COURSE WORKBOOK INITIAL ONLINE TRAINING CLASS NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE AGENDA Initial Online Services Training Class National Library of Medicine MONDAY WELCOME 8:30 - 9:00 HISTORY OF MEDLARS AND INTRODUCTION TO ALL NLM DATA BASES 9:00 - 9:30 BREAK 9:30 - 9:45 SYSTEM MECHANICS A. LOGIN/LOGOFF procedures and use of terminal B. Basic commands/program messages 9:45 - 10:30 10:30 - 12:00 LUNCH 12:00- 1:00 C. Terminal exercises 1:00 - 1:45 1:45 - 2:00 D. Discussion of terminal exercises COMPUTER PHYSIOLOGY/BOOLEAN LOGIC A. Computer Physiology B. Search efficiency/time overflow messages 2:00 - 2:45 2:45 - 3:15 BREAK 3:15 - 3:30 TOUR (MMS, Computer Room, Reading Room) 3:30 - 3:45 C. Boolean logic slide/tape 3:45 - 4:30 4:30 - 4:45 4:45 - 5:00 D. Boolean logic in-class exercise E. Discussion of class exercise TUESDAY MESH AND INDEXING PRINCIPLES A. Use in indexing and searching 1. Introductory material/MeSH and 8:30 - 10:10 related tools BREAK 10:10 - 10:25 2. Annotations exercise & discussion 3. Check tags 10:25 - 11:00 11:00 - 12:00 LUNCH 12:00- 1:00 4. Subheadings & coordination 5. MeSH Vocabulary file 1:00 - 2:15 2:15 - 2:45 BREAK 2:45 - 3:00 5. Sample search request and analysis of 3:00 - 3:30 the question 7. Terminal exercises 8. Discussion of terminal exercises 3:30 - 4:30 4:30 - 5:00 WEDNESDAY SEARCH FORMULATION A. MEDLINE/HEALTH 1. Lecture (including Scope and content. Unit record, Explosions, Pre-explosions) 2. Sample search requests and analysis of 8:30 10:00 the questions 10:00 10:30 BREAK 10:30 10:45 3. Terminal exercises 4. Discussion of terminal 10:45 11:30 11:30 12:00 exercises LUNCH 12:00 1 :00 SYSTEM CAPABILITIES A. Offsearch 1. Purpose and use B. Storesearch 1:00 1 :45 1. Purpose and use C. SAVESEARCH 1 :45 2:15 1. Purpose and use D. SAVE 2:15 2:30 1. Purpose and use 2:30 2:45 BREAK 2:45 3:00 FREE TEXT SEARCHING A. Text word generation B. Truncation/use of Nbr C. Terminal exercises 3:00 3:30 3:30 4:00 D. Discussion of Terminal Exercises 4:45 4:00 4:45 5:00 THURSDAY STRINGSEARCH/SENTENCESEARCH A. Purpose and impact on system B. Format and use with all data bases C. Terminal exercises 8:30 - 9:00 9:00 - 9:30 9:30 - 10:00 D. Discussion of terminal exercises 10:00 - 10:15 BREAK 10:15 - 10:30 SEARCH FORMULATION A. CHEMLINE (chemical searching) 10:30 12:00 1:00 2:30 12:00 1 :00 2:30 2:45 LUNCH B. TOXLINE 1. Lecture BREAK 2. Terminal exercises 2:45 4:15 4:15 5:00 3. Discussion of terminal exercises FRIDAY SEARCH FORMULATION A. CANCERLIT, CANCERPROJ, CLINPROT 1. Lecture 8:30 10:15 10:15 10:30 BREAK 2. Terminal exercises 10:30 11:30 11:30 12:00 3. Discussion of terminal exercises LUNCH 12:00 1:00 1:00 2:00 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION (includes distribution of codes, explanation of Automatic SDl's and the functions of the MEDLARS Management Section, especially the MMS Service Desk) INTEGRATION OF SUBJECT SEARCHING TECHNIQUES A. Preparation of question 2:00 2:15 2:45 2:15 2:45 3:15 B. Terminal hands-on C. Discussion of assigned question including proper data bases, use of OFFSEARCH, alternative strategies, etc. CLOSE INITIAL ONLINE TRAINING The goal of this course is to provide an overview of the MEDLARS system and the basic ELHILL searching capabilities. The course in- cludes lectures, class participation, audiovisual presentations and supervised hands-on terminal experience. Objectives are to: 1. introduce new users to the MEDLARS system, its content, its searching capability, and basic commands. 2. provide an understanding of NLM's controlled vocabulary, MeSH. 3. describe the uses and input procedure for the following system capabilities: a. OFFSEARCH b. STORESEARCH/SAVESEARCH/SAVE c. STRINGSEARCH/SENTENCESEARCH 4. describe the MEDLARS rules for text word generation and provide experience with text word searching. 5. describe the scope, coverage, data elements and searching techniques for the following data bases: a. MEDLINE b. HEALTH PLANNING & ADMIN c. CHEMLINE d. TOXLINE e. CANCERLIT, CANCERPROO, CLINPROT 6. assist trainees in developing the skills necessary to perform efficient subject searches in appropriate data bases (integration of subject searching techniques). Table of Contents Monday Section History of MEDLARS A NLM Data Bases 6 System Mechanics C Computer Physiology/Boolean Logic 1 D Tuesday MeSH E Wednesday MEDLINE F HEALTH G OFFSEARCH H STORESEARCH/SAVESEARCH/SAVE I Free Text Searching J Thursday STRINGSEARCH/SENTENCESEARCH K CHEMLINE L TOXLINE M Friday CANCER FILES N Integration of Subject Searching 0 Administrative Information P Course Evaluation Q MEDLARS TRAINING CLASS GLOSSARY access approach to information through any storage medium acoustic coupler a device that permits a telephone handset to be connected to a terminal. Through this device the terminal's signals are transformed into audible signals which the telephone transmits to a computer address a label or number identifying a database disk location where information is stored in the computer alphanumeri c containing both letters and numerals annotation descriptive or explanatory comment backfile an older portion of a database that is separate from the current material batch processing processing procedure for which items must be coded and collected into a group before processing Boolean operators see logical operators call number combination of letters and numbers assigned (applied) to a book by means of which it can be arranged on the shelf and later located category a logical grouping of associated terms syn: tree CAN # computer assigned number that uniquely identifies a unit record category qualifiers mnemonics that stand for data elements in unit records central concept the main point of an article, indicated by an asterisk in MEDLINE central processing unit the area of the computer containing the circuits that control and execute the instructions given the computer from peripheral terminals characters symbols such as alphabet letters, the digits 0 through 9, punctuation marks or a space check tags concepts that need to be considered for every article and are preprinted on the indexing data form needing only to be 'checked' citation see reference classification systematic distribution or arrangement, in a class or classes command word or symbol entered by a user specifying the operation to be performed an idea of a class of objects, a general notion concept connect time elapsed time that a terminal has been connected to the computer (computer keeps track) controlled vocabulary a list of subject terms used to describe records in a database syn: subject authority list, thesaurus coordinate indexing a system of indexing using a combination of descriptors or descriptors and qualifiers to show relationships and to indicate more specific conceptual meaning database a collection of information, generally related by subject area, usually available via a computer search (MEDLINE database, TOXLINE database) data elements specific items of information that make up a unit record dataphone a special telephone set that enables transmission and reception of digital data without an acoustic coupler default database the database to which a user is automatically connected when logging into an online system descriptor a word or phrase used to identify a subject, concept or idea syn: heading, term disk a circular plate coated with magnetic material used to store digital or machine readable data (generally stored in disk packs) disk time time used by the computer to go to the disk pack, copy something and store the results syn: fetching and putting time, input/output time down time see system down entry term a synonym or near synonym for a descriptor syn: see reference exclusion word di ctionary see stop word list explode (explosion) a mechanism by which the computer can do a generic search on a term and all the terms subordinate to it in the tree structure or hierarchy (by automatic ORs) false drop an item that is retrieved because it corresponds to terminology used in the search strategy but is not relevant fetching and putting time see disk time fiel d an area of a unit record used to store a defined category of data file a collection of related records; usually used as a synonym for database; also sometimes used to refer to part of a database structure, e.g. the index file of a particular database file maintenance modification of a file/database, to incorporate changes such as additions, deletions, transfers or corrections hardware the machinery and computers used in data processing systems header file file that contains all of the complete unit records (identified by a CAN#) for a particular database syn: linear file, print file heading see descriptor hierarchical relation relation between classes in a chain of subordinated classes, where each foregoing member includes all following members of the chain hits see postings index file file that contains all the descriptors, numbers, authors, title abbreviations, text words, etc. that are directly searchable in a particular database. In this listing is shown the number of postings to each term, as well as (invisible to the user) the address in the postings file. syn: inverted file input/output time see disk time interactive system a system that allows direct communication between a user and the computer by means of a natural program language and allows for immediate alterations or modifications of search strategy syn: iterative system inverted file see index file iterative system see interactive system ISBN International Standards Book Number ISSN International Standards Serial Number journal see serial linear file see header file logging in getting connected to the computer logical operators words or symbols used to represent the processes to be performed (AND, AND NOT, OR in the NLM system) syn: Boolean operators magnetic tape a tape with a magnetic surface used to store digital or machine readable data major descriptor any descriptor listed in the alphabetic MeSH that is not a 'see' or 'see under' reference mapping the automatic addition to the unit record, by the computer, of the appropriate descriptor to cover the concept indicated by an indexer minor descriptor any descriptor listed in the alphabetic MeSH as a 'see under* reference mnemoni c a symbol or abbreviation to aid the memory; used in the MEDLINE context as a synonym for category qualifier modem acronym for MOdulator-DEModulator; a device connected to a terminal, that converts machine readable data to a form that is compatible with telecommunication equipment and vice versa monograph a treatise or book on a single subject multimeani ng a message from the computer when an ambiguous term has been entered, i.e., the term occurs in the index in more than one way, e.g., MH, TA, SH. This message is also received when exploding a term that is in more than one tree multiword term two or more words searchable as a unit, without the need to be joined with logical operators natural language a language whose rules use natural speech rather than symbols network two or more points connected by communications links noise any disturbance, or unwanted signal, in the com- munication system that interferes with the normal operation of the system offline printing generation of printed records after the user has given the appropriate command and has logged off of the system offline searching computer processing of a search after the user has entered the appropriate strategy and has logged off of the system online processing processing of search statements and commands while the user is connected to the computer periodical see serial postings number of items 'posted' or indexed to the term or combination of terms searched syn: hits, tally postings file file that contains the addresses associated with specific terms in the index file. At these addresses are listed the CAN#s in the header file for the unit records that contain the specific term in the index file precision ratio the ratio of the number of documents retrieved and relevant to the question to the number of those not retrieved print file see header file see software programs recall factor the fraction of relevant documents retrieved by the system record see unit record redundancy the part of a message or record that can be eliminated without loss of essential information reference an indication of where to find certain information syn: citation regeneration rebuilding of file or databases see also update root the beginning or middle characters of a word or term syn: stem scratch pad see user environment search examination of a set of items (documents) for those have a desired property (content) that search statement an individual user-entered query that instructs the search program to retrieve a set of records matching the statement search strategy a set of planned search statements see reference see entry term sequential access access to stored information in a 'one after the other1 manner serial a periodical publication containing articles by various writers syn: journal, periodical software the sets or‘ computer readable messages that instruct computers to perform specified tasks syn: programs stem see root stop word 1i st dictionary of syntactical words, articles and prepositions which are ignored when a machine scans titles or abstracts in the making of a KWIC index syn: exclusion word dictionary subject authority list see controlled vocabulary system down computer not functioning at that moment due to machine or programming failure tally see postings Telenet the GTE Telenet Corporation data telecommunications network that enables the user to connect with the NLM computer by dialing a Telenet telephone number local to the user area, eliminating the need of a long distance call term see descriptor terminal an electronic device for transmitting to and receiving signals from a computer text word a single word extracted from directly searchable data elements according to specified rules thesaurus see controlled vocabulary time sharing method of allowing simultaneous interaction with a computer by many users, each user being given a specified slice of time to perform operations syn: time slicing time slicing see time sharing tree see category truncation process of dropping one or more characters from either end of a term or word without altering any of the remaining characters. For direct searching only right-hand truncation is allowed. For string searching both right- and left-hand truncation is all owed. Tymnet (or Tymshare) The Tymshare Corporation data telecommunications network that enables the user to connect with the NLM computer by dialing a Tymnet telephone number local to the user area, eliminating the need of a long distance call unit record a record containing all the facts or fields relating to a single citation, or a single descriptor or a single concept syn: record Uniterm a single word; text words are uniterms update modification of a file or database by addition, deletion or change of information see also regeneration user environment a work space on the disk pack reserved for an individual user at LOGIN syn: scratch pad WELCOME I. OVERVIEW OF INITIAL COURSE A. Use of Initial Class workbooks B. Course objectives C. Agenda for week 1. Lectures 2. Lecturers 3. Hands-on exercises 4. Use of terminals 5. Certificates at end of course 6. Codes at end of course 7. Evaluations at end of course (feedback to NLM from trainees) II. ADMINISTRATIVE A. MLA Contact Hours (for recertification requirements) 1. 35 Contact Hours for attending with hands-on 2. 21 Contact Hours for auditing (no hands-on) B. Name tags C. Emergency notification cards D. Phone calls E. Lunch facilities F. No smoking or food in training room III. INTRODUCTION OF TRAINEES HISTORY OF MEDLARS AND INTRODUCTION TO ALL NLM DATA BASES Objectives of this lecture are to; 1. Introduce trainees to the NLM MEDLARS system including: a. the purpose of computerization at NLM and its historical development, starting with the use of computers to produce NLM publications (particu- larly INDEX MEDICUS) and leading into the development of an online interactive system to allow for demand searches. b. the AIM-TWX Experiment and the development of MEDLINE. c. current publications produced from MEDLARS. 2. Describe in general terms the scope and content of each of the NLM data bases. 3. Discuss the use of the computer, including hours of availability of the NLM computer and the sister computer at SUNY. 4. Describe the billing structure. 