Help with searching health databases

Our librarians have created a series of short webcasts covering everything you need, from selecting a suitable database to saving and exporting your results.

• How to access CINAHL via the library website (0:26min)
• How to start a search (1:08min)
• How to search with subject headings (1:41min)
• How to search with natural language (2:19min)
• How to combine search terms with OR or AND (1:25min)
• How to exclude terms using NOT (1:17min)
• Wildcard searching and truncation (1:02min)
• Adjacency searching (0:39min)
• How to filter your search results (1:46min)
• How to save your results (1:41min)
• How to export results (0:57min)
• How to save your search strategy (0:29min)
• How to retrieve your saved search strategy (0:33min)

Basic Searching on EBSCOhost (Tutorial, 2.12min)

Advanced Searching on EBSCOhost (Tutorial, 2.38min)

EBSCO User Guide (University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust)

Our librarians have created a series of short webcasts covering everything you need, from selecting a suitable database to saving and exporting your results.

• Log in and select your database (1:30min)
• How to search with natural language (free text) and using fields (2:05min)
• Truncation (1:32min)
• Proximity searching (1:08min)
• How to search with subject headings (2:47min)
• How to combine search terms with OR or AND (1:30min)
• How to edit a search line (0:48min)
• Customising the results display (2:44min)
• How to apply limits to your search results (2:16min)
• How to save your search strategy (3:24min)
• How to save or export results (2:15min)

• Basic search on Ovid (Tutorial, 52.04min)
• Ovid advanced search (Tutorial, 10.32min)

• Literature searching using Ovid (University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust)
• Ovid quick reference card

•  Searching the Cochrane Library (Tutorial 2.5 mins)

• Cochrane Library – LibGuides at University of Exeter