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NOTE! The search will start automatically once you choose a Source, so do the Species, Year, and Topic sections first.
Choose a SPECIES (ANY, or a specific one).
Choose a YEAR (Any Year, Selected Years, Last Three, Last Five, or a specific year).
What TOPICS?
Type in words that really define what you are looking for. Separate each word with a space.
TIP: With more information, the search is more likely to return the results you want: enter HEARTWORM ANTIGEN TESTS, not just HEARTWORM. General terms like KIDNEY can sometimes be useful, but a more specific descriptor such as RENAL FAILURE or KIDNEY FAILURE is often more helpful.
TIP: The wildcard operator helps you find pages containing words similar to a given word.
Use the asterisk (*) to find words with the same prefix.
For example, doing a search using COMPUT* will find documents with words that have the prefix COMPUT -- such as COMPUTER, COMPUTING, COMPUTE, COMPUTATION, etc.
(We'll cover the More Options button below.)
Choose a SOURCE (All, Boards, Journals, Drugs, Proceedings, Clinical Resources, Client Education, PubMed, etc. -- or any subset of those).
Reminder: The search will start automatically once you choose a Source.
When your results page comes up ...
Both your search parameters and your results are visible. From this page you can modify your search if you need to.
So, how can you modify/refine your parameters?
CLEAR Button
The CLEAR button clears all your fields, and takes you back to the Simple Search (defaults) form.
MORE OPTIONS Button
The MORE OPTIONS button (also available on the first search screen) brings up additional ways to modify your search parameters. You can choose to Add Author. You can choose to look for only records that contain Pictures. You can choose to Ignore Spell Check. You can choose a Search Type (More Specific, Less Specific, Exact Phrase, Boolean, etc.). You can choose how many results (10, 25, 50, 100) you want displayed on a page. You can choose the way your results are listed (by Date Published, by Rank, or by Title).
SPECIFICITY BAR
This bar allows you to make your search results more/less specific. If you click a bar on the More side, you will get more results (hits) because the search will be less specific. (You get More Results because you are less particular about how important your search terms are.) If you click a bar on the Fewer side, you will get fewer results (hits) because the search will be more specific. (You get Fewer Results because you are more particular about how important your search terms are.)
NOTE: The Search Type reflects the choices you make on the Specificity Bar. The Specificity Bar reflects the choices you make in the Search Type box.
BTW ...
WANT TO LIMIT YOUR SEARCH TO A PARTICULAR FOLDER?
You can improve your ability to get results from a particular folder by adding the appropriate term to the What TOPICS (typing) line:
AM-Alternative (for Alternative Medicine)
AN-Anesthesia
BE-Behavior
BI-Avian
CA-Cardiology
DE-Dentistry
DI-Diagnostic (for Diagnostic Imaging/Radiology)
DR-Clinical (for Clinical Pharmacology)
EM-Emergency (for Emergency Medicine/Critical Care)
EQ-Equine
ET-Ethics
EY-Ophthalmology
FA-Ruminants
FE-Feline
FI-Aquatic (for Aquatic Animal)
GE-Geriatric
GR-New Grads
HC-Housecall
HI-Hematology/Hemostasis
HO-Endocrinology
HV-Humor
IF-Informatics
IM-Internal (for Internal Medicine)
IN-Infectious (for Infectious Diseases/Immunology)
IS-Issues (for Issues and Answers)
LB-Clinical (for Clinical Pathology)
LW-Legal/Regulatory
MO-Professional (for Professional Motivators)
MT-Medical (for Medical Technologies)
NE-Neurology
NU-Nutrition
ON-Oncology
PA-Parasitology
PC-Computer
PD-Pediatric
PH-Physiology/Pathophysiology
PM-Practice (for Practice Management)
PP-Mammals
PS-Stress
PT-Practical (for Practical Practice Tips)
PU-Pulmonology/Respiratory
PZ-Public (for Public Health/Zoonoses)
RE-Reptile
RP-Reproduction
RV-Relief (for Relief Veterinarians)
SK-Dermatology
SO-Surgery (for Surgery Orthopedic)
ST-Surgery (for Surgery Soft Tissue)
SV-Shelter (for Shelter Veterinarians)
SW-Swine
TO-Toxicology
TR-Trenches
TV-Veterinary (for Veterinary Trivia)
UR-Urology/Nephrology
WC-Wacky (for Wacky Cases)
Note that you are using the two letter folder designation, a dash, and the first word in the folder's name.
AND ...
WANT TO LIMIT YOUR SEARCH TO A PARTICULAR JOURNAL?
You can use either the journal abbreviaion or the journal identification number to limit your search
to a specific journal. Just add that information to the What TOPICS (typing) line.
Note: If you use the number, use the entire nine character number (four digits, a dash, and the other four digits).