5. Make the trainees aware of the scope of the NLM online network nationwide/worldwide. HISTORY OF MEDLARS MANUAL PART 1 MEDLARS Acronym for Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System. Represents entire computer system, including all the data bases. Began in 1964 for the purpose of preparing printed publi cations. PRIMARY PUBLICATION INDEX MEDICUS Began in 1880 as Index Catalog of the Libr a ry of the Surgeon General's Office. Originally annual publication, produced on cards and assembled by hand, but by 1950'5, with proliferation of medical literature, it became difficult to maintain. In 1954, began considering use of computers to produce IM. Today Index Medicus and all NLM bibliographic publica- tions are produced via computer. PREPARING CITATIONS FOR ENTRY INTO COMPUTER (Index Medicus/MEDLINE) Indexers in U. S. and foreign countries scan articles in over 2600 journals (Index Medicus). Assign subject headings to each article Use MeSH thesaurus for headings Two parts to MeSH; 1. Annotated Alphabetic List different from "Black & White" public MeSH, i.e., contains terms that can be used in computer search but will not appear in IM. 2. Tree Structures MeSH terms. categorized list of all 14 Categories plus geographic category (available online only). MeSH Categories Category A -- Anatomy Category B -- Organisms Category C - - Diseases Category D -- Chemicals & Drugs Category E -- Procedures & Technics Category F -- Psychology & Psychiatry Category G -- Biological Sciences, Health Occupations, Environment, Biology & Physiology Category H -- Physical Sciences Category I -- Social Sciences Category J -- Technology, Industry, Agriculture & Food Category K -- Humanities Category L -- Information & Communication Category M -- Named Groups Category N -- Health Care Category Z Geographies (terms for online use only) Most articles indexed with approximately 12 headings plus checktags (e.g., CHILD, HUMAN). Only 2-3 headings are asterisked to indicate main point. All headings may be searched in computer, citations appear in Index Medicus under asterisked terms only. All information for MEDLINE/Index Medicus is recorded on data forms and input into the computer. (Data forms will be discussed in MeSH lecture.) THE UNIT RECORD A unit record represents in the computer one complete bibliographic citation (in MEDLINE and other NLM biblfographic data bases). This includes: Title (II) Author (AU) Source (SO) - a composite field in MEDLINE derived from the fields: TITLE ABBREVIATION (TA) ISSUE/PART/SUPPLEMENT (IP) VOLUME/ISSUE (VI) PAGINATION (PG) DATE OF PUBLICATION (DP) Main Heading (MH) Abstract (AB) - if present And all other fields containing information pertinent to the citation. Many fields are directly searchable via computer. In a non-bibliographic data base, a unit record may represent, e.g., one chemical compound (as in CHEMLINE) and contains all the information pertaining to that compound in the data base. INPUTTING INFORMATION INTO THE COMPUTER Originally information was input into the computer on magnetic tape. Allowed for production of publications and for computer searching in batch mode. Batch mode searching on the computer was particularly slow because it was sequential i.e., each unit record (representing a cita- tion in MEDLINE) had to be searched individually for the term of interest. With the advent of new technology in hardware (the machinery of the computer), software (programs or instructions that run the computer) and communications systems (TELENET, TYMNET), it became possible to communicate with the computer directly in a real time/ online fashion. Slow sequential/batch mode searching gave way to faster online interactive searching. INPUTTING (continued) Disks, which look like stacks of phonograph records, replaced the magnetic tapes. Disks allow for direct access to the stored information unlike the tapes which allow for sequential searching only; much faster searching. THE AIM/TWX EXPERIMENT - Abridged Index Medicus via TWX lines. First NLM online system began in June 1970, MEDLINE Acronym for MEDLARS onLINE. Outcome of AIM/TWX Experiment; began in October 1971. Originally contained previous 3 years' citations plus current year and covered 1100 - 1200 journals. Now contains previous 2 years' citations plus current year and covers 3000 journals ( Index Medicus covers approximately 2600 journals; MEDTTNE’ coverage is broader due to the inclusion in the data base of Special List journals. (Manual 7.3.14)) Older citations for MEDLINE contained in the BACKFILES (MED79 , MED77 , MED7S , MED7 2 , MED69 , MED66), MED7 5 , MED72, MED69, MED66 are available through OFTTFARCH only. (OFFSEARCH mechanism will be discussed in lecture later in week). OTHER PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED VIA COMPUTER FROM NLM DATA BASES Computer use developed originally to produce publica- tions; demand searches came much later. Current publications include: Recurring Bibliographies (produced from MEDLINE and other NLM data bases with the cooperation of various sponsoring organizations): ANESTHESIOLOGY BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX OF AUDIOVISUAL SERIALS IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES CRANI 0-FAC lAL -- CLEFT PALATE BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX TO DENTAL LITERATURE RECURRING BIBLIOGRAPHY ON EDUCATION IN THE ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS FAMILY MEDICINE LITERATURE INDEX HOSPITAL LITERATURE INDEX RECURRING BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HYPERTENSION INTERNATIONAL NURSING INDEX BIBLIOGRAPHY ON MEDICAL EDUCATION NEUROSURGICAL - BIBLIO - INDEX ANNUAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY PHYSICAL FITNESS/SPORTS MEDICINE CURRENT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE & SURGERY PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX OF RHEUMATOLOGY SCHISTO UPDATE CURRENT CITATIONS ON STRABISMUS, AMBLYOPIA, AND OTHER DISEASES OF OCULAR MOTILITY BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SURGERY OF THE HAND INDEX OF TISSUE CULTURE QUARTERLY BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE Current publications (continued) Literature Searches -- individualized bibliographies produced by MEDLARS deemed to be of wide interest are reprinted for distribution by NLM without charge. About 100 different bibliographies are available, including such topics as "Suicide or Depression in Childhood and Adolescence," "Hospices" and "Hyper- tension." A list of available titles appears in Index Medi cus and Abridged Index Med icu s; this list may also be obtained by writing to: Literature Search Program, Reference Section, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20209. The name and address of the requestor, typed on a gummed label, must accompany the request (no return postage necessary). BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE -- produced from the HISTLINE data base. ABRIDGED INDEX MEDICUS (and CUMULATED ABRIDGED INDEX MEDICUS) -- from MEDLINE LIST OF JOURNALS INDEXED IN INDEX MEDICUS LIST OF SERIALS AND MONOGRAPHS INDEXED FOR ONLINE USERS INDEX OF NLM SERIAL TITLES from SERLINE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE AUDIOVISUALS CATALOG from AVLINE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CURRENT CATALOG from CATLINE A complete list of all NLM publications is available by writing to MEDLARS Management Section. DATABASES 1982 NLM SUNY AVLINE HEALTH PLANNING & ADMIN BIOETHICSLINE CANCERLIT MEDLINE MED79 CANCERPROO MED77 MED7S CATLINE MED 72 MED69 CHEMLINE MED66 CLINPROT MESH VOCABULARY EPILEPSY SDILINE HEALTH PLANNING & ADMIN HISTLINE MEDLINE MED79 MED77 MED7S MED72 MED69 MED66 MESH VOCABULARY NAME AUTHORITY POPLINE RTECS SDILINE SERLINE TOXICOLOGY DATA BANK TOXLINE TOXBACK74 TOXBACK6S MEDLEARN, A CAI PROGRAM FOR MEDLINE INSTRUCTION, IS ALSO AVAILABLE. SUNY Primary Access Users (Codes Issued since April 1980) Must access the following databases at the SUNY computer: HEALTH PLANNING & ADMINISTRATION MEDLINE MED79 MED77 MED7S* MED72* MED69* MED66* ♦Available through OFFSEARCH only never available online. Have access to all other databases at NLM, including: AVLINE NAME AUTHORITY POPLINE BIOETHICSLINE CANCERLIT RTECS CANCERPROJ CATLINE SDILINE SERLINE CHEMLINE CLINPROT HISTLINE TOXICOLOGY DATA BANK TOXLINE TOXBACK74 TOXBACK6S* (*Avall able through OFFSEARCH only never available online.) Have access to the following databases at both NLM and SUNY: MESH VOCABULARY SDILINE 6~J 1982 NLM ONLINE SERVICE DATABASE ACCESS LOCATION FOR USERS APPROVED AFTER MARCH 1980 * DATABASES ACCESSED DATABASES ACCESSED DATABASES ACCESSED ON NLM COMPUTER ON SUNY COMPUTER ON BOTH COMPUTERS AYLINE HEALTH PLANNING & ADMINISTRATION MESH VOCABULARY FILE BIOETHICSLINE SDILINE CANCERLIT MEDLINE MED? 9 MED77 CANCERPROJ MED75** MED72** MED69** MED66** CATLINE CHEMLINE MESH VOCABULARY FILE CLINPROT SDILINE HISTLINE MESH VOCABULARY FILE NAME AUTHORITY FILE POPLINE RTECS SDILINE SERLINE TOXICOLOGY DATA BANK TOXLINE TOXBACK74 TOXBACK6S** *USERS APPROVED PRIOR TO APRIL 1980 HAVE ACCESS TO ALL FILES ON BOTH COMPUTERS. **AVAILABLE THROUGH OFFSEARCH ONLY. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ONLINE FILE DESCRIPTIONS Following are brief descriptions of data bases available through the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) computerized Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (MEDLARS): AVLINE AVLINE (Audiovisuals onLINE) contains citations to about 10,000 audiovisual teaching packages used in health sciences education at the college level and for the continuing education of practitioners. All titles in AVLINE are screened for technical quality; all but lecture- type recordings are also reviewed for currency, content accuracy, and teaching effectiveness. AVLINE may be searched by words in abstracts, medical subject headings, titles, names, source, and elements of physical description such as medium and playing time. BIOETHICSLINE BIOETHICSLINE (BIOETHICS onLINE) is a file of about 10,000 references to materials on bioethical topics such as euthanasia, human experimentation, and abortion. They are selected from the literature of the health sciences, philosophy, law, religion, psychology, and from the popular media. BIOETHICSLINE is produced in cooperation with the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Center for Bioethics, at Georgetown University. CANCERLIT CANCERLIT (CANCER Literature), formerly called CANCERLINE, is sponsored by NIH*s National Cancer Institute (NCI) and contains about 225,000 references dealing with various aspects of cancer. All references have English abstracts. Over 3,500 U.S. and foreign journals, as well as selected monographs, meeting papers, reports, and dissertations are abstracted for inclusion in CANCERLIT. CANCERPROJ CANCERPROJ (CANCER research PROJects), also sponsored by NCI, contains 20,000 descriptions of ongoing cancer research projects from the current and two preceding years. The descriptions are provided by cancer researchers in many countries and are collected for NCI by the Smithsonian Science Information Exchange. CATLINE CATLINE (CATalog onLINE) contains about 210,000 references to books and serials cataloged at NLM since 1955. CATLINE gives medical libraries in the network immediate access to authoritative cataloging information, thus reducing the need for these libraries to do their own original cataloging. Libraries also find this data base a useful source of infor- mation for ordering books and journals and for providing reference and interlibrary loan services. CHEMLINE CHEMLINE (CHEMical dictionary onLINE) is a file of some 1,000,000 names for chemical substances, representing 500,000 unique compounds. CHEMLINE, created by NLM in collaboration with Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), contains such information as CAS Registry Numbers, molecular formulas, preferred chemical nomenclature, and generic and trivial names. The file may be searched by any of these elements and also by nomenclature fragments, making chemical structure searches possible. CLINPROT CLINPROT (CLlNical cancer PROTocols) is another NCI-sponsored data base. It contains summaries of clinical investigations of new anti cancer agents and treatment techniques. EPILEPSYLINE EPILEPSYLINE (EPILEPSY onLINE) is sponsored by NlH's National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke. The file contains about 25,000 references and abstracts to articles on epilepsy that have been abstracted by Excerpta Medica t HEALTH HEALTH PLANNING & ADMIN (Health Planning and Administration) contains about 200,000 references to literature on health planning, organization, financing, management, manpower, and related subjects. The references are from journals indexed for MEDLINE, Hospital Literature Index, and other journals selected for their emphasis on health care matters. This data base will eventually also contain references to nonserial items such as books and technical reports. This file is produced in cooperation with the American Hospital Association and the Health Resources Administration. HISTLINE HI STL INE (HISTory of Medicine onLINE) contains some 40,000 references to articles, monographs, symposia, and other publications dealing with the history of medicine and related sciences. This data base is the source of NLM's annual Bibliography of the History of Medicine. Although there are selected references back to 1964, most of the material cited in the HISTLINE file was published after 1970. MEDLEARN is a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) program which teaches the novice user how to search the NLM online system. Track Aof MEDLEARN is currently available and is designed to teach the user to perform basic MEDLINE searches. The program provides online, interactive instruction including simulated subject searching and a final quiz which is programmed to evaluate the user's understanding of the material presented. Additional tracks are under development which will provide user education for other data bases and more advanced search techniques and system capabilities. MEDLEARN MEDLINE MEDLINE (MEDLARS onLINE) contains approximately 600,000 references to biomedical journal articles published in the current and two preceding years. An English abstract, if published with the article, is frequently included. The articles are from 3,000 journals published in the U.S. and 70 foreign countries; MEDLINE also includes a limited number of chapters and articles from selected monographs. Coverage of previous periods (back to 1966) is provided by backfiles that total some 2,700,000 references. MEDLINE is updated monthly and is used to publish Index Medicus and other recurring bibliographies. MeSH Vocabulary File (Medical Subject Readings Vocabulary File) is an online vocabulary file of the 14,000 Medical Subject Headings that are used for indexing and retrieving references and for subject cataloging. Also included are approximately 20,000 chemical records. Specific chemicals with their associated Registry Numbers or Enzyme Commission Numbers and MeSH index terms will then be extracted from the vocabulary records and inserted into the MEDLINE unit records as they appear in indexed articles. The file consists of a complete description of each main heading and qualifier including such information as cross references, scope notes, and date of entry into the system. MeSH NAF NAF (Name Authority file) is an authority list of 110,000 personal names, series names, corporate names and series decision records used in the descriptive cataloging of NLM's monograph and serial collection. The NAF is primarily a support file for CATLINE, SERLINE, AVLINE and HISTLINE. POPLINE POPLINE (POPulation Information onLINE) contains about 80,000 citations and abstracts to journal articles, monographs, and technical reports in the field of population - including basic research in reproductive biology, applied research in contraceptive technology, family planning, and demography. POPLINE is produced in cooperation with the Population Information Program of Johns Hopkins University and the Center for Population and Family Health of Columbia University. RTECS (Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances), formerly the Toxic Substances List) is an annual compila- tion prepared by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). RTECS contains toxicity data for approximately 40,000 substances. Threshold limit values, recommended standards in air, and aquatic toxicity data are also included in this file. RTECS SDILINE SDI LINE (Selective Djssemination of information onLINE) contains references to the most current month of MEDLINE. The entire contents of the file are changed monthly and usually consist of approximately 20,000 citations. Users may store searches and have them run automatically by NLM each month against the new SDI LINE file as a current awareness service. SERLINE SERLINE (SERials onLINE) contains bibliographic information for about 35,000 serial titles, including all journals which are on order or cataloged for the NLM collection. For one-fifth of these, SERLINE has locator information for the user to determine which U.S. medical libraries own a partic- ular journal. SERLINE is used by librarians to obtain information needed to order journals and to refer interlibrary loan requests. TDB TDB (Toxicology Databank) contains chemical, pharmacological, and toxicologicaT information and data on approximately 2,500 substances. Information on additional substances is being prepared. Data for the TDB are extracted from handbooks and textbooks and reviewed by a peer review group of subject speciali sts. TOXLINE TOXLINE (TOX1co1ogy information onLINE) is a collection of about 800,000 references from the last six years on published human and animal toxicity studies, effects of environmental chemicals and pollutants and adverse drug reactions. Older material (400,000 references) is in T0XBACK. Almost all references in TOXLINE have abstracts or indexing terms and most chemical compounds mentioned in TOXLINE are further identified with Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Numbers. The references are from five major published secondary sources and five special literature collections maintained by other organizations. 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(continued) NEWS COME NT DISPLAY STOP Y PROFILE 5. explain the meaning of most commonly received ELHILL program messages and identify appropriate user responses for each. INSTRUCTIONS FOR PHONE LIST MANUAL 3.3 Look up your state on the attached PHONES 11st and locate your city or one nearest to yours. If your terminal operates at 10, 15 or 30 characters per second (cps) look for a blank, or a number, 10, 15 or 30, in the "SPEED" column. Usually, in the "TYPE" column either the letter *BI or a blank will appear. Dial the TYMNET or TELENET telephone number in your city with the IB* or a blank in the "TYPE" column. (If there are both TELENET and TYMNET telephone numbers (or nodes) for your city, you may elect to use either number.) Follow the instructions for logging on that correspond to the telephone number you dialed (e.g., if you dial a TELENET number, use the TELENET logon instruction). If your terminal operates at 120 characters per second (cps) you must look for the number "120" in the "SPEED" column. In addition, one of three modem or data set model numbers will appear in the "TYPE" column: 1) V 3405, 2) 8202, or 3) 8212 A. To use the TELENET or TYMNET 120 cps telephone number, you must have a modem that corresponds to one of the three types above, that is: 1) VADIC 3405 modem (for TYPE V 3405), 2) BELL 202 C or 202S DATA SETS (for TYPE B202), or 3) BELL 212 A DATA SETS (for TYPE 8212 A). If'there is a 120 cps telephone number near your city, and your modem corresponds to the "TYPE" listed, dial the TYMNET or TELENET telephone number to access NLM and follow the instructions for logging on which correspond to the number you dialed (e.g., if you dial a TELENET number, use the TELENET logging on instructions). If you have a 120 cps terminal, and do not live near a city with a 120 cps telephone number, or do not have the requisite modem, call the MEDLARS Management Section Service Desk (8:30 - 5:00 p.m. E.T.) 301/496-6193 or 800/638-8480 (toll free) for assistance. PLEASE NOTE: The PHONES list is published every 3 months in the NLM Technical Bulletin. One copy of the Bulletin is sent every month to each USERID. Please check this list periodically for possible new phones access in your area. INSTRUCTIONS FOR TERMINAL IDENTIFIERS LIST (TYMNET and TELENET; no terminal identifier is necessary for Direct Dial) MANUAL I. TYMNET 3.5.2 If you will be using the TYMNET communications network (i.e., the telephone number you chose from the "PHONES LIST" is listed in the TYMNET column), you must know the appropriate terminal identifier for your particular type of terminal. This identifier will be either one letter (A, B, C, etc.) or a ‘carriage return' depending on your terminal. Look at the attached list of TYMNET terminal identifiers. Find the "brand name" and model of your terminal on the list. Use the letter listed under the column marked "ID" as your terminal identifier. You will use the terminal identifier in the login process to NLM through TYMNET. 