• AU Author
• TI Title, AB Abstract, TW Textword 
• JN Journal Name, JW Journal Word
• VO Volume, IP Issue/Part, PG Page 
• Combining Searches 
• Truncation Symbols
• Other Shortcuts

smith $.au.
retrieves all authors with last name Smith or compound last name Smith-...

smith t.au.
retrieves all authors with last name Smith and first initial T

smith t$1.au.
retrieves all authors with last name Smith, first initial T and up to one additional initial

smith t$.au.
retrieves all authors with last name Smith, first initial T or compound last name Smith-T... where any number of letters follow T

smith $.au.
retrieves all authors with the last name Smith and any initial(s) 

drowning.ti.
retrieves all articles with the word drowning in title

drowning.ab.
retrieves all articles with the word drowning in abstract

drown$2.ti.
retrieves all articles with the word drown and up to two additional letters in title (drown, drowns, or drowned, but not drowning or drownings)

drown$.ti.
retrieves all articles with the word drown and any number of additional letters in title (drown, drowns, drowned, drowning, etc.)

cold water drowning.tw.
retrieves all articles with the phrase "cold water drowning" in title OR abstract

heart & lung.jn.
retrieves all articles with Heart and Lung as journal name (NOTE: "and" in journal names is replaced by &)

obstetrics.jw.
retrieves all articles with Obstetrics as part of journal name

nurse$1.jw.
retrieves all articles containing Nurse with up to 1 additional letter as part of journal name

gynecol$.jw.
retrieves all articles with variations of Gynecology (Gynecologic,Gynecological, etc.) as part of journal name

5.ip.
retrieves all articles in issue 5 or part 5 of any journal

725.pg.
retrieves all articles beginning on page 725 of any journal

$
means any number of characters following (including 0 characters)

$n
where n is a number means UP TO n characters following

:
means ANY NUMBER of characters following

:n
where n is a number means UP TO n characters following

#
means one character and is usually used inside a word to account for variations of a word (wom#n = woman OR women). # can also be used at
the end of a word to indicate one more character follows (isolate# = isolates OR isolated but NOT isolate)

?
is used inside a word to account for variations in spelling (labo?r = British labour OR American labor)

To add specific subheadings, in databases that use them, to a search term, type the appropriate two letter code(s) after the forward slash ( / ) following a Subject Heading (eye diseases/dt -- drug therapy of eye diseases). Separate multiple codes with commas. To remove subheadings from an existing search, type the set number followed by a forward slash (2/).

To focus an existing search statement so that the term is one of the main points of the article, type an asterisk ( * ) before the set number (*1).  This only works if the search statement contains a single Subject Heading and the focus function is allowed in the database.

To delete selected lines from a search strategy, type ..PG followed by the set numbers to delete (..pg 1-3; ..pg 1,3,5-7).

To print just the search strategy, type ..PS (in the Web interface, then use the Print button on the browser to print the new page that displays only the strategy).