Transcript Healthcare Databases Advanced Search: Redesign presentation

Introducing the
redesigned
Healthcare Databases
Search
What’s new
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Faster, more reliable performance
Clearer screen designs and styles
Context sensitive help
Improved thesaurus layout and functions
More flexible options for changing databases
Search preview feature
Accessing the Healthcare Databases
Search
• You still access
search on the
NHS Evidence
journals and
databases page
• Simple and
Advanced
options
available
Simple Search
You will see this screen if you select the simple
search without logging into ATHENS
•You can search
on MEDLINE from
PubMed
•Or you can log in
to ATHENS to
search the other
databases.
Advanced search – navigation
Although the database
selection screen looks
different, you have the
same choices:
•To select databases
using the checkboxes
or by clicking on the
titles
•To select or unselect
all databases
•Use the About links to
find out more about a
database
Advanced search – navigation
There are two ways of navigating the different HDAS
screens. You can still use the Breadcrumb trail, or
you can use the links at the top of the screen.
The Saved Search, Alerts and Recover Searches
screens still have the same basic layout and
options.
Advanced search – search screen
The layout of the search screen is similar to the old
design, with some new features to look out for ...
Advanced search – Help
The
buttons show you where help is available for a
particular action
Click on one of the
appear ...
buttons and a Help screen will
Advanced search – Help
• Screen shot- Help overlay
Close Help and return to where you were with the X
button
Advanced search – search fields
The main search options are now in checkboxes so you
can see the options available.
You can also select More fields to view and select
all the field codes available in the database .
Advanced search – thesaurus
options
The Browse thesaurus button is now on the right of the search
area, to avoid confusion with the Map to thesaurus checkbox
You can still search the thesaurus by entering a search term,
selecting Map to thesaurus and clicking on Search...
Advanced search - thesaurus
screen
The Thesaurus screen has been reorganised to make the
hierarchy and the selection options clearer
The option to select subheadings is now available as a link.
Advanced search – thesaurus
subheadings
Make your selections and click Apply to return to the
thesaurus screen. The tick in the subheadings column changes
colour to show you have made a selection.
Advanced search – apply limits
All the old features of the search history display are
still available . You can also:
•Delete a line using the X
•Select the link to Apply Limits to a line to create a new
result set ...
Advanced search – limits
... the line number appears in the search box. You can
use tabs to apply different limits. Each * shows where
you have applied a limit. Select search to create the
new result set with the limits you have chosen.
Advanced search – limits
You can still apply limits before you perform a search.
Just enter your search term, select your limits and
select search.
Advanced search – search preview
This new feature previews the number of results your
current search strategy will return. It can help you spot
typos and select search words and limits to get the
number of results you want.
Advanced search – view results
The results view is mainly unchanged. The search
history still shows above the results, but you can hide
it by selecting “Collapse view”.
Advanced search – copy to
clipboard
The button for copying selected results to your
clipboard is now at the bottom of the page, with the
email and export options.