11. TELENET 3.5.3 If you will be using the TELENET communications network (i.e., the telephone number you chose from the "PHONES LIST" is listed in the TELENET column), you must know the appropriate terminal identifier for your particular type of terminal. For most terminals with thermal printers, pressing a 'carriage return' in response to the TELENET query "TERMINAL=" will be a sufficient terminal identifier. However, you should look at the attached list to see if a specific terminal identifier is listed for your terminal. If so, use the indicated terminal identifier instead of the 'carriage return' in the login process to NLM through TELENET. 111. DIRECT DIAL 3.5.1 Direct Dial login does not require a terminal identifier. DEC 81 PHONES LIST UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, THE SPEED OF THE NUMBERS IS 10-30 CHARACTERS PER SECOND I CPS). » = DIRECT DIAL NUMBER FOR 120 CPS USE COMPATIBLE MODEMS INCLUDE: V 3405 = VADIC 3400 SERIES COMPATIBLE. THE FOLLOWING VADIC EQUIPMENT IS COMPATIBLE: VA3455P AND VA34SIP MODEMS AND VA3434 COUPLER. THE FOLLOWING ANDERSON JACOBSON EQUIPMENT IS COMPATIBLE: AJ1255 MODEM AND AJ 1234 COUPLER. B/V = VADIC SUPER MODEM (V 3467) NODE. USERS WITH BELL 103, 113, OR 212 A MODEMS OR V 3400 SERIES COMPATIBLE MODEMS MAY USE THESE NUMBERS. NOTE: BELL 103 AND 113 ARE LOW SPEED MODEMS. 8202 = INDICATES NODE IS BELL 202 C OR 202S DATA SET COMPATIBLE. 8212 A = BELL 212 A DATA SET COMPATIBLE. FOR IBM 2741 TERMINAL ACCESS: B = INDICATES THAT BOTH CORRESPONDENCE AND EBCDIC CODED TERMINALS ARE SUPPORTED BY TYMNET. THE USER MUST TYPE A P FOLLOWED BY A CARRIAGE RETURN SO THAT TYMNET CAN DETERMINE THE "CODE" TO BE USED. USE CORRECT TERMINAL IDENTIFIER FOR TELENET ACCESS VIA 2741*5. THE NETWORKS DO NOT SUPPORT BCD CODED 2741'5. ALL PHONE NUMBERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR DELETION WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. ST CITY TYMNET TYPE SPEED TELENET TYPE SPEED AK ANCHORAGE CONTACT ALASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR ACCESS AK JUNEAU CONTACT ALASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR ACCESS AL BESSEMER 205/251-2495 AL BESSEMER 205/326-3420 B/V 120 - AL BIRMINGHAM 205/942-4141 B/V 120 205/326-3420 AL BIRMINGHAM 205/942-1015 8212 A 120 205/326-3420 B/V 120 AL FLORENCE 205/767-4800 AL HUNTSVILLE 205/539-5377 FX B 205/539-2281 AL HUNTSVILLE 205/539-3753 FX B/V 120 205/539-2261 B/V 120 AL MOBILE 205/432-1680 AL MOBILE 205/432-3382 B/V 120 205/432-1680 B/V 120 AL MONTGOMERY 205/834-3410 FX B 205/265-1500 AL MONTGOMERY 205/265-1500 B/V 120 AL SHEFFIELD 205/767-4800 AR FT. SMITH 501/782-3210 8212 A 120 AR JONESBORO 501/932-6886 8212 A 120 AR LITTLE ROCK 501/372-5780 FX B 501/374-4100 AR LITTLE ROCK 501/376-3768 8212 A 120 501/372-4616 B/V 120 AR SPRINGDALE 501/756-2201 8212 A 120 AZ MESA 602/257-1552 AZ meSA 602/271-0533 B/V 120 AZ PHOENIX 602/254-5811 B 602/257-1552 AZ PHOENIX 602/254-5811 B/V 120 602/271-0533 B/V 120 AZ SCOTTSDALE 602/257-1552 AZ SCOTTSDALE 602/271-0533 B/V 120 AZ TEMPE 602/257-1552 AZ TEMPE 602/271-0533 B/V 120 AZ TUCSON 602/790-0764 B 602/745-1666 AZ TUCSON 602/747-4097 B/V 120 602/745-1666 B/V 120 CA ALHAMBRA 213/572-0999 FX B 213/956-8235 CA ALHAMBRA 213/507-1006 B/V 120 CA ANAHEIM 714/558-6061 CA ANAHEIM 714/558-7078 B/V 120 CA ANTIOCH 415/757-6855 FX B CA ARCADIA 213/574-7636 FX B CA BAKERSFIELD 805/327-8146 CA BAKERSFIELD 805/327-8146 B/V 120 CA BURLINGAME 415/348-4992 FX B 415/595-0360 CA BURLINGAME 415/591-0726 B/V 120 CA CANOGA PARK 213/822-9287 CA CANOGA PARK 210/306-2984 B/V 120 ST CITY TYMNET TYPE SPEED TELENET TYPE SPEED CA COLTON 714/825-9372 B 714/824-1710 CA COLTON 714/624-8170 8212 A 120 714/624-3805 B/V 120 CA CUPERTINO 408/446-7309 8212 A 120 CA CUPERTINO 408/446-7001 V 3405 120 408/279-2425 B/V 120 CA CUPERTINO 408/446-1470 B 408/279-8450 CA CUPERTINO 408/257-0593 CCITT RESTRICTED FOR OVERSEAS USE ONLY CA EL CONDIDO 714/747-0810 CA EL MONTE 213/956-8235 CA EL MONTE 213/507-1006 B/V 120 CA EL SEGUNDO 213/640-1281 B 213/332-7703 CA EL SEGUNDO 213/640-1281 8212 A 120 CA FRESNO 209/233-0961 B/V 120 CA FULLERTON 714/556-6061 CA FULLERTON 714/558-7078 B/V 120 CA GARDEN GROVE 714/698-9820 CA GARDEN GROVE 714/898-9620 B/V 120 CA GLENDALE 213/956-8235 CA GLENDALE 213/507-1006 B/V 120 CA HAYWARD 415/785-3431 B 415/881-1382 CA HOLLYWOOD 213/624-5230 CA HOLLYWOOD 213/937-3580 CA HOLLYWOOD 213/669-9040 CA HOLLYWOOD 213/624-2251 B/V 120 CA HUNTINGTON BEACH 714/558-6061 CA HUNTINGTON BEACH 714/558-7078 B/V 120 CA INGLEWOOD 213/624-5230 CA INGLEWOOD 213/937-3580 CA INGLEWOOD 2^3/689-9040 CA INGLEWOOD 213/624-2251 B/V 120 CA LONG BEACH 213/549-5150 CA LONS BEACH 213-435-7088 FX 8212 A 120 213/548-6141 B/V 120 CA LOS ALTOS 415/856-9930 CA LOS ALTOS 415/856-9995 B/V 120 CA LOS ANGELES 213/626-0365 . B 213/624-5230 CA LOS ANGELES 213/626-0365 8212 A 120 213/689-9040 CA LOS ANGELES 213/626-2400 8212 A 120 213/937-3580 CA LOS ANGELES 213/623-8500 V 3405 120 213/624-2251 B/V 120 CA MARINA DEL REY 213/821-2257 FX 8212 A 120 213/822-9287 CA MARINA DEL REY 213/306-2984 B/V 120 CA MISSION HILLS 213/365-2013 FX 8212 A 120 CA MODESTO 209/578-4236 FX 8212 A 120 209/576-2852 B/V 120 CA MOUNTAIN VIEW 415/941-8450 B 415/656-9930 CA MOUNTAIN VIEW 415/949-0330 8212 A 120 415/856-9995 B/V 120 CA NEWPORT BEACH 714/540-9560 B 714/558-6061 CA NEWPORT BEACH 714/540-0951 8212 A 120 714/558-7078 B/V 120 CA NORTHRIDGE 213/998-4872 FX 8212 A 120 CA NORWALK 213/865-2066 FX 8212 A 120 CA OAKLAND 415/836-8700 B 415/836-4884 CA OAKLAND 415/836-8900 8212 A 120 415/836-4911 B/V 120 CA OXNARD 605/486-4811 B/V 120 805/659-4660 CA OXNARD 805/656-6760 B/V 120 CA PALM SPRINGS 714/320-0772 FX B 714/320-7491 CA PALO ALTO 415/966-6550 B/V 120 415/856-9930 CA PALO ALTO 415/856-9995 B/V 120 CA PASADENA 213/577-8722 FX 8212 A 120 213/956-8235 CA PASADENA 213/507-1006 B/V 120 CA PLEASANT HILL 415/798-2093 FX B CA REDWOOD CITY 415/595-0360 CA REDWOOD CITY 415/591-0726 B/V 120 CA RIVERSIDE 714/825-9372 B 714/824-1710 CA RIVERSIDE 714/824-8170 8212 A 120 714/824-3805 B/V 120 CA SACRAMENTO 916/441-6550 B 916/443-7921 CA SACRAMENTO 916/448-8151 8212 A 120 916/446-6262 B/V 120 CA SALINAS 408/443-4333 FX B 408/443-4980 CA SALINAS 408/443-4940 B/V 120 CA SAN BERNADINO 714/824-1710 CA SAN BERNADINO 714/824-3805 B/V 120 CA SAN CARLOS 415/595-0360 CA SAN CARLOS 415/591-0726 B/V 120 CA SAN CLEMENTE 714/498-3130 FX B CA SAN DIEGO 714/291-8700 B 714/231-1922 CA SAN DIEGO 714/293-3590 8212 A 120 714/233-0233 B/V 120 CA SAN DIEGO 714/692-0219 8212 A 120 CA SAN FRANCISCO 415/986-6200 B 415/362-6200 CA SAN FRANCISCO 415/397-4300 V 3405 120 415/956-5777 B/V 120 CA SAN FRANCISCO 415/788-7955 8212 A 120 CA SAN JOSE 408/446-1470 B 408/279-8450 ST CITY TYMNET TYPE SPEED TELENET TYPE SPEED CA SAN JOSE 406/446-7001 V 3405 120 CA SAN JOSE 406/446-7309 8212 A 120 408/279-2425 B/V 120 CA SAN MATEO 415/595-0360 CA SAN MATEO 415/591-0726 B/V 120 CA SAN PEDRO 213/830-0775 FX 8212 A 120 213/549-5150 CA SAN PEDRO 213/548-6141 B/V 120 CA SANTA ANA 714/558-6061 CA SANTA ANA 714/558-7078 B/V 120 CA SANTA BARBARA 805/682-9641 FX B 805/682-5361 CA SANTA BARBARA 805/682-9641 FX B/V 120 805/682-5361 B/V 120 CA SANTA CLARA 408/279-8450 CA SANTA CLARA 408/279-2425 B/V 120 CA SANTA CRUZ 408/429-9572 8212 A 120 CA SANTA MONICA 213/822-9287 CA SANTA MONICA 213/306-2984 B/V 120 CA SANTA ROSA 707/546-1050 B CA SANTA ROSA 707/546-6776 8212 A 120 CA SUNNYVALE 408/279-8450 CA SUNNYVALE 408/279-2425 B/V 120 CA TORRANCE 213/549-5150 CA TORRANCE 213/548-6141 B/V 120 CA VAN NUYS 213/986-9503 FX B CA VENTURA 805/486-4811 B/V 120 805/659-4660 CA VENTURA 805/656-6760 B/V 120 CA VISTA 714/727-6011 FX B CA WALNUT CREEK 415/932-0116 FX B CA WEST COVINA 213/331-3954 B CA WOODLAND HILLS 213/992-0144 CA WOODSIDE 415/856-9930 CA WOODSIDE 415/856-9995 B/V 120 CO AURORA 303/773-8500 CO AURORA 303/741-4000 B/V 120 CO BOULDER 303/773-8500 CO BOULDER 303/741-4000 B/V 120 CO COLO. SPRINGS 303/475-2121 FX B/V 120 303/634-5676 CO COLO. SPRINGS 303/473-0263 B/V 120 CO DENVER 303/830-9210 B/V 120 303/773-8500 CO DENVER 303/830-9116 V 3405 120 303/741-4000 B/V 120 CO LAKEWOOD 303/773-8500 CO LAKEWOOD 303/741-4000 B/V 120 CT BRIDGEPORT 203/367-6021 B/V 120 CT DANBURY 203/743-1340 FX B 203/794-9075 CT DANBURY 203/743-1650 8212 A 120 203/794-9075 B/V 120 CT DARIEN 203/655-6931 B CT DARIEN 203/655-7951 8212 A 120 CT FAIRFLD/BRDGPT 203/333-4926 8212 A 120 CT GREENWICH 203/357-1800 CT GREENWICH 203/348-0787 B/V 120 CT HARTFORD 203/242-7140 B 203/522-03*4 CT HARTFORD 203/242-7417 8212 A 120 203/247-9479 B/V 120 CT MILFORD 203/624-5954 CT MILFORD 203/624-5954 B/V 120 CT NEW HAVEN 203/789-0579 B 203/624-5954 CT NEW HAVEN 203/787-1702 8212 A 120 203/624/5954 B/V 120 CT STAMFORD 203/357-1800 CT STAMFORD 203/348-0787 B/V 120 CT WATERBURY 203/755-1153 FX B CT WEST HARTFORD 203/522-0344 CT WEST HARTFORD 203/247-9479 B/V 120 DC WASHINGTON 202/442-3900 B DC WASHINGTON 703/841-0200 B 202/347-1400 DC WASHINGTON 703/841-9560 B 202/783-2050 DC WASHINGTON 703/734-3900 B DC WASHINGTON 301/770-1680 B DC WASHINGTON 703/841-9330 V 3405 120 202/347-6093 B/V 120 DC WASHINGTON 703/734-8370 8212 A 120 202/347-3061 8212 A 120 DC WASHINGTON 703/442-7800 8212 A 120 DC WASHINGTON 703/841-3550 8212 A 120 DC WASHINGTON 703/442-3960 B/V 120 202/347-6757 B/V 120 DC WASHINGTON* 301/492-3150 BELL 30/120 (AUTOM. SPEED DETECTOR - ENTER P (CR)) DC WASHINGTON* 301/492-3142 8202S 120 DC WASHINGTON* 301/492-3129 V 3405 120 DC WASHINGTON* 301/492-3132 V 3405 120 DC WASHINGTON* 301/492-3134 V 3405 120 DC WASHINGTON* 301/492-3135 V 3405 120 DE WILMINGTON 302/658-5261 FX B 302/454-7710 ST CITY TYMNET TYPE SPEED TELENET TYPE SPEED DE WILMINGTON 302/658-8611 8212 A 120 302/454-7710 B/V 120 FL CLEARWATER 813/323-4026 B/V 120 FL DAYTONA BEACH 904/252-4481 FX B 904/252-6637 FL FT LAUDERDALE 305/467-3807 B/V 120 305/764-4505 B/V 120 FL HOLLY HILL 904/252-6637 FL JACKSONVILLE 904/721-8100 B 904/356-0790 FL JACKSONVILLE 904/356-2264 B/V 120 FL MELBOURNE 305/725-8011 FX B FL MELBOURNE 305/724-9972 8212 A 120 FL MIAMI 305/624-7900 B/V 120 305/371-4801 FL MIAMI 305/371-4822 B/V 120 FL ORLANDO 305/851-3530 (30 CPS ONLY) 305/422-4088 FL ORLANDO 305/659-7670 8212 A 120 305/422-4088 B/V 120 FL PENSACOLA 904/434-0134 FX B/V 120 FL ST PETERSBURG 613/535-6441 B 813/323-4026 FL ST PETERSBURG 613/535-1446 8212 A 120 813/323-4026 B/V 120 FL SARASOTA 813/365-3526 FX 8212 A 120 FL TAMPA 813/977-2400 B 813/224-9920 FL TAMPA 813/977-2400 8212 A 120 813/223-1088 B/V 120 FL W PALM BEACH 305/622-2871 FX B/V 120 305/833-6691 GA ATLANTA 404/659-6670 B 404/577-8911 GA ATLANTA 404/659-2910 B GA ATLANTA 404/581-0619 8212 A 120 404/523-0834 B/V 120 GA COLUMBUS 404/324-0684 GA GAINESVILLE 402/534-0535 GA MACON 912/236-1904 V 3405 120 GA SAVANNAH 912/352-7259 FX B 912/236-2605 GA SAVANNAH 912/236-1904 FX B/V 120 HI HONOLULU CONTACT HAWAII TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR ACCESS!TELENET) HI HONOLULU CONTACT WESTERN UNION INT'L FOR ACCESS!TYMNET) IA CEDAR RAPIDS 319/363-2482 FX B 319/364-0911 IA CEDAR RAPIDS 319/363-9019 FX 8212 A 120 319/364-0911 B/V 120 IA COUNCIL BLUFFS 402/341-7733 IA COUNCIL BLUFFS 402/341-7733 B/V 120 IA DAVENPORT 319/322-5642 FX B IA DAVENPORT 319/324-7197 B/V 120 IA DES MOINES 515/288-6640 B 515/288-4403 IA DES MOINES 515/288-8097 8212 A 120 515/288-4403 B/V 120 IA lOWA CITY 319/354-7371 B IA lOWA CITY 319/354-9532 8212 A 120 IA WATERLOO 319/233-9227 8212 A 120 ID BOISE 208/343-4851 B 208/343-0611 ID BOISE 206/344-4311 8212 A 120 208/343-0611 B/V 120 IL ARLINGTON HTS 312/938-0500 IL ARLINGTON HTS 312/938-0600 B/V 120 IL CHAMPAIGN 217/384-6428 IL CHAMPAIGN 217/384-6428 B/V 120 IL CHICAGO 312/346-4961 B 312/938-0500 IL CHICAGO 312/368-4700 B 301/938-0600 B/V 120 IL CHICAGO 312/368-4607 B IL CHICAGO 312/641-1630 8212 A 120 312/938-0600 B/V 120 IL CHICAGO 312/372-0391 V 3405 120 IL CICERO 312/938-0500 IL CICERO 312/938-0600 B/V 120 IL E. ST. LOUIS 314/421-4990 IL E. ST. LOUIS 314/421-4990 B/V 120 IL FREEPORT 815/233-5585 B IL JOLIET 815/723-9854 8212 A 120 IL OAK PARK 312/938-0500 IL OAK PARK 312/938-0600 B/V 120 IL PEORIA 309/673-2156 FX B 309/637-8601 IL PEORIA 309/637-8570 B/V 120 IL ROCKFORD 815/398-6090 B IL SKOKIE 312/938-0500 IL SKOKIE 312/938-0600 B/V 120 IL SPRINGFIELD 217/753-7905 B/V 120 217/753-1373 IL SPRINGFIELD 217/753-1373 B/V 120 IL URBANA 217/384-6428 IL URBANA 217/384-6428 B/V 120 IN EVANSVILLE 812/423-6865 FX B IN FT WAYNE 219/424-5162 FX B IN GARY 219/882-8800 IN GARY 219/882-8800 B/V 120 IN HIGHLAND 219/836-5452 FX B IN INDIANAPOLIS 317/257-3461 B 317/635-9630 IN INDIANAPOLIS 317/926-1253 8212 A 120 317/634-5708 B/V 120 IN KOKOMO 317/456-3851 ST CITY TYMNET TYPE SPEED TELENET TYPE SPEED IN MARION 317/662-0091 FX B IN MERRILLVILLE 219/769-7254 FX B IN MISHAWKA 219/233-7104 B/V 120 IN OSCEOLA 219/233-7104 B/V 120 IN SOUTH BEND 210/233-4163 B 219/233-7104 B/V 120 KS KANSAS CITY 913/677-2833 B 816/221-9900 KS KANSAS CITY 913/677-0707 8212 A 120 616/221-9900 B/V 120 KS SHAWNEE MISSION 913/677-2833 B KS SHAWNEE MISSION 913/677-0707 8212 A 120 KS TOPEKA 913/233-0690 FX B 913/233-9880 KS TOPEKA 913/233-9880 B/V 120 KS WICHITA 316/265-1241 B/V 120 316/262-5669 KS WICHITA 316/262-5669 B/V 120 KY FRANKFORT 502/223-1841 KY LEXINGTON 606/253-3463 B 606/233-0312 KY LEXINGTON 606/253-3498 8212 A 120 KY LOUISVILLE 502/361-3881 B 502/589-7520 KY LOUISVILLE 502/361-3821 8212 A 120 502/589-5560 B/V 120 LA BATON ROUGE 504/292-4050 B 504/343-0753 LA BATON ROUGE 504/292-2650 8212 A 120 LA LAFAYETTE 318/237-9500 B/V 120 LA MONROE 318/387-6330 LA NEW ORLEANS 504/524-0783 LA NEW ORLEANS 504/524-4371 B/V 120 504/524-4094 8212 A 120 LA SHREVEPORT 318/221-5833 LA SHREVEPORT 318/688-4666 FX 8212 A 120 318/221-5833 B/V 120 MA ARLINGTON 617/462-4677 B MA ARLINGTON 617/482-5605 B 617/338-1400 MA ARLINGTON 617/482-7035 B/V 120 617/338-7495 B/V 120 MA BOSTON 617/482-4677 B MA BOSTON 617/462-5605 B 617/338-1400 MA BOSTON 617/482-7035 B/V 120 617/338-7495 B/V 120 MA BROOKLINE 617/482-4677 B MA BROOKLINE 617/482-5605 B 617/338-1400 MA BROOKLINE 617/482-7035 * B/V 120 617/338-7495 B/V 120 MA CAMBRIDGE 617/482-4677 B MA CAMBRIDGE 617/482-5605 B 617/338-1400 MA CAMBRIDGE 617/482-7035 B/V 120 617/338-7495 B/V 120 MA CHICOPEE 413/781-6830 B 413/739-7221 r MA CHICOPEE 413/781-0145 8212 A 120 MA HOLYOKE 413/781-6830 B 413/739-7221 MA HOLYOKE 413/781-0145 8212 A 120 MA LEXINGTON 617/863-1550 MA LEXINGTON 617/863-1565 B/V 120 MA MEDFORD 617/482-4677 B MA MEDFORD 617/482-5605 B 617/338-1400 MA MEDFORD 617/462-7035 B/V 120 617/336-7495 B/V 120 MA NEWTON 617/482-4677 B MA NEWTON 617/482-5605 B 617/338-1400 MA NEWTON 617/482-7035 B/V 120 617/338-7495 B/V 120 MA QUINCY 617/482-4677 B MA QUINCY 617/482-5605 B 617/338-1400 MA QUINCY 617/462-7035 B/V 120 617/338-7495 B/V 120 MA SOMERVILLE 617/482-4677 B MA SOMERVILLE 617/482-5605 B 617/338-1400 MA SOMERVILLE 617/482-7035 B/V 120 617/338-7495 B/V 120 MA SPRINGFIELD 413/781-6830 B 413/739-7221 MA SPRINGFIELD 413/781-0145 8212 A 120 MA WALTHAM 617/482-4677 B MA WALTHAM 617/482-5622 B 617/338-1400 MA WALTHAM 617/482-3386 8212 A 120 617/338-7495 B/V 120 MA WALTHAM 617/482-1854 V 3405 120 MA WORCESTER 617/754-9451 FX B 617/755-4810 MA WORCESTER 617/755-5601 8212 A 120 617/755-4740 B/V 120 MD ANNAPOLIS 301/547-8100 B 301/266-6886 MD ANNAPOLIS 301/685-2845 8212 A 120 MO BALTIMORE 301/547-8100 B 301/962-5010 MD BALTIMORE 301/244-8959 8212 A 120 301/727-6060 B/V 120 MD BETHESDA 703/841-0200 B 202/347-1400 MD BETHESDA 301/770-1680 B MD BETHESDA 703/524-9215 8212 A 120 202/347-3061 8212 A 120 MD BETHESDA 703/641-9330 V 3405 120 202/347-6093 B/V 120 MD COLLEGE PARK 703/641-0200 B 202/347-1400 MD COLLEGE PARK 703/524-9215 8212 A 120 202/347-3061 8212 A 120 MD COLLEGE PARK 703/641-9330 V 3405 120 202/347-6093 V 3405 120 MD DUNDALK 301/547-8100 B 301/962-5010 MD DUNDALK 301/244-8959 8212 A 120 301/727-6060 B/V 120 ST CITY TYMNET TYPE SPEED TELENET TYPE SPEED MD ROCKVILLE 703/641-0200 B 202/347-1400 MD ROCKVILLE 301/770-1680 MD ROCKVILLE 703/524-9215 8212 A 120 202/347-3061 8212 A 120 MO ROCKVILLE 703/841-9330 V 3405 120 202/347-6093 B/V 120 MO SILVER SPRING 301/770-1680 B MD SILVER SPRING 703/841-0200 B 202/347-1400 MD SILVER SPRING 703/524-9215 8212 A 120 202/347-3061 6212 A 120 MD SILVER SPRING 703/641-9330 V 3405 120 202/347-6093 B/V 120 MD TOWSON 301/547-8100 B 301/962-5010 MD TOWSON 301/244-8959 8212 A 120 301/727-6060 B/V 120 ME*AUGUSTA 207/623-5136 B/V 120 ME PORTLAND 207/773-2029 FX 8212 A 120 MI ANN ARBOR 313/665-2627 B 313/996-0351 MI ANN ARBOR 313/662-6262 8212 A 120 313/996-5995 B/V 120 MI BATTLE CREEK 616/968-0929 MI BATTLE CREEK 616/968-0929 B/V 120 MI CADILLAC 616/775-1261 B/V 120 MI DETROIT 313/963-3366 B 313/964-5538 MI DETROIT 313/963-8880 8212 A 120 313/964-2988 B/V 120 MI DETROIT 313/963-2353 V 3405 120 MI FLINT 313/233-3050 MI FLINT 313/732-7303 8212 A 120 313/233-3050 B/V 120 MI GRAND RAPIDS 616/459-5069 FX B/V 120 616/456-1200 MI GRAND RAPIDS 616/774-0966 B/V 120 MI JACKSON 517/787-9461 B MI KALAMAZOO 616/385-3150 B 616/385-0160 MI KALAMAZOO 616/388-3534 B/V 120 MI KALAMAZOO 616/388-3534 B/V 120 MI LANSING 517/487-2040 FX B/V 120 517/372-5400 MI LANSING 517/372-5420 B/V 120 MI MANISTEE 616/723-8373 FX B/V 120 MI PLYMOUTH 313/459-8900 B MI PLYMOUTH 313/459-6100 8212 A 120 MI SAGINAW 517/790-5166 MI SOUTHFIELD 313/569-8350 B MI ST JOSEPH 616/429-2568 FX B/V 120 MI TRAVERSE CITY 616/946-0002 FX B/V 120 MI WARREN 313/575-9230 MN DULUTH 216/722-0906 MN DULUTH 218/722-1719 B/V 120 MN MANKATO 507/625-1684 8212 A 120 MN MINNEAPOLIS 612/339-5200 B 612/339-0150 B/V 120 MN MINNEAPOLIS 612/339-8086 B MN MINNEAPOLIS 612/339-2415 8212 A 120 612/338-3762 B/V 120 MN ROCHESTER 507/282-3741 8212 A 120 MN ST. PAUL 612/339-5200 B 612/339-0150 B/V 120 MN ST. PAUL 