY? OR ELISA

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=> set postings offSET COMMAND COMPLETED => enzyme linked immunoassay? or elisa 915870 ENZYME (ENZYME OR ENZYMES) 224422 LINKED (LINKED OR LINKEDS) 1276 ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOASSAY? (ENZYME(W)LINKED(W)IMMUNOASSAY?) 55363 ELISA (ELISA OR ELISAS)L5 56180 ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOASSAY? OR ELISA

SET POSTINGS

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SET POSTINGS

=> set postings off;set interpret offSET COMMAND COMPLETED => enzyme linked immunoassay? or elisaL7 56180 ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOASSAY? OR ELISA

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SET RENUM=> d his (FILE 'HOME' ENTERED AT 12:53:56 ON 07 JAN 2005) FILE 'REGISTRY' ENTERED AT 12:54:17 ON 07 JAN 2005L1 1 ASPIRIN/CNL2 1 OLEIC ACID/CN FILE 'CAPLUS' ENTERED AT 12:54:57 ON 07 JAN 2005L3 2898 L1 AND P/DTL4 9546 L2 AND P/DTL5 56180 ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOASSAY? OR ELISAL6 56180 ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOASSAY? OR ELISAL7 56180 ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOASSAY? OR ELISA

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=> set renum offSET COMMAND COMPLETED => del l3 y => d his (FILE 'HOME' ENTERED AT 12:53:56 ON 07 JAN 2005) FILE 'REGISTRY' ENTERED AT 12:54:17 ON 07 JAN 2005L1 1 ASPIRIN/CNL2 1 OLEIC ACID/CN FILE 'CAPLUS' ENTERED AT 12:54:57 ON 07 JAN 2005L4 9546 L2 AND P/DTL5 56180 ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOASSAY? OR ELISAL6 56180 ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOASSAY? OR ELISAL7 56180 ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOASSAY? OR ELISA

SET RENUM

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SET RENUM=> set renum on permSET COMMAND COMPLETED => del l4 y L-NUMBERS REASSIGNED. ENTER 'DIS HIST' TO SEE CURRENT ASSIGNMENT => d hist (FILE 'HOME' ENTERED AT 12:53:56 ON 07 JAN 2005) FILE 'REGISTRY' ENTERED AT 12:54:17 ON 07 JAN 2005L1 1 ASPIRIN/CNL2 1 OLEIC ACID/CN FILE 'CAPLUS' ENTERED AT 12:54:57 ON 07 JAN 2005L3 56180 ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOASSAY? OR ELISAL4 56180 ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOASSAY? OR ELISAL5 56180 ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOASSAY? OR ELISA

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