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How to use STAT!Ref Online
Search
The simplest way to search
STAT!Ref is to enter the search
term into the field at the top of
the page and click the Search
button.
Results
STAT!Ref will look for your
search term in every title and
searchable resource you
subscribe to and present you
with a list of the Results found.
Filters
There are five STAT!Ref filters that display under
the heading All STAT!Ref Results. They are; Codes,
Drug Information, Patient Information, Point of
Care and Titles By Discipline.
Filters are pre-defined groupings of titles that
logically fit together.
Whether a filter is visible or not depends upon the
titles in your subscription and whether or not the
filter is relevant to the search.
Titles by Discipline Filter
The Titles By Discipline filter has a number of
sub-filters, which are groupings of titles by
their primary discipline.
Titles by Discipline Filter
If you are only interested in drug information
click on the Drug Information filter. The Results
list will change to reflect only those titles that
relate to the selected filter. The titles that are
associated with a filter display below it.
If you want drug information from a specific
source, such as AHFS DI, click on that title and
your Results list will change to reflect only AHFS
DI.
To return to the original state of your Results just
click the All STAT!Ref Results filter.
Additional Resources
STAT!Ref includes results in other resources, such as
MedCalc 3000, the National Guideline Clearinghouse
and PubMed.
Results for these resources display under Additional
Resources.
Click on the resource you are interested in viewing
and STAT!Ref will launch that resource in a separate
browser window and execute the search for you.
Additional Resources
If you click on the “MedCalc
3000” link, under Additional
Resources, it will launch
“MedCalc 3000” in a separate
browser window with the
term (in this case “diabetes”)
already searched.
Related Concepts
A list of the related concepts for the term searched
will display under Related Concepts. Related
concepts come from the National Library of
Medicine’s UMLS Metathesaurus database.
Click on any one of the listed terms to re-execute
your search for that specific term or click on the
“Search All Related Concepts” link at the bottom of
the list to your search using all related terms.
Result Tile
Each Result displays in its
own tile. They are ranked
in their order of relevancy.
An excerpt shows the best
matching phrase in the
document.
Results Options
New Features!
E-mail your search
results to yourself,
or someone else,
and/or make a
note about the
result(s) in your
Preferences.
To view all your
Results list click on
the “Results Page
x” link.
A maximum of
100 documents
display in the
Results list. They
are grouped into
ten documents per
page.
To get detailed
information about the
criteria that were
used to perform your
search click on the
“Search Details” link.
To look up your
search term in
Stedman’s
Dictionary click
the “Stedman’s
Definition” link.
Stedman’s will
launch in a
separate browser
window.
To hide or show
Excerpts click on
the “Excerpt” link.
Each Result tile
displays an
excerpt (200
characters) of
text surrounding
the best match
found in the
document.
Results
To view the document
click on the Result you
want.
Result Title
The title’s name will
appear directly above
the document.
STAT!Ref Toolbar
New Features!
E-mail your search
results to yourself,
or someone else,
and/or make a
note about the
result(s) in your
Preferences.
To change the
document’s
font size
click on the
“Font” link,
To print a
document click the
“Print” link.
To print a portion
of the document,
highlight the text
you want to print
and click the
“Print” link. When
the Printer
Dialogue Box
appears choose
the “Selection”
option.
To look up a term
in Stedman’s
Dictionary
highlight the term
in the document
and click the
“Stedman’s Look
Up” link.
Stedman’s will
launch in a
separate browser
window.
STAT!Ref Toolbar: Email Link
2. Fill in your name, the
1. Click on
the Email Link
icon.
recipient (you or someone
else that has access
privileges) and an optional
message.
3. Click the
Send button.
STAT!Ref Toolbar: STAT!Notes
2. Choose New from
the pop-up menu.
1. Click on the
STAT!Notes icon.
STAT!Ref Toolbar: STAT!Notes
(Log in to Preferences to use this feature)
3. Enter your
e-mail address.
4. Enter your
password and
click the OK
button.
STAT!Ref Toolbar: STAT!Notes
5. Position the
Note near the
section you want
it to refer you to.
6. Add an optional
message (up to 256
characters)
STAT!Ref Toolbar: STAT!Notes
Retrieve your saved STAT!Notes
7. Click on the
Note List icon to
see a list of your
STAT!Notes
8. Click the
Search icon to
perform the same
search and go to
the STAT!Note.
9. Remember, STAT!Notes are not
permanent and there is a maximum
of 100.
Advanced Search
Another way to search STAT!Ref is
to use Advanced Search settings.
Click on the “Advanced Search”
link to the right of the Search
button to view your options.
Advanced Search
Using Advanced Search you can
configure your search settings before
executing a search.
Advanced Search
To filter the search by text type, click
on what type of textual search you
want to hone in on.
To include suffixes, click on the check
box.
To select one or more titles check the
box next to the title(s) you want to
search.
To use a Search Set click on the
“Search Set” drop down menu and
select your search set.
Advanced Search
Once you’ve selected your Advanced
settings enter the search term into the
field at the top of the page and click the
Search button.
Advanced Search
Your Advanced settings will continue
to be used for all future searches until
you tell STAT!Ref to reset the default
settings or until you log out.
To stop using Advanced settings click
on the “Reset search to default
settings” link that is highlighted in
yellow just above the first Result.
Table of Contents
Another way to retrieve a
document is to browse the Table
of Contents.
Table of Contents
Click on the Table of Contents tab to
see a list of all of the titles you
subscribe to.
You can browse the TOC by clicking on
the triangle to the left of the title. Drill
down until you find the section,
chapter, image, figure, etc. that you
are interested in or click on the
document icon
to the right of the
section, chapter, etc. to go directly to
the document.
Table of Contents
If the Table of Contents
becomes unwieldy you can
click on the “Collapse All” link
to return it to its collapsed
state.
Resources
Click on the Resources tab
to view all of your available
resources.
Only the resources that you
subscribe to will be appear
on this page.
Resources
Click on the Resources
you are interested in and
it will launch in a separate
browser window.
Preferences
To customize your personal view of
STAT!Ref and to use Notes feature,
you must first create a My STAT!Ref
account.
To do this, click on the “Preferences”
link at the top of the page.
If you do not have a My STAT!Ref
account you can create one by
selecting the “No, I want to create My
STAT!Ref account” option.
If you already have a My STAT!Ref
account you can select the “Yes, I
have a password” option and enter in
your password.
CAVEAT: You may not have this
option available to you. Your
STAT!Ref Administrator determines
whether to turn it on or off for your
subscription.
Preferences
If you selected the “No, I want to
create My STAT!Ref account”
option on the previous page. You
must enter in the following
information:
•Your e-mail address
•Your first name
•Your password twice.
STAT!Ref will not share this
information with anyone. This
information will only be used to
keep track of your preferences.
Preferences
If you want to customize the look and behavior of
STAT!Ref, log into your My STAT!Ref account. The
following display settings are available:
•Show or hide the Left-hand Table of Contents
•Change the width of the Left-hand Table of Contents
•Define STAT!Ref’s logoff behavior.
Preferences
If you want to create, delete or edit your own
My STAT!Ref Search Set click the “Search Set”
menu item.
To create a Search Set click the “Add” button.
Preferences
Give the Search Set a name that is meaningful
to you and click the “Add” button.
Preferences
Move the titles you want in your new Search
Set by highlighting the title(s) and clicking the
arrow  button. When finished click the
“Back to Search Sets” button.
In order for your My STAT!Ref account
preference to take effect you must be logged
into your My STAT!Ref account.
Thank You!
If you have any questions or
comments, please call:
800-901-5494.