612/339-2415 8212 A 120 612/336-3782 B/V 120 MO BRIDGETON 314/731-2304 FX B MO COLUMBIA 314/875-1150 FX B MO FLORISSANT 314/421-4990 B/V 120 MO JEFFERSON CITY 314/634-3273 8212 A 120 MO JOPLIN 417/782-3037 8212 A 120 MO KANSAS CITY 913/677-2833 B 816/221-9900 MO KANSAS CITY 913/677-0707 8212 A 120 816/221-9900 B/V 120 MO SPRINGFIELD 417/831-0566 8212 A 120 MO ST JOSEPH 616/232-0624 8212 A 120 MO ST LOUIS 314/421-5110 B 314/421-4990 MO ST LOUIS 314/621-4660 8212 A 120 314/421-4990 B/V 120 MS JACKSON 601/944-0860 FX B 601/969-0036 MS JACKSON 601/969-5141 8212 A 120 MS PASCAGOULA 601/769-6502 B MS PASCAGOULA 601/769-6673 8212 A 120 MT BUTTE 406/494-2998 8212 A 120 MT HELENA 406/443-0000 NE LINCOLN 402/475-8659 FX B/V 120 NE OMAHA 402/392-2970 B 402/341-7733 NE OMAHA 402/397-0414 8212 A 120 402/341-7733 B/V 120 NC ASHEVILLE 704/255-0021 8212 A 120 704/253-3517 B/V 120 NC CHARLOTTE 704/376-2545 FX B 704/374-0371 NC CHARLOTTE 704/376-2544 FX 8212 A 120 704/332-3131 B/V 120 NC DAVIDSON 919/549-0441 B 919/549-8311 NC DAVIDSON 919/549-8139 B/V 120 NC DURHAM 919/549-0441 B 919/549-6311 NC DURHAM 919/549-8910 8212 A 120 919/549-8139 B/V 120 NC GREENSBORO 919/379-0470 B/V 120 919/273-2851 B/V 120 NC HIGH POINT 919/885-0171 FX B 919/889-2253 NC HIGH POINT 919/885-0171 FX B/V 120 919/869-2253 B/V 120 ST CITY TYMNET TYPE SPEED TELENET TYPE SPEED NC RALEIGH/DURHAM 919/549-0441 B 919/549-6311 NC RALEIGH/DURHAM 919/832-6592 FX 8212 A 120 919/549-8139 B/V 120 NC RES. TRI. PARK 919/549-0441 B 919/549-6311 NC RES. TRI. PARK 919/549-8139 B/V 120 NC WINSTON-SALEM 919/725-1414 B 919/725-2126 NC WINSTON-SALEM 919/725-9252 8212 A 120 919/725-2126 B/V 120 •ND BISMARCK 701/663-5081 ND MANDAN 701/663-5081 NH CONCORD 603/224-8110 NH CONCORD 603/224-1024 B/V 120 NH MANCHESTER 603/669-0493 FX B NH NASHUA 603/882-0435 FX B/V 120 NH PORTSMOUTH 603/431-2302 NJ ATLANTIC CITY 609/348-0561 NJ BAYONNE 201/623-6818 NJ BAYONNE 201/623-0469 B/V 120 NJ ENGLEWOOD CLFS 201/894-8250 B NJ JERSEY CITY 201/623-6818 NJ JERSEY CITY 201/623-0469 B/V 120 NJ LYNDHURST 201/460-0100 B NJ LYNDHURST 201/460-0160 8212 A 120 NJ MARLTON 609/596-1500 B/V 120 NJ MOORESTOWN 609/235-3761 FX B NJ MORRISTOWN 201/267-3997 8212 A 120 201/455-0275 B/V 120 NJ NEW BRUNSWICK 201/246-1090 NJ NEWARK 201/483-5937 B 201/623-6818 NJ NEWARK 201/483-4878 8212 A 120 201/623-0469 B/V 120 NJ PASSAIC 201/777-0952 NJ PATERSON 201/664-7560 B/V 120 NJ PISCATAWAY 201/981-1900 B NJ PRINCETON 609/452-8970 609/683-1312 NJ PRINCETON 609/452-8560 8212 A 120 609/683-1312 B/V 120 NJ RIDGEWOOD 201/447-6175 FX B NJ TRENTON 609/989-6647 B/V 120 NJ UNION 201/463-5937 B NJ UNION 201/483-4878 8212 A 120 NJ UNION CITY 201/623-6818 NJ UNION CITY 201/623-0469 B/V 120 NJ WAYNE 201/785-4480 B NM ALBUQUERQUE 505/243-7701 NM ALBUQUERQUE 505/843-6301 B/V 120 505/243-4479 B/V 120 NM SANTE FE 505/982-4262 NV BOULDER CITY 702/293-0300 B NV CARSON CITY 702/882-7810 B/V 120 NV LAS VEGAS 702/293-0300 B/V 120 702/733-2158 NV LAS VEGAS 702/737-6861 B/V 120 NV RENO 702/882-7810 B/V 120 NY ALBANY 518/463-3111 FX B 518/445-9111 NY ALBANY 518/434-2633 8212 A 120 518/465-8444 B/V 120 NY BINGHAMPTON 607/772-6642 B/V 120 NY BUFFALO 716/645-6610 B 716/847-0600 NY BUFFALO 716/847-0500 8212 A 120 716/847-1440 B/V 120 NY CORNING 607/962-5071 B NY CORNING 607/936-4151 8212 A 120 NY DEER PARK 516/586-7810 NY ELMIRA 607/737-9010 8212 A 120 NY HEMPSTEAD, LI 516/872-6500 FX B 516/292-0320 NY HEMPSTEAD, LI 516/872-6500 FX B/V 120 516/292-3600 B/V 120 NY HUNTINGTON, LI 516/549-2780 FX B NY HUNTINGTON, LI 516/549-2760 FX B/V 120 NY MINOLA 516/222-1423 FX 8212 A 120 NY NEW YORK 212/344-7445 B 212/279-1000 NY NEW YORK 212/683-0131 B NY NEW YORK 212/532-0437 B 212/736-0099 NY NEW YORK 212/685-4414 B NY NEW YORK 212/668-0130 8212 A 120 212/947-9600 B/V 120 NY NEW YORK 212/532-8101 8212 A 120 NY NEW YORK 212/684-6363 B/V 120 NY NEW YORK 212/765-5400 B/V 120 NY NIAGARA FALLS 716/265-6691 FX B NY NIAGARA FALLS 716/285-3114 FX 8212 A 120 NY POUGHKEEPSIE 914/473-7815 FX B 914/473-5600 NY ROCHESTER 716/248-8000 B 716/454-3430 NY ROCHESTER 716/248-6350 8212 A 120 716/454-1020 B/V 120 NY ROME 315/797-0920 B/V 120 NY SCHENECTADY 518/445-9111 NY SCHENECTADY 518/465-8444 B/V 120 ST CITY TYMNET TYPE SPEED TELENET TYPE SPEED NY SYRACUSE 315/437-7111 B 315/472-5503 NY SYRACUSE 315/437-1117 8212 A 120 315/472-5583 B/V 120 NY TROY 518/445-9111 NY TROY 516/465-8444 B/V 120 NY UTICA 518/465-8444 B/V 120 NY WHITE PLAINS 914/694-9361 B , 914/328-9199 B/V 120 NY WHITE PLAINS 914/694-8960 8212 A 120 914/328-9199 B/V 120 OH AKRON 216/535-1661 B 216/762-9791 B/V 120 OH CANTON 216/452-0903 OH CINCINNATI 513/891-7211 B 513/621-7017 OH CINCINNATI 513/791-5311 8212 A 120 513/579-0390 B/V 120 OH CINCINNATI 513/793-6893 B/V 120 OH CLEVELAND 216/761-7050 B 216/241-0940 OH CLEVELAND 216/661-5383 8212 A 120 216/696-4225 B/V 120 OH COLUMBUS 614/421-7270 B 614/463-9340 B/V 120 OH COLUMBUS 614/421-1650 8212 A 120 OH DAYTON 513/223-3847 B 513/461-1570 OH DAYTON 513/461-6400 8212 A 120 513/461-5254 B/V 120 OH EUCLID 216/241-0940 OH EUCLID 216/696-4225 B/V 120 OH KENT 216/678-5115 OH MARYSVILLE 513/642-2015 FX 8212 A 120 OH PARMA 216/241-0940 OH PARMA 216/696-4225 B/V 120 OH SPRINGFIELD 513/323-8433 OH TOLEDO 419/243-3144 FX B 419/225-7805 OH TOLEDO 419/255-2946 FX 8212 A 120 419/225-7681 B/V 120 OH YOUNGSTOWN 216/744-5326 8212 A 120 216/743-2296 B/V 120 OK BARTLESVILLE 916/336-0020 OK BETHANY 405/947-0561 B OK BETHANY 405/949-0125 8212 A 120 405/232-4546 B/V 120 OK NORMAN 405/947-0561 B OK NORMAN 405/949-0125 8212 A 120 405/232-4546 B/V 120 OK OKLAHOMA CITY 405/947-0561 B 405/232-4546 OK OKLAHOMA CITY 405/949-0125 ' 8212 A 120 405/232-4546 B/V 120 OK STILLWATER 405/624-1112 OK TULSA 918/582-0507 B 916/584-3247 OK TULSA 918/582-0498 8212 A 120 918/564-3247 B/V 120 OR PORTLAND 503/231-4050 B 503/295-3000 OR PORTLAND 503/231-4077 8212 A 120 503/295-3026 B/V 120 OR SALEM 503/378-7712 B/V 120 PA ALLENTOWN 215/433-6131 FX B 215/425-3330 PA ALLENTOWN 215/432-5926 8212 A 120 215/425-3330 B/V 120 PA ALTOONA 614/946-6868 8212 A 120 PA DOWINGTON 215/269-9861 FX B/V 120 PA ERIE 814/453-7161 B 814/453-7561 PA ERIE 614/453-6659 B/V 120 PA HARRISBURG 717/236-1190 FX B 717/236-6882 PA HARRISBURG 717/233-6531 FX 8212 A 120 717/236-6882 B/V 120 PA JOHNSTOWN 814/535-7576 PA JOHNSTOWN 614/535-8541 B/V 120 PA KING OF PRUSSIA 215/337-9900 8212 A 120 215/337-4300 B/V 120 PA PENN HILLS 412/268-9950 PA PENN HILLS 412/288-9974 B/V 120 PA PHILADELPHIA 215/561-6120 B 215/574-0620 PA PHILADELPHIA 215/567-1381 8212 A 120 215/574-9462 B/V 120 PA PITTSBURGH 412/765-1320 B 412/268-9950 PA PITTSBURGH 412/261-4151 8212 A 120 412/288-9974 B/V 120 PA SCRANTON 717/961-5321 PA SHARON 412/346-6576 PA UPPER DARBY 215/574-0620 PA UPPER DARBY 215/574-9462 B/V 120 PA VALLEY FORGE 215/666-9190 B PA VALLEY FORGE 215/666-0930 8212 A 120 PA YORK 717/846-3900 B/V 120 717/846-6550 B/V 120 RI PROVIDENCE 401/273-0200 FX B 401/272-9290 RI PROVIDENCE 401/273-0201 8212 A 120 401/751-7912 B/V 120 RI WARWICK 401/274-5783 FX B 401/272-9290 RI WARWICK 401/831-5566 8212 A 120 401/751-7912 B/V 120 SC CHARLESTON 803/722-4352 SC CHARLESTON 603/577-2179 FX B/V 120 803/722-4303 B/V 120 SC COLUMBIA 803/252-0840 FX B 603/254-1108 SC COLUMBIA 803/256-5238 FX 8212 A 120 803/254-0695 B/V 120 SC GREENVILLE 603/271-2418 FX B 603/233-3488 SC GREENVILLE 603/271-9967 FX B 803/233-3486 B/V 120 SC SPARTANBURG 603/585-2637 FX B/V 120 SD PIERRE 605/224-6188 ST CITY TYMNET TYPE SPEED TELENET TYPE SPEED TN CHATTANOOGA 615/756-5856 B 615/756-5323 TN CHATTANOOGA 615/756-0561 8212 A 120 615/756-1161 B/V 120 TN KNOXVILLE 615/637-3118 FX B 615/523-5500 TN KNOXVILLE 615/523-7456 FX 8212 A 120 615/523-5500 B/V 120 TN MEMPHIS 901/529-0170 B 901/525-2563 TN MEMPHIS 901/529-0163 8212 A 120 901/521-0215 B/V 120 TN NASHVILLE 615/367-9382 B 615/244-6310 TN NASHVILLE 615/361-7566 8212 A 120 615/244-5099 B/V 120 TX ABILENE 915/676-7701 TX AUSTIN 512/444-3280 B/V 120 512/926-1130 B/V 120 TX BAYTOWN 713/427-5656 FX B TX BEAUMONT 713/832-2589 FX B TX CORPUS CHRISTI 512/682-3641 FX 8212 A 120 512/884-9030 B/V 120 TX DALLAS 214/638-6868 B/V 120 214/748-0127 TX DALLAS 214/668-1444 8212 A 120 214/748-6371 B/V 120 TX EL PASO 915/544-9590 B/V 120 915/532-7907 B/V 120 TX EL PASO 915/532-1936 8212 A 120 TX FORT WORTH 214/263-4581 FX B 817/336-7791 TX FORT WORTH 214/263-0276 8212 A 120 617/332-4307 B/V 120 TX GALVESTON 713/762-3308 B/V 120 TX HOUSTON 713/975-0500 B 713/227-1016 TX HOUSTON 713/977-4060 B TX HOUSTON 713/780-7390 B TX HOUSTON 713/780-7496 V 3405 120 TX HOUSTON 713/977-7671 8212 A 120 713/227-1018 B/V 120 TX LACKLAND 512/227-7784 TX LACKLAND 512/227-0182 B/V 120 TX LONGVIEW 214/758-1756 FX B TX LUBBOCK 806/762-0136 FX B TX MIDLAND 915/683-5645 B TX MIDLAND 915/663-9833 8212 A 120 TX NEDERLAND 713/724-2341 TX ODESSA 915/563-3745 FX B 915/332-6883 TX SAN ANGELO 915/944-9670 TX SAN ANGELO 915/944-8502 B/V 120 TX SAN ANTONIO 512/226-9995 B 512/227-7784 TX SAN ANTONIO 512/226-0023 8212 A 120 512/227-0182 B/V 120 UT SALT LAKE CITY 801/562-6972 B 801/364-2644 UT SALT LAKE CITY 801/582-6060 8212 A 120 801/359-0149 B/V 120 VA CHESAPEAKE 804/625-1186 B/V 120 VA HERNDON 703/435-3333 VA LYNCHBURG 604/528-0021 FX 8212 A 120 VA NEWPORT NEWS 604/596-5754 FX B 804/596-6600 B/V 120 VA NORFOLK 804/625-8301 8212 A 120 804/625-1166 B/V 120 VA PORTSMOUTH 604/625-1166 B/V 120 VA RICHMOND 804/649-3050 FX B 804/788-9902 B/V 120 VA RICHMOND 804/788-4604 8212 A 120 VA ROANOKE 703/345-6668 FX B/V 120 VA VIRGINIA BEACH 804/525-1186 B/V 120 VT BURLINGTON 802/864-0054 FX 8212 A 120 VT MONTPELIER 802/229-4966 WA AUBURN 206/939-8200 WA BELLEVUE 206/625-9937 8212 A 120 206/625-9612 B/V 120 WA BELLEVUE 206/625-9900 B 206/447-9012 WA ENUMCLAW 206/825-6909 FX 8212 A 120 WA LONGVIEW 206/577-5635 WA OLYMPIA 206/943-4190 FX B WA RICHLAND 509/375-1975 B WA RICHLAND 509/375-3367 8212 A 120 WA SEATTLE 206/625-9900 B 206/447-9012 WA SEATTLE 206/625-9937 8212 A 120 206/625-9612 B/V 120 WA SPOKANE 509/747-4105 B/V 120 509/455-4071 B/V 120 WA TACOMA 206/952-6800 FX B 206/627-1717 WA TACOMA 206/627-1791 B/V 120 WA WENACHEE 509/662-1901 WA WENACHEE 509/662-1901 B/V 120 WI APPLETON 414/734-9940 FX B/V 120 WI EAU CLAIRE 715/834-7663 FX 8212 A 120 715/635-4641 WI GREEN BAY 414/468-6808 B/V 120 WI MADISON 608/221-4211 B 608/251-5904 WI MADISON 606/221-0891 8212 A 120 606/257-5010 B/V 120 WI MILWAUKEE 414/257-3482 B 414/271-2560 WI MILWAUKEE 414/257-1703 B/V 120 414/271-3914 B/V 120 WI NEENAH 414/722-5580 B/V 120 WI OSHKOSH 414/235-4594 FX B/V 120 WI RACINE 414/637-0910 B/V 120 WV CHARLESTON 304/345-2908 8212 A 120 304/345-6471 B/V 120 WV HUNTINGTON 304/522-6261 FX B WY CHEYENNE 307/638-4421 B/V 120 LIST OF TYMNET TERMINAL IDENTIFIERS TERMINAL ID TERMINAL ID ADDS 580, 620, 680, 880, 980 A Anderson Jacobson 330 (CR) 830, 832 A 630 E 860 A Ann Arbor Terminals Design 111, 200 A Beehive Medical Electronics Mini Bee 1,2,4 A Super Bee 2,3 A 1-211, M-501, R-211 A Bell System Dataspeed 40/2 KD A KDP G Computer Devices 1030 E 1132, 1201, 1202, 1203 1204, 1205, 1206 A Computek 200, 300 A Conrac 401, 480 A Control Data 713 A Computer Transceiver Systems Execuport £ DEC GT4O, LA34, LA36, LA3B, LAI2O, #LSI2O, #VTOS, VTSO, VTIOO, VTI32 A Datarnedi a 1500, 2000, 2100, 2500 A Datapoint 1100, 3000, 3300 A Delta Data 5000, 5100, 5200 A Digi-Log 33, 209. 300 A General Electric Termi net 300, 1200 6 Gen-Com 300 A Hazeltine 1200, 2000 A Hewlett-Packard 2615, 2616, 262 X Series 263 X Series, 264 X Series A Hydra Model B I IBM 2741 P (CR) Interdata Carousel 300 E Incotenn SPD 10/20, 20/20, 900 A Infoton Vistar A ITT 3501 Asciscope A Lear Siegler 7700, ADM-1, ADM-2, ADM-3 A LogAbax Informatique LX 180 I LX 1010# A MI? 2400# I Megadata A Memorex 1240 G NCR 260 E 796 A Omron 8525 A Ontel 4000 A Teleray 3300, 3311, 3712 A Raytheon PTS-100 A Si nger 30 E Scientific Measurement Systems 1440 A Tally 1612# A Tec 400 Series, 1440 A Tektronix 4012, 4013, 4014, 4023, 4025 A Teletype 33, 35 D 38 B 43 A Texas Instruments 720, 725, 733, 735 E 743, 745, 763, 765, 771, # 820 A LIST OF TYMNET TERMINAL IDENTIFIERS CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 PAGE 2 LIST OF TYMNET TERMINAL IDENTIFIERS TERMINAL ID TERMINAL ID Texas Scientific Entelkon 10 A Typagraph DP-30 C Tymshare 100, 110, 212, 213 E 200 D 310, 311 C 125, 126, 225, 315, 316, 325, 350, #420, 430, 440W, 444, 1100# A Wany Laboratories 220 OB A Westi nyhouse 1600, 1620 A Xerox BCIOO, BC2OO A NOTES; (CR) = CARRIAGE RETURN DURING LOGIN, ENTER CONTROL R IMMEDIATELY BEFORE TYPING NLM OR SUNY TELENET TERMINAL IDENTIFIERS Telenet has published a new list of terminal model identifiers as of January 1981. They suggest that these identifiers be used to get the best performance from your terminal. If your terminal model is not listed, simply enter a CARRIAGE RETURN to the TERMINAL = prompt during the login procedure. Terminal Model ID Terminal Model ID_ ADDS CONSUL 520, 580, 980 D 1 ADDS ENVOY 620, REGENT 01 ALANTHUS DATA TERMINAL T-133 A 1 T-300 A 8 T-1200 A3 ALANTHUS MINITERM A 2 AM-JACQUAKD AMTEXT 425 Dl ANDERSON JACOBSEN 510 Dl ANDERSON JACOBSEN 630 B1 ANDERSON JACOBSEN 830,832 B3 ANDERSON JACOBSEN 841 * ANDERSON JACOBSEN 860 B5 APPLE II Dl ATARI 400, 800 Dl AT&T DATASPEED 40/1,40/2,40/3 Dl BEEHIVE MINIBEE, MICROBEE Dl CENTRONICS 761 A 8 COMMODORE PET Dl CUMPU-COLOK II Dl COMPUTER DEVICES CDI 1030 A 2 COMPUTER DEVICES TELETERM 1132 A 8 COMPUTER DEVICES MINITERM 1200 SERIES A 2 COMPUTER TRANSCEIVER EXECUPORT 300 A 2 COMPUTER TRANSCEIVER EXECUPORT 1200 A 9 COMPUTER TRANSCEIVER EXECUPORT 4000 A 8 CPT 6000, 8000 Dl DATAMEDIA ELITE Dl UATAPOINT 1500,1800,2200,3000, 3300,3600,3800 Dl DATA PRODUCTS PORTATERM A 1 DATA TERMINAL & COMMUNICATIONS DTC 300,302 B3 DIABLO HYTERM B3 DIGI-LUG 33 & TELECOMPUTER II Dl digital equipment (LA 35-36) DECWRITER II A 8 (LA 120) DECWRITER 111 A 8 digital equipment vtso, VTS2, VTIOO, WS7B, WS2OO Dl GEN-COMM SYSTEMS 300 B3 GE TERMINET 30 A 5 GE TERMINET 300 A 4 GE TERMINET 120, 1200 A3 GENERAL TERMINAL GT-100A, GT-101, GTilO, GT-400, GT-4008 Dl HAZELTINE 1500, 1400, 2000 Dl HEWLETT PACKARD 2621 03 HEWLETT PACKARD 2640 SERIES Dl IBM 2741 (EBCD Code) TYPESPHERE ELEMENT Code: #963, 996, 998 El IBM 2741 (EBCD Code) TYPESPHERE ELEMENT Code: #938, 939,961,962,997 E2 942, 943 E3 947, 948 E4 IBM 2741 (CORRESPONDENCE CODE) TYPESPHERE ELEMENT Code #OOl, 005, 007,008,022,030,050,053, 067,070,085 Cl 006,010.015.019.059,090 C 2 021,025-029.031-039,060,068, 086,123.129-145,156,161 C 3 043,054 C 4 IBM 3101 Dl INFORMER 1304, D 304 Dl INFOTON 100,200,400, VISTAR Dl INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS INTECOLOR Dl INTERTEC INTERTUBE II Dl LANIER WORD PROCESSOR Dl LEAR SIEGLER ADM SERIES Dl LEXITRON 1202, 1303 Dl MEMOREX 1240 A 2 MICOM 2000, 2001 Dl NBI 3000 Dl NCR 260 A 2 PERKIN-ELMER MODEL 1100, OWL, BANTAM Dl PERKIN-ELMER CAROUSEL 300 SERIES A 8 RADIO SHACK TRS 80 Dl RESEARCH INC. TELERAY Dl TEKTRONIX 4000-4024 Dl TELETYPE MODEL 33, 35 A 1 TELETYPE MODEL 40 Dl TELETYPE MODEL 43 B3 TELETYPE MODEL 40/1.40/2.40/3 Dl TEXAS INSTRUMENT 725 A 7 733 A 2 735 A 6 743,745,763,765 Dl 820 B3 99/4 Dl TRENDATA 1000.1500,2000 * 4000 (ASCII) B1 TYMSHARE 110, 212 A 2 315 A 8 325 B3 UNIVAC DCT 500 B4 WANG 20,25,30,015,130,145 Dl WESTERN UNION EOT 33,35 A 1 300 A3 XEROX 800, 850, 860 Dl XEROX 1700 B3 ♦USE IBM 2741 CODES TELENET (NLM or SUNY) MANUAL 3.5.3 1. Set terminal to: ON ONLINE 30 cps. FULL DUPLEX 2. Dial appropriate number for Telenet node 3. After receiving high pitched tone, connect receiver to acoustic coupler COMPUTER USER (CR) (CR) 4. ONLINE SIGNAL LIGHTS UP 5. TELENET 202 DL9 TERMINAL= (CR) 6. @ C 301 20 (CR) FOR NLM C 518 20 (CR) FOR SUNY /LOGIN (CR) 7. 301 20 CONNECTED (or 518 20 CONNECTED) 8. PLEASE ENTER USER ID/PASSWORD OR LOGON ##### XXXOI/WORD (CR) (CR) CARRIAGE RETURN TYMNET OR TYMSHARE (NLM or SUNY) MANUAL 3.5.2 1. Set terminal to ONLINE 30 cps. FULL DUPLEX 2. Dial appropriate number for Tymshare node 3. After receiving high pitched tone, connect receiver to acoustic coupler COMPUTER USER 4. PLEASE TYPE YOUR TERMINAL IDENTIFIER EA (NO CR ) 5. PLEASE LOG IN: NLM or SUNY (CR) 6. PASSWORD (CR) (this does not print) 7. ; (Press carriage return) /LOGIN (CR) 8. PLEASE ENTER /LOGIN (CR) 9. PLEASE ENTER USERID/PASSWORD OR LOGON XXXOI/WORD (CR) Direct Dial (NLM only) MANUAL TTS7T 1. Set terminal to: ON ONLINE 30/120 cps. HALF-DUPLEX 2. Dial 492-3150. Area code 301 if needed. 