The topics listed below correspond to the search dropdown options next to the search box above.
HealthLinks
What does the HealthLinks search include?
- Journals, books, databases, and other resources included in the HealthLinks website, but not the content of the resources (for instance, articles within journals and databases are not searched).
- HealthLinks pages and UW Health Sciences Libraries' created documents (for instance, tutorials and information sheets).
- Exact title matches are displayed first in the Best Bets box. Other results are listed alphabetically.
How do I search?
- Phrase searching is the default.
- Single word or phrase searches are automatically truncated: cell finds cells, cellular, etc.
- Search is not case-sensitive.
PubMed
- Opens in a new window
- For information on how to effectively search Pubmed see PubMed at the UW.
- For details on how PubMed searches see sections on Automatic Mapping, Phrase Searching, and Additional Search Rules at National Library of Medicine's PubMed site http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/help/pmhelp.html.
eJournals
- Searches for titles of electronic journals owned by the UW Health Sciences Libraries, but not for articles within a journal.
- Searches titles words or phrases as well as MEDLINE title abbreviations.
- For print journals, search the UW Libraries Catalog, or try the eJournals & Journals search below.
eJournals & Journals
- Performs keyword search of HealthLinks eJournals and journal title search of Library Catalog simultaneously.
Library Catalog Titles
- Opens in a new window.
- Searches for title words of items cataloged in ithe UW Libraries Catalog.
- For more information on searching the UW Libraries Catalog go to http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/catalog/.
PrimeAnswers
- Opens in a new window
- For information on PrimeAnswers search behavior go to http://www.primeanswers.org/primeanswers/about/searchBehavior.cfm.
Last update: August 27, 2004
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