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How do I Search MDConsult?
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Basics of Searching MDConsult
To begin your MDConsult search, enter your user name and password
(since OVID is not free, access to OVID is open only to participants in the
Evidence-based Medicine Resource Center during this course), and press the
"Verify" button. From the information page, select the category you would
like to search.
Searching Reference Books
MDConsult allows you two methods of searching. You can either choose
to search a particular reference book (all books are listed down the left
side of the screen) by selecting that book from the menu, or you can choose
to search all textbooks at once, by clicking on the "Search" icon, in the
upper right hand corner.
- Searching one book - Select the book you wish to search. The left frame will allow you to toggle back and forth between the book's table of contents and its index. If you don't find what you are looking for, you may wish to search all books at once.
- Searching all books at once - If you choose to search all books at once, you'll see a search page, which will allow up to six words to be joined by the Boolean operators AND, OR or EXCLUDE. Put in as few or as many terms as you wish. Remember, this is searching the full-text of over 30 books, so you might want to "OR" some synonyms together, to get everything. Then, click on "Search Now". The screen will bring up the books in which the information you requested was found. Just click on the first book, and you will see pages within that book, in which cover your question. Click on the pages that are most relevant to see the full text of the chapter.
Searching the Journal Literature
If you select Searching the Journal literature, you will be presented
with the same screen that is available for searching all books. Again, input
as many terms as you wish (be aware that you are searching full text, so
keep your synonyms handy!), and press "Search Now". MDConsult will then display
a list of journal titles and citations contain your search terms. Just click
on the hyperlinked text to see the full text of the article.
Searching Practice Guidelines
MDConsult offers access to over 500 practice guidelines. You may locate
these by:
- Authoring Agency - select Authoring Agency to reveal an alphabetical listing of agencies that have practice guidelines available. Click on the author to show the relevant practice guidelines.
- Specialty - select Specialty to reveal an alphabetical list of medical specialties. Click on the relevant specialty, to display a list (alphabetically arranged by Authoring Agency) of relevant practice guidelines
- Topic - select Topic to display an alphabetical table. Click on the relevant letter, to see the topics under that letter. Click on the relevant topic to display an alphabetical list of guidelines.
Searching Patient Education
You can search for Patient Education handouts in a number of ways:
- All Topics Alphabetically
- All Topics By Specialty
- Adult Health Topics
- Medication Topics
- Pediatric Health Topics
- Senior Health Topics
- Women's Health Topics
Searching Drug Information
The information in this section of the program comes from Mosby's
GenRx. You can search for the following information in the Drug section
of MDConsult:
- Key Information
- Drug Identification Guide/Pill Images
- Generic Drugs
- US Drugs
- Global Drugs
- Indications
- FDA-Class
- Category
- Ingredient
- Supplier Information
- Comprehensive Index
Discussion Groups
MDConsult also
provides discussion groups on a variety of medical topics, which you can
join. You can also search the archives of prior groups for information that
might be relevant to a question. Or, you can begin a new group.
For more information on MDConsult, see our Fact Sheet
What is MDConsult?
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Updated: 11/2/98
Patricia E.
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