3. After receiving high pitched tone, connect receiver to acoustic coupler COMPUTER USER 4. ONLINE SIGNAL LIGHTS UP P (CR) 5. PLEASE ENTER /LOGIN /LOGIN (CR) 6. PLEASE ENTER USERID/PASSWORD OR LOGON XXXOI/WORD (CR) ######################### (CR) - CARRIAGE RETURN C,~AO ELHILL COMMANDS MANUAL GENERAL commands available in all data bases using a command does not use up a Search Statement number (except one command, FIND; that's why you may use a command after SF,C) a command may be given after any USER: cue as of July 3, 1978, initial double quotes are no longer required when inputting commands EXCEPTIONS: "TIME - not ELHILL command but TCAM (Telecommunica- tions Access Method) command; initial quotes still required. (NLM command only.) 4.9.27 function: displays cumulative search or connect time from /login or from connected to (NLM only); last "TIME command and computer gives Eastern time. example: USER: "TIME TIME 0:00:12 NLM TIME 7:16:30 Instead at SUNY, to get time, type one 0 (at sign) if connected through TYMNET communications network; type two (at signs) if connected through TELENET. NOTE: This command does not work at SUNY in this form. "CAPS - not ELHILL command but TCAM command; 4.9.1 initial quotes still required 4.9.1 function: allows users with a terminal in upper and lower case to receive online output in upper case only does not affect OFFLINE/OFFSEARCH PRINTS online command only stays in effect for entire terminal session; cancelled by STOP Y logoff command only NOTE: No CAPS capability is available at SUNY. MANUAL Double quotes are still required for commands at NLM and SUNY when the command is entered after certain system prompts. Two such prompts are: MORE NEWS (Y/N) when printing NEWS REPLY (Y/N) when sending a comment NOTE: With elimination of initial quotes, if you want to search on a term that is also a command name or command name abbreviation, you must either enter the term preceded by a space or preceded by a qualifier. e.g. to search on the term PRINT, enter USER PRINT USER: (TW) PRINT or PRINT COMMANDS Note: MEDLINE will be used as standard reference in discussion. used to display full or partial unit records of postings received in any search statement. Three standard PRINT commands 4.9.16 PRINT (PRT) PRINT FULL (PRT FU) PRINT DETAILED (PRT DL) a. display different unit record elements in different databases (e.g., MEDLINE, TOXLINE) b. response to each standard PRINT command for each database in unit record description for each database in ONLINE SERVICES REFERENCE MANUAL (se6 specific database section) or avail able online all PRINT commands display data elements of postings from Search Statement immediately preceding PRINT command unit records most recently entered to database displayed first MANUAL prints 25 lines at a time (if PROFILE has not been changed), finishes printing unit record it started printing even if 25 line limit reached any data element which is part of the standard print not present in the unit record will not have a "space" left in its place; the element will not be printed IN MEDLINE PRT AU, 11, SO PRT FU AU, 11, LA, MH, SO, CA (if present), NM/RN (if present) PRT DL every printable element in the unit record (all databases) STANDARD PRINT MEDL I NE/HEALTH/only 7.6/23.6 PRINT AR - AU, TI, SO, AB (if present) 4$ TAILORED PRINT COMMANDS 4.9.16.4 indicate specific data elements to be displayed using mnemonic for data elements; commas necessary between mnemonics e.g. PRT TI, MH (prints title and MeSH headings only - - good to browse titles for relevancy and to see how relevant citations indexed) e.g. PRINT 5 TI (to limit browse to 5 titles only; comma not necessary between number and mnemonic) MANUAL OTHER PRINT COMMANDS 1) PRT INCLUDE -- gives basic elements for standard PRINT in database, plus elements specified 4.9.16.4 e.g. PRT INCLUDE MH (prints AU, TI, SO, MH; same as PRT TI, AU, SO, MH) Also: PRT FU INCLUDE PRT AR INCLUDE 2) PRT EXCLUDE -- gives basic elements for standard PRINT in database, omitting elements specified 4.9.16.4 Also: PRT FU EXCLUDE PRT DL EXCLUDE PRT AR EXCLUDE 3) PRT SKIP - - used to print out only selected cit a - tions/postings from those retrieved; used with standard PRINTS, tailored PRINTS, etc. 4.9.16.5 e.g. PRT 1 SKIP 5 (prints one citation beginning at 6th citation) 4) SPECIFYING SEARCH STATEMENT NUMBER - used to print from Search Statement other than preceding one 4.9.16.6 e.g. SS 10/ C? USER: PRT SS 5 TI (prints titles from Search Statement 5; overrides default to previous statement) OTHER PR INT - COMMANDS (continued) MANUAL 5) PRT OFFLINE -- used to avoid printing a large number of postings at your own terminal; instead, printing is done at night at NLM or SUNY (depend- ing on which computer connected to when command issued) and mailed the next morning 4.9.16.8 limit on OFFLINE print = 300 postings; if postings greater than 300 and PRT OFFLINE command issued, a message will be received: “LIMIT OF 300 DOCUMENTS FOR OFFLINE PRINT. COMMAND DELETED." to print more than 300 postings, issue more than one command using SKIP option e.g. SS (5) PSTG (355) SS 6/C? USER: PRT OFFLINE 300 SS 6/C? USER: PRT OFFLINE 55 SKIP 300 NOTE: In second or any subsequent PRT OFFLINE commands for the same search statement, exact number of remaining postings (in this case 55) must be specified or command will not work. REMEMBER: There are page charges on OFFLINE prints; this should be considered when requesting a large number of postings to be printed at NLM or SUNY OFFLINE. MANUAL OTHER PRINT COMMANDS (continued) OFFLINE prints may be used with standard pri nts or tailored e.g. PRT OFFLINE TI SS 3 PRT OFFLINE AR SKIP 25 PRT FU EXCLUDE MH OFFLINE COMPLETE FORMAT SS (10) PSTG (112) SS 11/ C? USER: PRT OFFLINE PROG: (PROGRAM PROMPTS FOR MAILING INFORMATION) [name? ADDRESS? Q,I TY, STATE (PLEASE DO NOT ABBREVIATE) AND ZIP- REQUESTOR'S NAME OR SAME SEARCH TITLE, OR NONE? OK? (Y/N/C/ADDRESS) Y - program replies "OFFLINE PRINT COMPLETED" N - program re-prompts for NAME, ADDRESS, etc. C - program gives message: ADDRESS - program lists STORED ADDRESS if one exists CANCELLING AN OFFLINE PRINT entering C in response to Y/N/C/ADDRESS as above entering a space and carriage return after any USER: cue during the NAME, ADDRESS, etc. portion above NOTE: After the message "OFFLINE PRINT COMPLETED" has been received, an OFFLINE PRINT may not be cancelled. OTHER PRINT COMMANDS (continued) MANUAL PRESPECIFICATION OR ERROR CORRECTION IN OFFLINE PRINTS 4.9.16.8.1 any user supplied information (i.e., address information may be prespecified and/or corrected when inputting information for an OFFLINE print; the user may enter as much of the address information as will fit on one line (prespecification may not be continued on a second line) e.g. PROG: NAME? USER: JANE DOE. ADDRESS = 718 MAIN STREET PROG: CITY, STATE (PLEASE DO NOT ABBREVIATE), AND ZIP- USER: BE THE SDA, MARYLAND 2001 4 PROG: REQUESTOR'S NAME OR SAME r ?Ao»pT USER: SAME, TITLE = HOSPICES specific keywords followed by a space, an equals sign (=) and another space must be used in place of program prompts during prespecification: program prompt corresponding keyword NAME? ADDRESS? CITY, STATE (PLEASE DO NOT ABBREVIATE, AND ZIP- REQUESTOR'S NAME OR SAME SEARCH TITLE OR NONE NAME = ADDRESS = CITSTAZIP = REQUESTOR = TITLE = MANUAL OTHER PRINT COMMANDS (continued) 6) PRT INDENTED -- mnemonics which are used with all prints are spelled out in full 4.9.16.7 e.g. PRT INDENTED PROG: AUTHOR TITLE WALD FS TERMINAL CARE AND NURSING EDUCATION AM J NURS 1 979 OCT; 79( 10):1762-4 SOURCE may tailor: PRT AR INDENTED PRT TI, AU, SO, MH INDENTED PRT OFFLINE INDENTED good PRINT command for demonstrations and with new databases (for unfamiliar mnemonics) 7) PRT COMPRESSED (alias: PRT COMPR; PRT COMPRESS) 4.9.16.7 data elements having more than one item of information (e.g. AUTHOR (multiple authors)), will print out across the page rather than listing down, one item per line online PRINT command only (OFFLINE & OFFSEARCH PRINTS already in compressed format) e.g. PRT COMPR PROG: 1 AU - HOUFF SA ; BURTON RC ; WILSON RW ; HENSON TE ; LONDON WT ; BAER GM ; ANDERSON LJ ; WINKLER WG MADDEN DL ; SEVER JL TI - HUMAN-TO-HUMAN TRANSMISSION OF RABIES VIRUS BY CORNEAL TRANSPLANT. SO - N ENGL J MED 1979 15 MAR;300(11):603-4 MANUAL 11. OTHER COMMANDS 1) NEIGHBOR (alias NBR) 4.9.13 used to browse Index File of the database con nected to (Index File contains all searchable elements in the database listed A-Z; 1-9999) displays search terms alphabetically or numeri cally identical to or adjacent to term entered entered and the number of postings for that term in the database connected to can enter up to 36 characters EXAMPLE: SS 1/C? USER: NBR EYE PROG: POSTINGS TERM 1 2 829 2428 10 EYDOUX P (AU) EYDT JN (AU) EYE (MH) EYE (TW) EYE BANKS (MH) UP N OR DOWN N? USER: MANUAL 4.9.13 NEIGHBOR (continued) displays term and 2 terms above it in Index File and 2 terms below if the term is not there, it takes you to the area of the index where it would be QUESTION "UP N OR DOWN N?" To browse further, answer question with any of the following: To continue down (toward Z) enter: DOWN (with a number 1-10) D (with a number 1-10) a number 1-10 DOWN by itself defaults to 5 D may not be entered by itself To continue up (toward A) enter: UP (with a number 1-10) UP entered by itself defaults to 5 a number 1-10 will not page up; UP must be used to page up or the system will assume DOWN. U may not be entered by itself or with a number to page up. To cancel a NEIGHBOR command, in response to the question, enter: N a space followed by a carriage NONE return NO another command 0 anything except a number MANUAL 4.9.13 NEIGHBOR (continued) To NEIGHBOR specific part of the Index, use mnemonic EXAMPLE; SS 1/C? USER: NBR EYE (MH) PROG: POSTINGS TERM 498 EXTREMITIES 198 EXUDATES AND TRANSVDATES 977 EYE 9 EYE BANKS 79 EYE BURNS mnemonic not shown after term since only MH requested may get TIME OVERFLOWS limiting NEIGHBOR by mnemonic NE IGHBORDET (alias NBRDET) dudLtJ^l 4.9.13 more detailed NEIGHBOR used for NBRing MeSH Headings lists every form of the heading, alone, with the asterisk, with subheadings, and with both asterisk and subheadings terms may not be NBRed with asterisk; must page down qualifier requi red nbrdet eye (hih) PROG: POSTINGS TERM 1 *EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES/RI 3 *EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES/SE 1154 EYE 117 EYE/ABoc^v^i^ 74 EYE/AH UP N OR DOWN N? USER: 10 PROG: POSTINGS TERM 28 EYE/AN 100 EYE/BS 10 EYE/CY 94 EYE/DE 40 EYE/EM 19 EYE/EN 36 EYE/GD 20 EYE/IM 35 EYE/IR 82 EYE/ME UP N OR DOWN N? USER: 10 PROG: POSTINGS: TERM 11 EYE/MI 122 EYE/PA 200 EYE/PH 44 EYE/PP 11 EYE/PS 12 EYE/RA 33 EYE/RE 3 EYE/RI 3 EYE/SE 124 EYE/SU UP N OR DOWN N? USER: 10 PROG: C-33L POSTINGS TERM 15 EYE/TR 46 EYE/UL 662 *EYE 66 *EYE/AB 31 *EYE/AH 23 *EYE/AN 63 *EYE/BS 3 *EYE/CY 50 *EYE/DE 23 *EYE/EM UP N OR DOWN N? USER: 10 PROG: POSTINGS TERM 12 *EYE/EN 17 *EYE/GD 10 *EYE/IM 15 *EYE/IR 51 *EYE/ME 6 *EYE/MI 32 *EYE/PA 106 *EYE/PH 19 *EYE/PP 5 *EYE/PS UP N OR DOWN N? USER: 10 PROG: POSTINGS TERM 4 *EYE/RA 18 *EYE/RE 3 *EY£/SE 74 *EYE/SU 2 *EYE/TR 10 *EYE/UL 12 EYE BANKS 2 EYE BANKS/HI 1 EYE BANKS/MT 10 *EYE BANKS UP N OR DOWN N? USER: ERASEALL (alias ERSLL) MANUAL 4.9.5 erases all previous search statements returns user to SS 1/C? after ERASEALL, previous search statements may not be used in searching or printing use anytime; most common after SF,C js $$ ERASEBACK (alias ERASEBAK; ERSBK; BACKUP) 4.9.6 to delete search statements selectively command entered alone, deletes last search state- ment having postings e.g. PROG: SS (20) PSTG (277) SS 21/ C? USER: ERASEBACK PROG: SS 20/ C? command entered with a number, deletes all search statements with numbers greater than or equal to the one entered with the command e.g. PROG: SS 23/ C? USER: ERASEBACK 9 PROG: SS 9/C? USER: use to give more room on scratch pad, when overflow messages received RESTACK (alias RSTK; KEEP) MANUAL 4.9.20 to delete search statements selectively; keep others command entered alone, takes last search statement with postings, makes it search statement 1, deletes all other search statements command entered with search statement number(s); keeps those search statements, deletes all others e.g. SS (20) PSTG (277) SS 21/ C? USER: RESTACK 7 ,8 PROG: SS 3/C? (search statements 7 and 8 have been made search statements 1 and 2; all other search statements have been deleted) command entered with the word, TO, and search statement number, keeps indicated search statements, deletes others e.g. SS (20) PSTG (277) SS 21/ C? USER: RESTACK 7,8 TO 5 PROG: SS 7/C (search statements 1-4 have been kept; search statements 7 and 8 have been placed in search statements 5 and 6 respectively; all other search statements have been deleted) MANUAL 4.9.20 RESTACK (continued) EXAMPLES: Assume search statement 7 just completed COMMAND ENTERED RESULT PROGRAM RESPONSE RESTACK SS 1 ,2,3,4,5,6 erased ; SS 7 becomes SS 1 SS 2/C? USER: RESTACK 4,7 SS 1 ,2,3,5,6 erased SS 4 becomes SS 1 SS 7 becomes SS 2 SS 3/C? USER: RESTACK TO 4 SS 1,2,3 kept SS 5,6 erased SS 7 becomes SS 4 SS 5/C? USER: RESTACK 5,7 TO 2 SS 1 retained SS 2,3,4,6 erased SS 5 becomes SS 2; SS 7 becomes SS 3 SS 4/C? USER : RESTACK 5 TO 7 ERROR A lower SS number may not be renumbered to a higher SS number SS 8/C? USER : NOTE: smallest search statement number a 1 ways put to lowest search statement number e. 9 RESTACK 7,4 SS 7 will become SS 2; SS 4 will become SS 1 regard- less of order entered commas necessary when RESTACKing multiple numbers MANUAL 4.9.7 EXPLAIN (alias EX) command entered alone explains last program_message received entering EXPLAIN EXPLAIN gives list of explainable items command entered with explainable term, i.e., program message, command, database name, etc. gives explanation of requested term USEFUL EXPLAINS EXPLAIN UNIT RECORD -- gives detailed explanation of the unit record of the database connected to. To obtain unit record explanation of data base not connect to, use EXPLAIN with database name. e.g. in MEDLINE to obtain explanation of CHEMLINE unit record, enter: EXPLAIN CHEMLINE FILES (alias FILE ?) 4.9.9 names all ELHILL databases available to your USERID and available at the computer connected to ( NLM & SUNY have different databases available) tells which data base connected to FILE 4.9.8 command used to change from one database to another erases scratch pad, i.e., all search statements from database previously connected to at SS 1/C? in new database 9) USERS MANUAL 4.9.29 enter to obtain the number of ELHILL users currently connected to system if connected to NLM, multiply number of users by 3_ to obtain actual number of users "(three copies of ELHILL at NLM) if connected to SUNY response to command is actual number of users 30-40 users, response time slows; SUNY usually has fewer users 10) NEWS - oO' a 4.9.14 to receive general system news while connected to system contains news of such things as updates to databases, system news, closing news (around holidays), and other items of immediate interest to users gives news one item at a time, most recent item first and asks user if wishes to continue next to last item in news contains list of most used databases with date of most recent update, dates of coverage and number of unit records added to almost daily kept about one week (unless of ongoing interest) should get news every day gives news faster than Technical Bulletin 11) COMMENT MANUAL 4.9.2 to ask questions about or remark on system sent to the MEDLARS Management Section at NLM comments may be sent anonymous or a reply may be requested (please include phone number with address information if reply requested) EXAMPLE : SS 5/C? USER: COMMENT PROG: REPLY? (YES/NO) USER: NO (if user enters YES, the system PROG: prompts for NAME and ADDRESS) CONT OR FINISHED- USER: enter comment NOTE: After each line of the comment has been entered and a carriage return is pressed, the system will again prompt "CONT OR FINISHED-" and give a USER: cue. There is no need to enter "CONT" to continue the COMMENT. Simply continue typing after the USER : cue. when finished entering COMMENT, on a new line, after a USER: cue, type: FINISHED 12) DISPLAY 4.9.4 to obtain a descriptive printout of the logical structure of all search statements entered during search, or of one specified search statement from session, or a STORESEARCH or SAVESEARCH or SAVE ENTERED alone: DISPLAY (gives logical structure of all search statements in ascending numerical order) MANUAL 4.9.4 DISPLAY (continued) Entered with a NUMBER: DISPLAY 5 (gives logical structure of search statement 5 only) Entered with a STORESEARCH or SAVESEARCH name DISPLAY DR JONES HOSPICES (gives logical structure of a STORESEARCH or SAVESEARCH stored under USERID) STOP or STOP Y 4.9.24 to disconnect from system gives total connect time entered without Y: STOP TIME 0:18:32 NLM TIME 13:26:57 PROG: DONE? (YES/NO) USER : YES PROG: GOODBYE! entered with Y (or YES), preanswers DONE question: USER: STOP Y PROG: TIME 0:13:22 NLM TIME 10:32:12 GOODBYE! MANUAL 479717“ PROFILE (series of commands) These commands are used to display or change data in the Unified User Specification File (UUSF) attached to a user ID code. There are two ways to manipulate data in the UUSF: 1) use the PROFILE MODIFY command and deal with each item individually as the system prompts you, or 2) use the PROFILE MODIFY command with one or more of the following keywords (separated by commas): PASSWORD, STORAD, NAME, ADDRESS, CITSTAZIP, PAGELENGTH, PAGEWIDTH. In the first option, the user enters the command USER: PROFILE MODIFY PROG: PASSWORD? (The system prompts for data) USER: SAME PROG: NAME? (The user elects to keep the same pas sowrd) USER: JANE DOE PROG: ADDRESS? (The user chooses to enter a value) USER: SAME PROG: CITSTAZIP? USER: SAME The system will continue to prompt for each item and will list the latest value for every one after the last interaction: PROG: PASSWORD = DAFFODIL NAME = JANE DOE ADDRESS = 15 MAIN ST. CITSTAZIP = NEW YORK, NY 10021 PAGELENGTH = 40 PAGEWIDTH = 80 OK? (Y/N/C/LIST) (The NO reply will begin the MODIFY process again from the beginning, the CANCEL reply will put the user at the next search statement, and the LIST reply will list the entire UUSF data again) MANUAL An item of data may be removed with the REMOVE response to the prompt, e.g.. PASSWORD? USER: REMOVE but an error message will be received if you attempt to remove a necessary item. In the second option, the user enters one or more keywords: USER: PROFILE MODIFY PASSWORD, NAME PROG: PASSWORD? USER: DAFF ID IL PROG: NAME? (The user has accidentally misspelled the word DAFFODIL) USER: MARY JONES PROG: (the system lists the entire contents of the UUSF, including the new values) OK? (Y/N/C/LIST) USER: PASSWORD = DAFFODIL (The keyword is used to correct OK? (Y/N/C/LIST) the misspelling) USER : YES PROG: PROFILE COMPLETED. Limitations on the UUSF data include: 1) Password must be no more than 8 alphabetic characters or fewer than 3 characters. 2) Stored address may be only 3 lines of up to 50 characters each. 3) Page length may vary from 10 to 100 lines between CONTINUE PRINTING? (Y/N) message; page width may vary between 40 and 132 characters. 111. PROGRAM MESSAGES MANUAL 4.10 1) NO POSTINGS MESSAGE 4.10.3 indicates that no unit records have been found by the computer having the term entered in the field entered common reasons why message received: a. misspelling a term (most frequent reason) b. entering a term with the wrong qualifier or without a qualifier when one needed, e.g. entering a Text Word in MEDLINE (which defaults to searching MeSH headings) without the qualifier (TW) c. when subheadings have been applied to search statements using the SUBHEADINGS APPLY command (MEDLINE only) and no MeSH headings with the specified subheadings are found d. term does not exist in data base as a search term SS 1/C? USER LIBER DISEASES (LIVER misspelled) PROG: NP (LIBER DISEASES) e.g. NP in a search statement containing Boolean AND. if a term which retrieves postings is ANDed in a single search statement with a term for which there are no postings, a NO POSTINGS message will result and no retrieval will be saved e.g. SS 1/C? USER: LIVER DISEASES AND HUMEN PROG: NP (HUMEN) *NONE nothing is saved, entire search statement must be correctly reentered MANUAL NO POSTINGS MESSAGE (continued) NP in a search statement containing Boolean OR 4.10.3 if a term which retrieves citation is ORed in a single search statement with a term for which there are no postings, a NO POSTINGS message will be generated only for the term with no retrieval e.g. SS 1/C? USER : LIVER OR LIBER NEOPLASMS PROG: NP (LIBER NEOPLASMS) SS (1) PSTG (5875) SS 2/C? USER: retrieval for LIVER saved LIVER NEOPLASMS must be reentered and ORed with SS 1 retrieval to obtain same results NOTE: Always be leary of NP Message Make sure of spelling Make sure connected to right file (MeSH headings work only in MEDLINE and HEALTH) Make sure using correct subheading Make sure embedded AND disguised in MeSH heading NONE, NO MATCH, *NONE 4.10.4 appears when there are no records having EACH term connected by the Boolean AND e.g. SS 1/C? USER: LIVER AND DOUGLAS R PROG; *NONE- SS 1/C? Basic Commands/Program Messages Initial Training Class NOTE: PLEASE USE SUNY COMPUTER 1. Which authors are filed alphabetically around your name? 2. Using the NBR or FIND command, find the number of postings for the term BRAIN CHEMISTRY. 