The journal abbreviations and identification numbers for the veterinary journals are:
Acta Vet Hung (0236-6290)
Acta Vet Scand (0044-605X)
Am J Vet Res (0002-9645)
Anim Biotechnol (1049-5398)
Anim Cogn (1435-9448)
Anim Genet (0268-9146)
Anim Health Res Rev (1466-2523)
Anim Reprod Sci (0378-4320)
Aquatic Mammals (0167-5427)
Aust Vet J (0005-0423)
Aust Vet Pract (0310-138X)
Avian Dis (0005-2086)
Avian Pathol (0307-9457)
Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr (0005-9366)
Br Poult Sci (0007-1668)
Can J Vet Res (0830-9000)
Can Vet J (0008-5286)
Clin Tech Small Anim Pract (1096-2867)
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis (0147-9571)
Compend Contin Educ Pract Vet (0193-1903)
Dis Aquat Organ (0177-5103)
Domest Anim Endocrinol (0739-7240)
Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr (0341-6593)
Equine Vet Educ (0957-7734)
Equine Vet J (0425-1644)
Exotic DVM (1521-1363)
J Am Anim Hosp Assoc (0587-2871)
J Am Vet Med Assoc (0003-1488)
J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) (0931-2439)
J Anim Sci (0021-8812)
J Appl Anim Welf Sci (1088-8705)
J Avian Med Surg
J Dairy Res (0022-0299)
J Dairy Sci (0022-0302)
J Equine Vet Sci (0737-0806)
J Feline Med Surg (1098-612X)
J Fish Dis (0140-7775)
J Herpe Med Surg (1529-9651)
J S Afr Vet Assoc (0301-0732)
J Small Anim Pract (0022-4510)
J Vet Dent (0898-7564)
J Vet Diagn Invest (1040-6387)
J Vet Emerg Crit Care
J Vet Intern Med (0891-6640)
J Vet Med Educ (0748-321X)
J Vet Med Sci (0916-7250)
J Vet Pharmacol Ther (0140-7783)
J Vet Sci (1229-845X)
J Wildl Dis (0090-3558)
J Zoo Wildl Med (1042-7260)
Jpn J Vet Res (0047-1917)
Lab Anim (0023-6772)
Marine Mammal Sci (0824-0469)
Mid East Falcon Res Group (1608-1544)
N Z Vet J (0048-0169)
Onderstepoort J Vet Res (0030-2465)
Pol J Vet Sci (1505-1773)
Poult Sci (0032-5791)
Prev Vet Med (0167-5877)
Primates (0032-8332)
Res Vet Sci (0034-5288)
Semin Avian Exotic Pet Med (1055-937X)
Sm Anim Clin Endocrinol
Theriogenology (0093-691X)
Tijdschr Diergeneeskd (0040-7453)
Trop Anim Health Prod (0049-4747)
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (1530-3667)
Vet Anaesth Analg (1467-2987)
Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract (0749-0739)
Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract (0749-0720)
Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract (0195-5616)
Vet Clin Pathol (0275-6382)
Vet Comp Oncol (1476-5810)
Vet Comp Ortho Trauma (0932-0814)
Vet Dermatol (0959-4493)
Vet Economics (0042-4862)
Vet Hum Toxicol (0145-6296)
Vet Immunol Immunopathol (0165-2427)
Vet J (1090-0233)
Vet Med (8750-7943)
Vet Microbiol (0378-1135)
Vet Ophthalmol (1463-5216)
Vet Parasitol (0304-4017)
Vet Pathol (0300-9858)
Vet Q (0165-2176)
Vet Radiol Ultrasound (1058-8183)
Vet Rec (0042-4900)
Vet Res (0928-4249)
Vet Res Commun (0165-7380)
Vet Surg (0161-3499)
Vet Ther (1528-3593)
Veterinary Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract (1094-9194)
The journal abbreviations and identification numbers for the discontinued veterinary journals are:
AAV Today (0892-9904)
Adv Vet Med (1093-975X)
Agri-Pract (0745-4520)
Appl Anim Behav Sci (0168-1591)
Arch Vet Pol (1230-5359)
Assoc Reptilian Amphibian Vet (1076-3139)
Br Vet J (0007-1935)
Calif Vet (0008-1612)
Canine Pract (1057-6622)
Companion Anim Pract (0894-9794)
Cornell Vet (0010-8901)
Equine Pract (0162-8941)
Feline Health Topics
Feline Pract (1057-6614)
J Assoc Avian Vet (1044-8314)
J Sm Anim Pract (0022-4510)
J Vet Allergy Clin Immunol (1082-2046)
Lab Anim Sci (0023-6764)
Large Anim Pract (1043-7533)
Mod Vet Pract (0362-8140)
Prog Vet Neurol (1061-575X)
Semin Vet Med Surg (Small Anim) (0882-0511)
Tierarztl Prax (0303-6286)
Vet Clin Nutrition (1076-3872)
Vet Comp Ophthalmol (1061-5768)
Vet Med (Praha) (0375-8427)
Zentralbl Veterinarmed [B] (0931-1793)
Zentralbl Veterinarmed A (0514-7158)
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