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Keyword |
Subject Heading |
Citation Searching |
By Document |
Structure |
Numerical |
Description |
Type what you are interested in |
Find a controlled term within the database that relates to your topic |
Emphasis on number of times publications have been cited |
Limit to Review Articles that will focus on background or summarizing existing research
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Search by chemical structure, nucleic acid or protein sequence |
Search data by numbers, such as chemical and physical properties |
Approach |
Type keywords and browse results |
Start with keyword(s) and look at results for appropriate subject headings OR browse a thesaurus/index within the database.
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Start with keyword(s) and sort results by times cited OR start with a specific publication and look to see who has cited it.
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Start with any search results list using previous search strategies, then limit by Document Type – Review. |
Use drawing program to enter structure or cut and paste from existing document(s). |
Use advanced search pages to search for a range of properties by number. |
Databases to try |
Any that relate to your topic |
PubMed, BIOSIS Citation Index, Zoological Record, ProQuest SciTech Collection |
Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, BIOSIS Citation Index |
PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, SciFinder, ProQuest SciTech Collection |
SciFinder (chemical structures), NCBI databases for sequences
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