3. Cause a *NONE message to appear by using two terms with the AND logical operator. 4. Cause a NP--N0 POSTINGS message to appear. 5. Type OBESITY AND HEART DISEASES. Now combine those terms using 2 search statements, then 3. 6. From the postings received in #5 (above): a. Print 2 citations (author, title, source) b. Print 3 titles c. Print the 2nd citation in full d. Print the source and journal title code of 1 citation e. Print indented the 2nd and 3rd citations f. Print 1 detailed g. Print offline, using the following information: Your name (ONLINE TRAINING CLASS) MMS NLM **Be sure to cancel the offline printout** h. Print 3 titles from search statement 2 7. DISPLAY your search. 8. Using RESTACK, save your first and last search statements. 9. Use ERASEALL. 10. List the first two items in the NEWS. 11. Send a COMMENT to MEDLARS Management Section. 12. Which files are available to your code? 13. Type EXPLAIN CHEMLINE to print out an explanation of the database. 14. Neighbor WATER without a qualifier, with a qualifier. 15. Log off the system. Computer Physiology Ob j ecti ves Trainees will be able to; 1 . identify the parts of a communications network and the NLM computer configuration, and the corresponding steps in transmission of messages to and from the user 2. recall the typical ELHILL data base structure and processing rules, and identify search techniques which make efficient use of the system based on this knowledge. 3. understand the various overflow messages of the ELHILL system and the proper action to take in response to each . USER DIRECT DIAL TELENET TYMNET IBM 3705 TCAM TCAM MESSAGE HANDLER ISO Pilot # 1 Pilot # 2 INQUIRE # 1 INQUIRE # ?. ELKILL #2 ELKILL I 5 ELHILL ft AFTER A CARRIAGE RETURN..■ I. TYHNET/TELENET COMPUTER NETWORK. 2. MESSAGE CONTROL PROGRAM (MCP) K P. 3. MEDLINE (ELHILL) PROCESSING. A. BACK TO MCP ?■ OUTPUT QUEUE. 5. TYMNET/TELEMET COMPUTER NETWORK. 6, RESPONSE PRINTED AT TERMINAL, TERMINOLOGY (simplified) DATA BASES make up the MEDLARS system; stored on DISK PACKS. FILES PARTS OF EACH DATA BASE. UNIT RECORD represents one complete citation in the COMPUTER (IN a BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA BASE) OR ONE COMPLETE RECORD (IN A DATA BANK). CPU TIME COMPUTER THINK TIME. DISK (I/O) TIME fetching/putting. USER ENVIRONMENT scratch pad. INTERMEDIATE RESULTS - "set aside". HEADER FILE --contains all of the unit records for a data base. --arranged one after another; no particular order. --unit records most recently put into the data base are on top. --all have CAN Number (CAN = Computer Assigned Number) --printing done from Header file. --stringsearching/sentence searching done on header file. INDEX FILE -contains all the terms, numbers, title abbreviations etc. that are directly searchable in the data base connected to. -alpha-numeric index A-Z followed by numbers. -has the number of postings to any particular term listed with term. -transparent to user, has computer address of the place in the POSTINGS FILE where CAN numbers of particular term are listed. POSTINGS FILE --contains addresses associated with specific term from Index file. --lists CAN numbers from Header file for unit record which contains the specific term in Index file. COMPUTER PHYSIOLOGY RFVIEVj Three Files.... INDEX FILE - (tallies, addresses). POSTINGS FILE - (addresses). "HEADER"' or DATA FILE - (citations). PROCESSING Rill FS A AND C OR B AND C 1) MOVE ATO SCRATCH PAD 2) MOVE CTO SCRATCH PAD 3) COMPARE LISTS A AND C A) SAVE (SET ASIDE) INTERMEDIATE RESULTS 5) MOVE BTO SCRATCH PAD 6) MOVE CTO SCRATCH PAD 7) COMPARE LISTS B AND C 8) FETCH INTERMEDIATE RESULTS (FROM A) 9) COMPARE 2 INTERMEDIATE RESULTS LISTS 10) STORE FINAL RESULTS OPTIMIZATION (A OR B) AMD C.... 1. SSI. A AND COR B AND C 2. SSI. AOR B SS2. 1 AND C 3, SSI. C SS2. I AND A OR I AND B WHICH ????? IT DEPENDS "LEARNING DISORDERS IN CHILDREN 2-12" TALLIES: LEARNING DISORDERS 230 CHILD, PRESCHOOL 20,000 36,000 CHILD I. SSI. CHILD OR CHILD, PRESCHOOL SS2. LEARNING DISORDERS AND 1 /2. SSI. LEARNING DISORDERS SS2. 1 AND CHILD OR 1 AND CHILD, PRESCHOOL 3. SSI. LEARNING DISORDERS AND CHILD OR LEARNING DISORDERS AND CHILD, PRESCHOOL 8U1.... "HOVf DO MENTALLY DISORDERED VIEW THEMSELVES?" TALLIES: EXPLODE F2.5A 15,000 BODY IMAGE 300 SELF CONCEPT 1,400 SICK ROLE 80 1. SSI. EXPLODE F2.5A 552. 1 AND BODY IMAGE 553. I AND SELF CONCEPT SSA. 1 AND SICK ROLE SSS. 2OR 3OR A 2. SSI. EXPLODE F2.5A 552. BODY IMAGE OR SELF CONCEPT OR SICK ROLE 553. 1 AND 2 WORST POSSTRIF 3. SSI. EXPLODE F2.5A AND BODY IMAGE OR EXPLODE F2.5A AND SELF CONCEPT OR EXPLODE F2.5A AND SICK ROLE ALSO; SSI. EXPLODE F2.5A AND BODY IMAGE 552 EXPLODE F2.5A AND SELF CONCEPT 553 EXPLODE F2.5A AND SICK ROLE SSA. I OR 2 OR 3 MANUAL OVERFLOW MESSAGES Two kinds of limits to system: 1) to size of scratch pad/user environment. 2) to time computer allocates each user for any interaction or process. I. LIMIT TO SIZE OF SCRATCH PAD (NOTE: Scratch pad/user environment not really measurable; contains certain limits; whichever hit first is one that inhibits further searching unless user takes some type of action.) A. Only 25 search statements may be entered --receive message SP,C. 4.10.15 --can only enter commands (not FIND). --use ERASEALL, ERASEBACK, RESTACK to make more room. b. storJpstg ovfl 4.10.18 --received when user has reached the limit on the number of cumulative postings (or CAN numbers) which may be stored on scratch pad (approximately 100,000 postings). --use ERASEALL, ERASEBACK, RESTACK to make more room. C. PROCPSTG OVFL 4.10.19 received when the total number of postings generated in the "Intermediate Results" of one search statement exceeds 160,000. --to remedy, refine search statement and reenter. yv D. KEBTRM OVFL MANUAL 4.10.20 --received when more search terms have been entered in a series (from SSI onward) than allowable by ELHILL (380 terms or 5800 characters, whichever comes first). --does not include EXPLODES or truncations. --to remedy use ERASEALL, ERASEBACK, RESTACK. E. GENTRM OVFL 4.10.21 --received when the number of terms, in one search statement, generated by an EXPLODE or truncation, exceeds 450. --to remedy, use more specific EXPLODE or less general truncation. 2. LIMIT TO PROCESSING TIME A. TIME OVFL: CONT? (Y/N) 4.10.17 --received when the procedure requested (e.g.s an EXPLODE) required more computer time (CPU) than in one time slice. an swers: Y - computer continues processing (assumes Y if anything typed in place of Y) N - stops processing; saves nothing; gives NP (No Postings) message B. Time OVFL in TS/SENS (SIR INGSEARCH/SEN SEARCH) 4.10.5 --received in TS/SENS after certain number of Header File records have been searched for character string (approx. 50). --answers: Y - continues searching next 50 records N - writes CAN Numbers of those records that already matched string on scratch pad; gives number of pstg. C. DYNAOECT 4.10.22 --received when too many users have time overflows at same time. --processing of all requests stops. --remedy: reenter search statement immediately ONLINE BOOLEAN LOGIC SEARCHING - INITIAL TRAINING CLASS MONDAY P.M. Formulate search statements for each of the requests below using the logical connectors: AND, OR, AND NOT VOCABULARY for numbers 1-6 CANNABIS DRUG ABUSE FOR&W ENG MEMORY MESCALINE PERSONALITY STUDENTS THINKING 1. The effects of cannabis on memory. 2. The effects of cannabis on memory or thinking. 3. The effects of cannabis or mescaline on memory or on thinking. 4. Any effects of cannabis on personality but exclude studies involving students. 5. English language articles on drug abuse among students. 6. All articles on mescaline but since I've read all the English language journals, just retrieve the foreign literature. MeSH Trainees will be able to: 1. describe and define the structure of MeSH including the following: - alphabetic arrangement - Latin, Greek and English roots - inversions - hierarchical arrangement - subject groups (Tree Structures) - specificity - references - see - see under - see related 2. select appropriate subheading(s) to cover a particular aspect of a MeSH heading, applying (as appropriate) category permissions and restrictions, common groupings, and hierarchical groupings 3. use and combine terms in the vocabulary to retrieve relevant citations from the data base(s) indexed with those terms 4. retrieve relevant citations from the data base(s) given subject requests. MeSH and Indexing Principles MANUAL I. Background A. Index Medlcus (IM) compared with MEDLINE 7.1 1. Hardcopy 2. Only IM journals 3. Citations listed under Major Descriptors only 4. Citations listed under central point of article only Online IM journals plus Special List journals Citations retrievable using Major or Minor Descriptors Citations retrievable by central or peripheral concepts B. Journals 1. Index Medicus - approximately 2500 titles 2. Special Lists - approximately 500 titles a. Dental (D) b. Nursing (N) c. Communication Disorders (C) d. Foreign (F) 3. List of Journals Indexed (LJI) a. Separate publication, January IM, Cumulated IM b. 4 listings--Title Abbreviation (TA), Full Title, Subject, Geographic 4. List of Serials and Monographs Indexed for Online Users a. IM journals, Special List journals, Monographs b. 1 listing--Title Abbreviation (TA) 5. Priority a. 1 or 2--Use enough descriptors to cover content of article fully b. 3 —Use only enough descriptors to cover major points of article 6. Selective a. Journals that are not exclusively medical, biomedical; we index only the medical, biomedical articles ip) C. Index Medicus (IM) vs Non Index Medicus (NIM) Concepts (CHART I) 1. Central, primary points of the article Peripheral, secondary point of the article 2. Organs, diseases, therapies, substances. Technics, age groups physiological processes 3. Veterinary animals Experimental animals 4. Main Subject Delimiters of the subject MANUAL 11. Introduction to MeSH Introductory Material 1. Scope and Content a. Authority list for subject analysis of biomedical literature at NLM 1. Used for Index Medicus 2. Used for computer searching 3. Used for cataloging of books and audiovisuals at NLM 4. Revised annually b. Primary aspects--organs, organisms, diseases, treatments, drugs and chemicals Secondary aspects--physiological functions, chemistry, biochemistry, paramedical areas 2. Comparison of Black & White MeSH (IM MeSH) with Annotated 6.2 MeSH W - a. Number of headings 6.3 b. Geographis c. :i d. NonMeSH terms- e. Annotations- 3. Forms of Headings 6.4 a. Normal, Inverted b. Greek, Latin roots c. Precoordinated d. Speciality Headings e. NonMeSH terms 4. Alternate Entries for MeSH Headings 6.9 a. Data Form Abbreviations b. Omitted AND Abbreviations c. Embedded Subheading Abbreviations d. Hyphenated Descriptors e. Descriptors with words ending in *icl or 'ical' f. Descriptors with the word DISEASE, DISEASES, DISORDER or DISORDERS 5. Terminology Changes a. New Headings with Previous Indexing b. New Headings with Scope Notes c. New Headings by Subcategory d. Replacement Headings e. Deleted Headings f. Majors changed to minors and minors changed to majors (Front of Annotated MeSH) X-XVIII XIX-XXX XXXI-XXXIII XXXIV-XXXVI XXXVII-XLI XL 11 MANUAL B. Descriptor types 1. Major descriptors 2. Minor descriptors 3. Entry terms -/? v C. Cross References 6.3.1 6.3.2 6.3.3 1. "See" >' 2. "See Under" 3. "See Related" D. Subheading Information 1. Scope notes 2. Allowable categories 3. Abbreviations for searching 4. Dates 5. Category List 6. Cataloging subheadings a. Form b. Geographic c. Language (Front of Annotated MeSH) XLIII-XLIX L - LI L - LI L - LI LII-LVII LXIV-LXXXI LXVII-LXXVI LXXVII-LXXX LXXXI 111. Annotations A. Uses 1. Indexing 2. Searching 3. Cataloging LVIII-LX B. Contents 1. Abbreviations and Symbols 2. Scope and Meaning a. GEN b. SPEC 3. IM vs NIM LX I MANUAL (Front of Annotated MeSH) 4. Subheading Information a. no qualif b. only /.... c. do not use /.... d. / permitted e. retrictions by category LX 11 5. Technical Notes a. Tumor Key 6. Indexing Manual 7. Coordination a. Precoordinated terms b. Post Coordination 8. Data Form abbreviations (DF) 9. Catalog:/lang/form ruse NAF entry 10. History Notes a. Dates 1. YY 2. (YY) 3. YY(YY) or (YY)YY 4. None b. Changes in form, status, mapping LXXXII 11. Online Notes LXXXIII Workbook C. Exercise on Annotations IV. Trees (Categories) Tree Structures Introduction 6.2.4 A. Subcategories B. Additional tree numbers V. Permuted MeSH Permuted MeSH Introduction 6.2.3 A. To find a specific heading B. To identify (locate) related headings C. To identify possible "noise" in Text Word searching Check Tags „ U<~ A. Check-list vs Subject Indexing B. Data Form MANUAL Workbook 1. Preprinted Concepts 2. Indexer typed Concepts C. Representative Groups Workbook 1. Citation Types (Never IM) a. Historical Article 1. Historical note or historical aspects of a subject b. Historical Biography 1. Substantive material relating to persons who died before the calendar year pre- ceding the date of publication of the journal in hand c. Biog Obit 1. Substantive material relating to living persons or those who died within the current or previous year in relation to the publica- tion date of the journal in hand d. Monograph 1, Indicates individual papers within selected nonjournal items, i.e., symposia, congresses e. English Abstract 1. Indicates presence in journal of substantive English language abstract with foreign language article 2. Chronologic Tags a. Used in conjunction with la,b, or c b. May be IM or NIM 3. Author Abstract (AUTHOR (AA)) a. Indicates presence on computer unit record of substantive English language abstract text taken from journal b. Used with English or Foreign articles 4. PREGNANCY a. Normal is IM b. Useful redundancy--this check tag is used (NIM) even when an indexing descriptor has an obvious relation to pregnancy, i.e., ABORTION, LABOR, PREGNANCY COMPL. MANUAL 5. Age Groups a. Usually NIM b. Sometimes IM 1. When age group is discussed from social, sociological, political, psychological aspect c. INFANT, NEWBORN 1. Normal is IM 2. Useful redundancy—this check tag is used (NIM) even when an indexing descriptor has an obvious relation to the newborn infant, i.e., HYDROCEPHALUS; ANEMIA, NEONATAL; SYPHILIS, CONGEN. 6. ANIMAL and specifics a. Specifics sometimes IM 1. Importance of animal as species or genus 2. Comparative anatomy, physiology, etc. 3. Veterinary b. ANIMALS vs ANIMAL 1. ANIMALS seldom used, prefer specifics 2. ANIMAL never IM 3. Useful redundancy--this check tag is used even when an indexing term has an obvious relation to any animal, i.e., HINDLIMB; DISTEMPER; HEPATITIS, ANIMAL 7. HUMAN a. Never IM b. Useful redundancy--this check tag is used even when an indexing term has an obvious relation to humans, i.e., CHILD BEHAVIOR, MEN, WOMEN 8. FEMALE, MALE a. Never IM b. Animal or human c. Useful redundancy—this check tag is used even when an indexing term has an obvious relation to either sex, i.e., OVARY, TESTIS, CERVIX NEOPLASMS, PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS 9. IN VITRO a. Never IM b. Limited use 1. Not used for any research routinely performed in vitro 2. Restricted to human or animal tissue 10. CASE REPORT a. Never IM b. Human or veterinary 11. COMPARATIVE STUDY a. Never IM b. Comparison of any two or more concepts 12. Support Tags a. Never IM b. Indicates source of financial support that is acknowledged in the article 13. Author Affiliation (Address(AD)) a. Indicates institutional affiliatin of first author listed b. Not directly searchable c. Available only on the SDILINE ** VII. Workbook A. Common groups and pairs 1. /Anatomy & Histology (AH) a. /Anatomy & Histology (AH)--gross, visible, normal condition b. /Cytology (CY)--cellular, microscopic, normal condition c. /Pathology (PA)--a or b in disease state d. /Ultrastructure (UL)--subcellular, normal or disease state e. /Blood Supply (BS) 1. Arterial, capillary or venous 2, Used with neoplasm headings also f. /Innervation (IR) g. /Embryology (EM) 1. Embryonic and fetal development of organs, regions, animals 2. Embryologic factors contributing to postnatal disorders h. /Abnormalities (AB) 1. Congenital defects producing structural changes 2. /Physiology-(PH) a. /Physiology (PH) 1. Normal function of organs, tissues, cells 2. Physiologic role of endogenous substances (i.e., hormones) b. /Physiopathology (PP) 1. Disordered function of organs, tissues, cells in disease state 2. Not a substitute for disease concept c. /Growth & Development (GD) 1, Used with plants, microorganisms 2. Used for postnatal growth and development of animals or organs or anatomical parts 3. /Metabolism (ME) a. General concept-process, change over a period of time b. Specifics 1. /Biosynthesis (BI) a. Formation of substance in organisms, cells or subcellular fractions 2. /Enzymology (EN) a. Enzyme studies of organisms, organs, tissues b. Also enzyme aspect of disease 3. /Secretion (SE) a. Only with endogenous substances 4. /Blood (BL) /Urine (UR) /Cerebrospinal Fluid (CF) a. Presence of substances in these fluids b. Examination of or changes in these fluids c. Differentiation from /Analysis (AN) 5. /Deficiency (DF) a. Used for absence or diminished amount relative to the normal requirement of an organism or biologic system 4. /Analysis (AN) a. General concept—identification or determination of a substance or its constituents--at a given time b. Specifics 1. /Enzymology (EN) 2. /Blood/Urine/Cerebrospinal Fluid 3. /Isolation & Purification (IP) a. Used with D category terms b. Also used with bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses 5. /Etiology (ET) a. General concept, unspecified b. Specifics 1. /Chemically induced (Cl) a. HEPATITIS, TOXIC/et not HEPATITIS, TOXIC/ci 2. /Congenital (CN) a. Used for conditions existing at or even before birth b. Excludes birth injuries and morphologic abnormalities 3. /Genetics (GE) a. Mechanisms of heredity in organisms b. Genetic aspects of endogenous subtances 4. /Immunology (IM) a. Used with tissues, organs, microorganisms, fungi, viruses, animals b. Used with diseases in immune activity sense; for diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic senses use the other respective subheadings c. Used with substances when discussed as antigens or haptens 5. /Microbiology (MI) a. Used for microbiological studies of organs, animals, plants, diseases 6. /Parasitology (PS) a. Used for parasitological studies of organs, animals, plants, diseases 7. /Transmission (TM) 8. /Complications (CO) a. Etiology-Complications b. Complications-Complications 9. /Secondary (SC) a. Used only with neoplasm terms b. Relation to NEOPLASM METASTASIS 6. /Diagnosis (DI) a. General aspect, unspecified b. Specifics 1. /Familial & Genetic (FG) a. Genetic, hereditary basis of disease 2. /Microbiology (MI) 3. /Parasitology (PS) 4. /Radiography (RA) a. X-ray diagnosis 5. /Radionuclide Imaging (RI) a/ Imaging or scanning, using radioisotopes 7. /Pharmacodynamics (PD) a. Only with D category terms b. Relation to /Drug Effects (DE) c. /Adverse effects (AE) 1. Unexpected results or effects d. /Poisoning (PO) 1. Acute or chronic 2. Accidental, suicidal, medication error 3. Environmental exposure e. /Toxicity (TO) 1. Experimental studies to determine 'if and at 'what dose' toxic effects occur f. /Chemically Induced (Cl) MANUAL 8. /Diagnostic Use (DU) a. Used with D, H category terms b. Relation to Adverse Effects (AE) 9. /Therapeutic Use (TU) a. Used with D, H category terms b. Relation to /Adverse Effects (AE) 10. /Therapy (TH) a. General, unspecified concept b. Specifics 1. /Diet Therapy (DH) 2. /Drug Therapy (DT) 3. /Nursing (NU) 4. /Prevention & Control (PC) 5. /Radiotherapy (RT) 6. /Rehabilitation (RH) 7. /Surgery (SU) a. /Transplantation (TR) 11. Other Subheadings a. /Occurrence (OC), /Mortality (MO) b. /Injuries (IN), /Radiation Effects (RE) c. /Psychology (PX) d. /Veterinary (VE) e. /Pathogenicity (PY) f. /Analogs & Derivatives (AA) /Antagonists & Inhibitors (AI) /Chemical Synthesis (CS) g. /Classification (CL), Economics (EC) /Education (ED), /History (HI) /Instrumentation (IS), /Methods (MI) /Standards (ST) h. /Legislation & Jurisprudence (LJ) /Manpower (MA), /Organization & Administration (OG), /Supply & Distribution (SD), /Trends (TD) /Utilization (UT) B. Searching using subheadings 1. MH/sh a. Individual subheading applied to individual descriptor b. *allowed-- *MH/sh (CHART II) 4.9.25 2. SUBHEADINGS APPLY command a. One or more subheadings to be used with MBs, explosions or tree numbers searched in subsequent SS/C?s b. Separate the subheadings by commas, which act as ORs c. Can use * with MH, EXP or tree # MANUAL d. SUBS APPLY remains in effect during search session until cancelled by searcher 1. Do another SUBS APPLY to change list of subheadings required 2. Do SUBS ADD to add to list of subheadings required , 3. 'Bald' Subheadings v"* * a. Search for the presence of the subheading regardless of MH to which it may be attached b. *not allowed C. Subheading vs same Main Headings (Descriptors) a. MH/sh combination is preferred b. MH which is same as SH is used for broad concept, general picture 6.4.1 VIII. Coordination (CHART III) A. Types of Coordination 1. Main Heading + Main Heading (+ MH + MH etc.) a. Terms of equal emphasis (all IM, all *, all NIM) b. Terms of unequal emphasis (IM or NIM, *or not *) 2. Main Heading + Check Tag a. Use Check tags to cover routine aspects (age groups, pregnancy, experimental animals) 3. Main Heading/subheading a. Ties aspect directly to main point 4. Precoordinated Main Headings a. Main point and facet combined in one term b. Two main points combined in one term 8.. Coordination for single concepts not expressed in MeSH a. Use alphabetic list and trees b. Use two or more descriptors IX. MeSH Vocabulary File A. Content 1. Descriptor Records (MH) a. Major Descriptors b. Minor Descriptors 2. Qualifier Records (SH) a. Topical (Indexing) Subheadings b. Cataloging Subheadings 3. Chemical Term Records a. Records for chemical terms which are not in any printed version of MeSH B. Format 1. Dictionary File 2. Only one unit record for each descriptor, qualifier or chemical term MANUAL C. Availability 1. NLM and SUNY D. Uses 1. Validation for proper use of terms 2. Generation of publications (Public MeSH, Annotated MeSH, Permuted MeSH, Trees) 3. Consolidation of information in one place 4. Presentation of information not found in publications E. Data Elements - Descriptor Records Workbook 6.7.1 1. (MH) MeSH Heading a. Form of descriptor used in NLM publications and printouts b. Directly searchable c. Textword searchable 6.8.24 Front of Annotated MeSH 2. (DE) Descriptor Entry Version VIII-IX a. Abbreviated form of descriptor b. Data Form abbreviations c. Omitted AND abbreviations d. Embedded subheading abbreviations e. Alternate forms for hyphenated terms f. Alternate forms for terms with words ending in IIC or 'ICAL* g. Alternate forms for terms with the word DISEASE(S) or DISORDER(S) h. Directly searchable 6.8.7 6.9.1 3. (MN) MeSH Tree Number a. Alphanumeric string designating position of the term in the trees b. May be more than one MN for a term c. Directly searchable 6.8.25 4. (FX) Forward Cross Reference a. Indicates the major descriptor to which the MH refers in a 'see related' cross reference 6.8.18 MANUAL 5. (DX) Date Major Descriptor Established a. YYMMDD b. First day this descriptor was available for searching as a major descriptor c. Not searchable 6.8.13 6. (DY) Date Minor Descriptor Established a. YYMMDD b. First day this descriptor was available for searching as a minor descriptor c. Not searchable 6.8.14 7. (MS) MeSH Scope Note a. Free text giving the meaning and scope of a descriptor b. Textword searchable 6.8.27 8. (PI) Previous Indexing a. Current MeSH descriptor(s) or MH/sh combination(s) for the searcher to use to search the concept before the present descriptor became available b. Textword searchable 6.8.33 9. (EC) Entry Combination a. Indicates a 'legal' by category MH/sh combination which is synonymous with a precoordinated MH b. Textword searchable 6.8.15 10. (TH) Thesaurus ID a. Identifies thesauri other than MeSH in which the MH or one of its entry terms (BX type 0 or type 1) is included b. Directly searchable 6.8.48 11. (BX) Backward Cross Reference a. Type 0 = entry term nonprint = alternate forms of a descriptor other than the entry version (DE) b. Type 1 = entry term print = 'see' cross reference c. Type 2 = 'see under' cross reference d. Type 3 = 'see related' cross reference e. Only type 0 and type 1 are directly searchable f. Only type 0 and type 1 are textword searchable 6.8.3 12. (AN) Annotation a. Informative note b. Initially for indexers and catalogers, but subsequently useful to searchers c. Textword searchable 6.8.1 MANUAL 13. (HN) History Note a. Indicates the year since 1963 when the current form of the MH entered the system as a major or a minor descriptor b. Those without dates assumed to be in system since the beginning c. Textword searchable 6.8.21 14. (OL) Online Note a. Information helpful for online searching b. Indicates if MH ever existed in another form c. Textword searchable 6.8.31 15. (PM) Public MeSH Note a. Gives the year since 1963 when the current form of the descriptor entered the system as an Index Medicus term and traces certain changes in the descriptor and its cross references b. Textword searchable 6.8.34 16. (RY) Record Type a. D = Descriptor-Major or Minor b. Q = Subheading c. C = Chemical term record 6.8.44 17. (B##) Backfile Postings a. Any of several data elements 866, 869, 872, 875, 877, 879 that give the postings for a term in each backfile b. Each element has two entries: total postings; IM postings c. Not directly searchable 6.8.2 18. (RN) CAS Registry Number/EC Number a. Unique sto 9 digit number, in hyphenated format, assigned by CAS b. Code with a maximum of four nodes separated by periods, from Enzyme Nomenclature c. Directly searchable 6.8.42 Workbook F. Data Elements - Subheading Records 1. (SH) Subheading (Qualifier Print Version) a. Form of qualifier used in NLM publications and printouts b. Directly searchable 6.7.2 6.8.45 2. (QE) Qualifier Entry Version a. Abbreviated form of qualifier used in indexing and cataloging b. Directly searchable 6.8.36 MANUAL 3. (QA) Topical Qualifier Abbreviation a. The two character abbreviation used in online searching b. Directly searchable 6.8.35 4. (QT) Qualifier Type a. type 1 = topical qualifier (etiology) b. type 2 = form qualifier (popular works) c. type 3 = time qualifier (19th cent.) d. type 4 = geographic qualifier (france) e. type 5 = language qualifier (german) f. types 2 through 5 are used exclusively in cataloging g. Directly searchable 6.8.39 5. (MS) MeSH Scope Note a. Free text giving the meaning and scope of a qualifier b. Textword searchable 6.8.27 b. (IN) Iree Node Allowed a. A letter of a category or the first node of a subcategory of the Trees with which the qualifier may be used b. Not searchable 6.8.49 7. (NO) Note a. Indicates the date the qualifier was established b. YYMMDD c. Not directly searchable and not rangeable 6.8.30 8. (B##) Backfile Postings a. Any of several data elements 866, 869, 872, 875, 877, 879 which give the postings for a qualifier in each backfile b. Only one entry for total postings c. Not directly searchable 6.8.2 G. Data Elements - Chemical Term Records Workbook 6.7.3 1. (NM) Name of Substance a. The preferred name used as the main entry for the chemical 1. Generic, common, nonproprietary names 2. Trade (proprietary) or experimental names 3. Chemical or systematic name b. Directly searchable c. Name fragment searchable 6.8.29 MANUAL 2. (RN) CAS Registry Number/EC Number a. Unique 5 to 9 digit number, in hyphenated format, assigned by CAS b. Enzyme Commission number c. Directly searchable 6.8.42 3. (SY) Synonyms a. Names for the chemical, other than those entered in the NM and Nl fields, which have been identified in MEDLINE journals b. Directly searchable c. Name fragment searchable 6.8.47 4. (Nl) CAS Type 1 Name a. Systematic name assigned by CAS b. Systematic name from MEDLINE literature c. Name fragment searchable d. Not directly searchable 6.8.28 5. (HM) Heading Mapped-to a. Indicates the MH(s) and/or MH/sh(s) used to index the chemical in MEDLINE b. Directly searchable c. Name fragment searchable 6.8.20 6. (PA) Pharmacological Action a. MH(s) describing observed biological activity of chemical in MEDLINE literature b. Directly searchable c. Name fragment searchable 6.8.32 7. (PI) Previous Indexing a. Suggests MH(s) or MH/sh(s) used to index the concept before the current term became available b. Not searchable 6.8.33 8. (DA) Date of Entry a. Represents date the chemical term was first identified in a MEDLINE journal b. YYMMDD 6.8.5 9. (SO) Source a. Indicates citations in MEDLINE to articles in which the chemical has been identified b. Not searchable 6.8.46 (TH) Thesaurus ID a. Indicates authoritative references where the chemical is listed (e.g., Merck Index, Negwer, USAN) b. Not searchable 6.8.48 MANUAL 11. (NO) Note a. Consists of narrative information about the chemical, such as biological properties, additional registry numbers, salts b. Not searchable 6.8.30 12. (ill) Unique Identifier a. Dummy accession number for internal use b. Directly searchable 6.8.50 MeSH and Related Tools ANNOTATED MeSH Exercise 1. What do the following abbreviations mean? GEN 65 SPEC: SPEC qua!if IM 70(65) A 11 qualif NIM coord no qualif TN 2. When did "habitual abortion" come into the system? 3. Missed abortion is permitted with animals. Is eugenic abortion? Is legal abortion? 4. How do I index "blood physiology"? 5. What is a synonym for "blister"? 6. Where is "blood picture" indexed? 7. May I search for an article using EXPEDITIONS/manpower? 8. How is "exercise" searched? 9. May I search SNOW/adverse effects for frostbite from walking in the snow? 10. When did WATER MOVEMENTS come into the system? 11. Where is "chemical water pollution" searched? 12. May a cataloger catalog a book entitled "Chemical Water Pollution in the United States" under WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL/UNITED STATES? 13. Where was "water-electrolyte imbalance" indexed before 1976? 14. Is WATER/poisoning permitted? 15. How do I search micro-organisms in water? 16. An article on calcium absorption would be indexed under CALCIUM and ABSORPTION. Is CALCIUM printed in INDEX MEDICUS? Is ABSORPTION printed in INDEX MEDICUS? 17. Why is BIOMETRY wrong for articles on a comparison of the size of men's and women's hands? (V) 1(8) PAGINATION c' (9) LANGUAGE ENG. (H) ANONYMOUS A □ tREFS V 7 A/zX- g) SUBJECT NAME (Ps) (g AUTHOR DATA (f3) TITLE (Eng or Trans!) (Q; TITLE (Vernac or Translit) @ A □ HIST ART B □ HIST BIOG C □ BIOG OBIT G~Q“MeNeGK- H □ ENG ABST A □ PREGN B □ INF NEW (to 1 mo) C □ INF (1-23 mo) D □ CHILD PRE (2-5) E □ CHILD (6-12) f □ ADOLESC (13-18) G □ ADULT (19-44) H □ MID AGE (45-64) I □ AGED (65 + ) J □ CATS K □ CATTLE L □ CHICK EMBRYO M □ DOGS O □ GUINEA PIGS P □ HAMSTERS Q □ MICE S □ RABBITS T □ RATS U □ ANIMAL V □ HUMAN W □ MALE X □ FEMALE Y □ IN VITRO 2 □ CASE REFT b □ COMP STUDY c □ ANCIENT d □ MEDIEVAL e □ MODERN f □ 15th CENT 8 □ 16th CENT h □ 17th CENT i □ 18th CENT j □ 19th CENT k □ 20th CENT I □ NIH/PHS SUP m □ OTHER US GOVT SUP n □ NON-US GOVT SUP @ AUTHOR □ AFFIL (g> AUTHOR □ ABST 0 NIH/PHS GRANT NO NIH-1416 INDEXED CITATION FORM Checktags Available for MEDLINE searching Never IM (*) Animal Case report Comparative Study Female Human In Vitro Male Current Biog-Obit English Abstract Historical Article Historical Biography Monograph Review Support, Non-U.S. Gov't. Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Sometimes IM (*) A. MeSH Age Groups Infant, Newborn (to 1 month) Infant (1 to 23 months) Child, Preschool (2 to 5 years) Child (6 to 12 years) Adolescence (13 to 18 years) Adult (19 to 44 years) Middle Age (45 to 64 years) Aged (65 years and older) B. Specific Animal Descriptors Cats Guinea Pigs Cattle Hamsters Chick Embryo Mice Dogs Rabbits Rats C. History of Medicine Descriptor Ancient 17th Cent. Medieval 18th Cent. Modern 19th Cent. 15th Cent. 20th Cent. 16th Cent. D. Other Descriptors Pregnancy SUBHEADING GROUPS Since subheadings fall into natural groups it is possible to conceive of a display of subheadings to show relationships similar to the way MeSH headings are arranged in the MeSH Tree Structures, Like MeSH categories, the groups below should always be examined for the most specific application in the permitted category. /anatomy & histology /blood supply /cytology /embryology /abnormalities /i nnervation /pathology /ultrastructure /pharmacodynami cs /administration & dosage /adverse effects /poisoning /toxicity /drug effects /diagnostic use /administration & dosage /adverse effects /physiology /growth & development /metabolism /biosynthesis /blood/uri ne/csf /deficiency /enzymology /physi opathology /secret!on /therapeutic use /administration & dosage /adverse effects /therapy /diet therapy /drug therapy /nursing /prevention & control /rehabilitation /surgery /transplantati on /analysis /blood/urine/csf /enzymology /isolation & purification /occurrence /mortality /i njuries /veterinary /etiology - /chemically induced /compli cations /secondary /congenital /genetics /familial & genetic /immunology /mi crobi ology /parasitology /transmissi on /organization & administration /economics /manpower /standards /supply & distribution /trends /utilization /analogs & derivatives /antagonists & inhibitors /chemical synthesis /diagnosis /enzymology /genetics /familial & genetic /immunology /mi crobi ology /parasitology /radiography /radionuclide imaging /classification /education /ethnology /history /legislation & jurisprudence /methods /pathogenicity /psychology /radiation effects SUBHEADINGS Common Combinations The groups below are commonly encountered pairings of combinations of subheadings. Add others to the list as you meet them: (Disease A) *etiology (Disease B) *complications where the cause-and-effect relationship is known (Disease A) *complications (Disease B) *complications where the diseases are associated but cause-and- effect is not stated (Disease) *drug therapy (Drug) *therapeutic use (Organ) *drug effects (Drug) *pharmacodynamics (Organism) *drug effects (Drug) *pharmacodynamics (Organ) *metabolism (Substance) *metabolism (Organism) *metabolism (Substance) *metabolism (Disease) *metabolism (Organ) *metabolism (Substance) *metabolism (Disease) *chemically induced (Drug) *adverse effects (Organ) effects RADIATION EFFECTS specific radiation SUBHEADINGS /metabolism The following words appear in titles and texts frequently. In MEDLARS they are properly covered by the subheading /metabolism. absorption bi ndi ng breakdown conversion degradation di stri buti on elimination (consider /urine) excretion (consider /urine) i ncorporati on mobilization release secretion = /secretion splitting storage synthesis = /biosynthesis transport turnover uptake utilization (but not the subheading /utilization) /metabolism may be used with the names of organs (Category A), names of organisms (Category B), names of diseases (Category C) and names of drugs and chemicals (Category D). PANCREAS /metabolism (A) SALMONELLA /metabolism (B) PANCREATITIS /metabolism (C) SODIUM /metabolism (D) Note that concepts such as hydrolysis, oxidation, demethylation, deamination, alkylation, etc. would fall within the definition of /metabolism also if taking place in tissue. If taking place in a test tube, without tissue present, the concepts would be considered "chemical" rather than metabolic and /metabolism would not apply. SUBHEADING RESTRICTIONS: HEART & MYOCARDIUM These notes appear in another form in the Indexing Manual, 14.18. HEART and MYOCARDIUM are frequently used interchangeably by authors. The Analyst will differentiate between them in the following way, regardless of the term used by the author either in the title or the text. If the organ is viewed as a pump, the correct heading is HEART; if viewed as tissue, the correct heading is MYOCARDIUM. Only the following Subheadings are permissible with HEART: /anatomy & histology /microbiology /drug effects /parasitology /embryology /physiology /growth & development /physiopathology /radiation effects /radiography /radionuclide imaging /transplantation Only the following Subheadings are permissible with MYOCARDIUM: /analysis /cytology /enzymology /immunology /metabolism /pathology /ultrastruct Do not use the following Subheadings for these Subheadings with the concept "heart" exist in MeSH as a pre-coordinated main heading: /abnormalities /blood supply /injuries /surgery this is this is this is this is HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL CORONARY VESSELS HEART INJURIES HEART SURGERY Articles on a foreign body of the heart will be indexed as HEART (IM) and FOREIGN BODIES (IM), not HEART DISEASES and not FOREIGN BODIES (NIM). Articles on the heart in relation to pregnancy, will be indexed as HEART (IM) or any of the pre-coordinated PREGNANCY headings or any of the concepts related to pregnancy (e.g., LABOR; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ABORTION). /secretion do not use with either HEART or MYOCARDIUM USING SUBHEADINGS IN SEARCHING Here are some reminders on the use of subheadings in doing searches: subheadings are used freely by indexers so they should be used freely as applicable by searchers pair a given subheading ONLY with a MeSH heading from the SAME category search on the same MeSH heading with as many different subheadings as you need or want, as long as the sub- heading is paired with the legal MeSH heading. Indexers often use the same MeSH heading in an article with many different subheadings if these many different aspects are discussed avoid searching nonsensical combinations (e.g., DIGESTION/ manpower) for they should have been equally nonsensical to an indexer some MeSH heading/subheading combinations are legal by category but illegal in use. Remember to search both the correct and the illegal on the off-chance that the invalid combination was forgotten by the harassed indexer avoid searching on a MeSH heading which is a duplicate of a subheading for indexers never, never use them as substitutes for subheadings follow announced subheading restrictions do not force a borderline or questionable application into a questionable interpretation use good sense Major Descriptor Unit Record file mesh PROG: YOU ARE NOW CONNECTED TO THE MESH VOCABULARY FILE. SS 1 /C? USER*. health personnel PROG*. SS (1) PSTG (1) SS 2 /C? USER: prt dl PROG: 1 MH - Health Manpower DE - HEALTH HAN —~ ' DT - 1 DC - 1 MN - N2.350 - DX - 680101 d*Xs i a-'*' MS - Individuals working in the health occupations, 4f f ‘ PI - Health Occupations (66-67) MR - 770322 MR - 810513 RO - M:GHR RO - M:GHR RO - M:SMH EC - ED:o:Health Occupations:ED TH - BIOETHICS TH - POPLINE BX - Fie 1 dworkers: Os OC»OOOOCO: 0000000:781226 BX - Field Workers*.0:00000000:0000000*.781226 BX - StaffsOs00000000:0000000:781226 BX - Manpower Resources:0:00000000:0000000:78i226 BX - Manpower Needs:0:00000000:OOOOOOO*.781226 BX - Health Personnel:1:00000000:0000000:770317 , BX - Health Occupations Manpower:1:00000000:0000000:770524 AN - GEN only*, prefer /manpower with specific headings? when (£N & IM, do not use /educ (= HEALTH OCCUPATIONS /educ) /manpower /organ CATALOG*. /geos /form HN - 68 PH - 68 RY - D 879 - 112 879 - *6O 877 - 248 ■] > 877 - *126 875 - 464 875 - *l9B 872 - 718 872 - *176 869 - 843 869 - *317 866 - 238. 866 - *97 SS 2 /C? USER: Subheading Unit Record SH - drug therapy QE - DRUG THER QA - DT ’ QT - 1 MS - Used with disease headings for the treatment or the prevention of the disease by the administration of drugs, chemicals and other therapeutic agents, such as antibiotics, biologicals and tissue extracts. Excludes diet therapy, for which "diet therapy: is used, and excludes biologicals, for which "therapy: is used. TN -c TN - F3 DA - 731227 MR - 770527 MR - 780811 R0 - M:GHR RO - M:CAB RO - M:SMH NO - 660101 ’ 877 - 17084 875 - 45002 872 - 52684 /■ 869 - 50184 866 - 30548 Chemical Term Unit Record file mesh PROG: YOU ARE NOW CONNECTED TO THE MESH VOCABULARY FILE. SS 1 /C? USER: basamide PROG: MM (BASAMIDE) (2) 1 BASAMIDE (NF) 2 BASAMIDE (SY) SPECIFY NUMBERS, ALL, OR, NONE- USER: 2 PROG: SS (1) PSTG (1) SS 2 /C? USER: prt dl PROG: 1 NM - dazomet <' % ''*u ' RN - 533-74-4 >u/-- > *•■''/ ' ’ * SY - Basamide SY - thiazone N1 - 3,5-difftethYl-1,3,5-(2H)-tetrahydrothiadiazine-2-thione HM - *TH lAD lA2INES '*** PA - NEHATOCIDES . , - ; , PA - HERBICIDES PA - ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS DA - 760101 t** MR ~ 810625 -ftruc* C RO - M:NBM SC - Aust Vet J 52(5)5220;1976 SO - J Hys (Camb) 77(3):377; 1976 TH - Merck Index, 9th ed, p. 371, 12818 ' ' " FR - 3 NO - fumigant for poultry Utter I eggs to control salmonella', structure RY - C UI - 1286.4 c - * SS 2 /C? USER: file ledline PROG: YOU ARE NOW CONNECTED TO THE MEDLINE FILE. SS' 1 /C? USER: basamide Inm) PROG: SS U) PSTG m SS 2 /C? USER: prt fu PROG: 1 AU - Kebina Via AU - Romanenko NA All - Smirnova Ztl TI - [Helminth removal from sewage sediment with thiazonel LA - Rus MH - Anifital MH - *As caris/PATHOGENICITY MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - English Abstract MH - Larva/PATHOGENICITY MH - Mice MH - *Sewage MH - Th iadiaz i ne s MH - Th iazi ne s/*PHARMACODYNAMICS W - Time Factors RH - 533-7A-A (dazomet) SO - Med Parazitol (Mosk) 1981 Mar-Apr?50(2):18-20 SS 2 /C? USER: CHART I Index Medicus (IM) vs Non Index Medicus (NIM) Concepts 1. Central, major point of the article vs Peripheral, minor points of article. The rate of accidental injuries in childhood morbidity and lethality. *ACCIDENTS ♦WOUNDS AND INJURIES/oc ADOLESCENCE CHILD CZECHOSLOVAKIA HUMAN MORTALITY Accddents In a geriatric department. ♦ACCIDENTS ♦GERIATRICS ♦HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS AGED DRUG THERAPY FEMALE HUMAN INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNITURE MALE PROSPECTIVE STUDIES 2. Organs, diseases, therapies, substances vs technics, age groups, physiological processes. Dynamics of adaptive reactions of the heart of athletes during training. ♦HEART/ph ♦PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING ♦SPORTS MEDICINE ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL ADULT ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY HUMAN MALE WRESTLING MALE Neurological sequelae of acute carbon monoxide intoxication. ♦BRAIN DISEASES/et ♦CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING/co BRAIN DISEASES/di CARBON MONOXIDE POISONIN6/di CASE REPORT CHILD COGNITIVE DISORDERS/di ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY FEMALE HUMAN PERSONALITY DISORDERS/et TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED 3. Animal as veterinary subject vs experimental animal. Spontaneous degenerative lesions of peripheral nerves in aging rats. ♦AGING ANIMAL ♦PERIPHERAL NERVES/pa FEMALE ♦RATS/ah MALE SEX FACTORS SPECIES SPECIFICITY CHART I (cont) An approach to ameliorating aggressive behavior of dogs toward children. ♦AGGRESSION ♦BEHAVIOR THERAPY ♦DOGS ♦CHILD ANIMALS, DOMESTIC HUMAN Effect of intrapulmonary heparin in lipoprotein lipase activity in mice. ♦HEPARIN/pd ♦LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE/me ♦LUNG/de ANIMAL DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS MALE MICE TIME FACTORS The regulation of glucose and pyruvate formation from glutamine and citric-acid- cycle intermediates in the kidney cortex of rats, dogs, rabbits and guinea pigs. ♦GLUCONEOGENESIS/de ♦GLUTAMINE/me ♦KIDNEY CORTEX/me ♦KREBS CYCLE ♦PYRUVATES/bi ANIMAL COMPARATIVE STUDY DOGS GUINEA PIGS IN VITRO KETOGLUTARIC ACIDS/me KIDNEY CORTEX/de KIDNEY TUBULES/de KIDNEY TUBULES/me LACTATES/me PICOLINIC ACIDS/pd RABBITS RATS 4. Concept as point of the article vs concept as delimiter of the point. Data and statistics. ♦NURSING CARE ♦RESEARCH DESIGN ♦STATISTICS DATA COLLECTION The scientific foundation for prevention of coronary heart disease. ♦CORONARY DISEASE/pc AGING BEHAVIOR THERAPY CARDIOLOGY/mt HUMAN HYPERTENSION/pc LONG TERM CARE RISK SOCIOLOGY STATISTICS CHART I (cont) Clinical utility of ambulatory EEG monitoring. ♦AMBULATORY CARE/mt ♦ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY ♦EPILEPSY/di ♦MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC/mt ADOLESCENCE ADULT AGED CHILD CHILD, PRESCHOOL ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY HUMAN MIDDLE AGE Neurophysiological aspects of learning and memory processes. ♦BRAIN/ph ♦EPILEPSY/pp ♦LEARNING/ph ♦MEMORY/ph ANIMAL ANTICONVULSANTS/pd CATS CONVULSIONS/pp DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY EVOKED POTENTIALS HUMAN LEARNING/de LIMBIC SYSTEM/ph MEMORY/de RETICULAR FORMATION/ph REVIEW VISUAL CORTEX/ph CHART II Examples of searching using subheadings 1. MH/sh Articles with any mention of metabolism of imipramine 1. IMIPRAMINE/me Articles with major emphasis on the chlorpropamide treatment of di abetes 1. *DIABETES MELLITUS/dt and *CHLORPROPAMIDE/tu 2. Subs Apply Articles on the causes of any urologic tumors, in English 1. Subs apply ci, cn, et, fg, sc 1. EXP nJROLOGIC NEOPLASMS 2. Subs cancel 2. 1 and ENG (LA) Review articles on diagnosis and prognosis of myocardial infarct 1. Subs apply di, en, fg, im, ra, ri 1. *MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION 2. Subs cancel 2. *MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION and PROGNOSIS 3. 1 or 2 4. 3 and REVIEW 3. 'Bald' Subheadings Articles on the effect of drugs (any drug) on insulin metabolism 1. INSULIN/me and pd(SH) Articles on methods of diagnosing endocrine diseases 1. exp *ENDOCRINE DISEASES/di 2. 1 and mt (SH) 3. 1 and METHODS 4. 2 or 3 4. Use of subheading vs same main heading (descriptor) A. Split-hand deformity HAND/ab not HAND and ABNORMALITIES Birth defects and counseling ABNORMALITIES B. Chemotherapy of kidney diseases KIDNEY DISEASES/dt not KIDNEY DISEASES and DRUG THERAPY Drug therapy: from compliance to cooperation DRUG THERAPY Adverse reactions to drugs in general practice DRUG THERAPY/ae C. Metabolism of streptomycin STREPTOMYCIN/me On the physiological meaning of secondary metabolism METABOLISM Metabolic effects of clofibrate in experimental animals METABOLISM/de CLOFIBRATE/pd CHART 111 EXAMPLES OF COORDINATION I. MH +MH (equal weight) INDEXING SEARCHING Albuterol in asthma ♦ALBUTEROL ♦ASTHMA ♦ALBUTEROL'and ♦ASTHMA MH/sh + MH/sh Albuterol therapy in asthma ALBUTEROL/*ther use ther ♦ALBUTEROL/tu and ♦ASTHMA/dt MH + MH (unequal weight) Occurrence of industrial *ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL (*)ACCIDENTS, INDUSTRIAL and accidents in California *NUCLEAR REACTORS (*)NUCLEAR REACTORS and nuclear reactors STATISTICS STATISTICS and CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA 2. MH + check tag Thyroid diseases in school children ♦THYROID DISEASES CHILD 1. *THYROID DISEASES 2. 1 and CHILD or 1 and ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENCE 3. MH/sh Chemotherapy of lung neoplasms LUNG then ♦LUNG NEOPLASMS/dt 4. Precoordination MH + MH ANTIBODIES, ANTIFUNGAL from ANTIBODIES ♦ ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS MH + sh HAND INJURIES from HAND/injuries MH + checktag PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE from PREGNANCY + ADOLESCENCE 5. Coordination for concepts not in MeSH Diseases of the pylorus ♦PYLORUS STOMACH DISEASES ♦PYLORUS and STOMACH DISEASES Filariasis of the skin *FILARIAS IS *FILARIASIS and •SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC *SKIN DISEASTST PARASITIC PERMUTED MESH HORMONE ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE see CORTICOTROPIN ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE. INAPPROPRIATE SECRETION see INAPPROPRIATE ADH SYNDROME CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE ECTOPIC HORMONE SYNDROMES see NEOPLASTIC ENDOCRINE-LIKE SYNDROMES FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE see FSH FSH RELEASING HORMONE see LH-FSH RELEASING HORMONE GROWTH HORMONE. PITUITARY see SOMATOTROPIN GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE see SOMATOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE HORMONE ANALOGS sec HORMONES. SYNTHETIC HORMONE ANTAGONISTS HORMONE-DEPENDENT NEOPLASMS see NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT HORMONE RECEPTORS see RECEPTORS. HORMONE INTERSTITIAL CELL-STIMULATING HORMONE see LH LACTOGEN HORMONE. PLACENTAL see PLACENTAL LACTOGEN LACTOGENIC HORMONE. PITUITARY see PROLACTIN LH-FSH RELEASING HORMONE LH RELEASING HORMONE see LH-FSH RELEASING HORMONE LUTEINIZING HORMONE see LH MAMMOTROPIC HORMONE, PITUITARY see PROLACTIN MAMMOTROPIC HORMONE. PLACENTAL see PLACENTAL LACTOGEN MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORM RELEASE INHIBITING HORMONE see MSH RELEASE INHIBITING HORMONE MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORM RELEASING HORMONEsee MSH RELEASING HORMONE MOLTING HORMONE see ECDYSONE MSH RELEASE INHIBITING HORMONE MSH RELEASING HORMONE NEOPLASMS. HORMONE-DEPENDENT PITUITARY HORMONE RELEASE INHIBITING HORMONES PITUITARY HORMONE RELEASING HORMONES PROGESTATIONAL HORMONE ANALOGS see PROGESTATIONAL HORMONES. SYNTHETIC PROLACTIN RELEASE INHIBITING HORMONE PROLACTIN RELEASING HORMONE RECEPTORS. HORMONE SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN SOMATOTROPIN RELEASE INHIBITING HORMONE SOMATOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE see THYROTROPIN THYROTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE HORMONES ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES ANTIDIURETIC HORMONES see VASOPRESSINS CORPUS LUTEUM HORMONES ENTERIC HORMONES see GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONES see PITUITARY HORMONE RELEASING HORMONES HORMONES HORMONES. ECTOPIC HORMONES. INVERTEBRATE see INVERTEBRATE HORMONES HORMONES, SYNTHETIC HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES INSECT HORMONES INTESTINAL HORMONES see GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES INVERTEBRATE HORMONES JUVENILE HORMONES MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES see MSH PANCREATIC HORMONES PARATHYROID HORMONES PITUITARY HORMONE RELEASE INHIBITING HORMONES PITUITARY HORMONE RELEASING HORMONES PITUITARY HORMONES PITUITARY HORMONES, ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONES, POSTERIOR PLACENTAL HORMONES PLANT HORMONES see PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS PROGESTATIONAL HORMONES PROGESTATIONAL HORMONES, SYNTHETIC SEX HORMONES ' M TESTICULAR HORMONES | THYMIC HORMONES see THYMUS HORMONES f’ THYMUS HORMONES THYROID HORMONES ANNOTATED MESH HORMONE ANTAGONISTS D 6.347 -t- -do not use /analogs /antag /dcfic /physiol; DF: HORMONE ANTAG 75 HORMONE-DEPENDENT NEOPLASMS see NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT C 4 626 HORMONE RECEPTORS sec RECEPTORS. HORMONE D 12.776.543.750+ G6.184.154.803 + G 12.803 + HORMONES D 6.472 + GEN only: prefer specifics; /biosyn /physiol permitted; /dcfic; see TN 194- do not use /analogs /antag ( = HORMONE ANTAGONISTS); /chem syn permitted: do not convert to HORMONES, SYNTHETIC XU PAROTIN HORMONES, ECTOPIC D 6.472.397 /biosyn /physiol permitted; do not use /analogs /defic 68 see related NEOPLASTIC ENDOCRINE-LIKE SYNDROMES XR NEOPLASTIC ENDOCRINE-LIKE SYNDROMES HORMONES, INVERTEBRATE see INVERTEBRATE HORMONES D 6 472 445 + HORMONES, SUBSTITUTES, ANTAGONISTS (NON MESH) D 6+ HORMONES, SYNTHETIC D 6.597 + do not use /analogs /biosyn /defic /physiol; do not confuse with HORMONES /chem syn; DF; HORMONES SYN 75 X HORMONE ANALOGS COMPARISON OF DISPLAYS OF A TERM WHITE HORMONE ANALOGS see HORMONES. SYNTHETIC HORMONE ANTAGONISTS D 6.347 + 75 HORMONE-DEPENDENT NEOPLASMS see NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT HORMONE RECEPTORS see RECEPTORS. HORMONE HORMONES D 6.472 + XU PAROTIN HORMONES, ECTOPIC D 6.472.397 68 see related NEOPLASTIC ENDOCRINE-LIKE SYNDROMES XR NEOPLASTIC ENDOCRINE-LIKE SYNDROMES HORMONES, INVERTEBRATE see INVERTEBRATE HORMONES HORMONES, SYNTHETIC D 6.597 + 75 X HORMONE ANALOGS TREES HORMONES D 6.472 ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES D 6.472.40 GLUCOCORTICOIDS D 6.472.40.322 HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROIDS D 6.472.40.322.478 D 6.472.40. 11-HYDROXY CORTICOSTEROIDS D 6.472.40.322.478.353 1*^72.40. CORTICOSTERONE D6.472.40322.478353J37 D4JM.T4S. D 6.472.40. HYDROCORTISONE D6.472.40.322.478J53.476 D4JM.745. D6.4T2.40. 18-HYDROXYCORTICOSTERONE • D6.472.40.322.478J53.500 D4JM.745. D6.4T2.4c. TETRAHYDROCORTISOL • D 6.472.40.322.478.353.825 D4j«.745. D6.4tz.40. 17-HYDROXY CORTICOSTEROIDS D 6.472.40.322.478.478 CORTISONE D 6.472.40.322.478.478.195 D4jo*.T4s. CORTODOXONE • D6.472.40.322.478.478J25 D4j0«.745. HYDROCORTISONE D 6.472.40.322.478.478.392 D4J0».T45. D6.4TZ.40. HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE D 6.472.40.322.478.478.477 D4j00.t45. TETRAHYDROCORTISOL • D6.472.40J22.478.478.782 D4.a08.745. D6.4TZ.40. TETRAHYDROCORTISONE • D6.472.4CU22.478.478.865 D4JOS.T4S. PREGNENOLONE D 6.472.40.322.478.745 D4J08.745. D6.4Tz.tw. 17-KETOSTEROIDS D 6.472.40.502 D4JOBJTB. D6J97«i. ANDROSTENEDIONE D 6.472.40.502.112 D4.M834. D4jmjtB. D 6.472.79. D6.4TZJ66. ANDROSTERONE D 6.472.40.502.195 D4.a05.54. D4josjt«. D6.4TZ.T9, 06 472.866 DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE D 6.472.40.502.372 d4.805.578. D6.4T2.T9. D6.4TZ.866. ESTRONE D 6.472.40.502.497 immsms. iHMtisn. D6.4T2J65. D 6.472.866. * INDICATES MINOR DESCRIPTOR MESH VOCABULARY FILE 1 MH - Hormones DT - 1 DC - 1 UN - D 6.472 MR - 770330 RO - M:GHR RO - HSGHR RO - «:CAB EC - Al*.O’*Hormone Antagonists EC ~ AA:o:Hormones BX - Parotin’.2 AN - GEN only! prefer specifics; /biosvn /physiol permitted; /defic: see IN 194? do not use /analogs /antas ( = HORMONE ANTAGONISTS); /chem srn permitted: do not convert to HORMONESi SYNTHETIC RY - D 879 - 471 879 - *274 877 - 828 877 - *479 875 - 940 875 - *529 872 - 861 872 - *433 869 - 1017 869 - *478 866 - 685 866 - *458 Date Received Reference Regional Medical Library 8600 Rockville Pike NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE Bethesda, Maryland 20209 MEDLARS SEARCH REQUEST NAME OF REQUESTER l. FfifiKEß. Pii D, TELEPHONE 3q/ hez-vj*/ OCCUPATION 7 CHILD P&yCHOtOO-/5T ORGANIZATION AND ADDRESS MAIL TO STREET CITY STATE ZIP illtWMTlAHrTOfi) Ai/E ft inHESPA.MD REQUEST SUBMITTED BY: 7 DETAILED STATEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS (Describe subject matter for which search is to be conducted. Be specific. Define terms that have special meaning in your request. State points NOT to be Included.) Research clone o/} the effect of add/fives )n food as cl cause fy peractivi -K, LIST CURRENT, RELEVANT CITATIONS AND TERMINOLOGY SPECIFY; INDICATE PREFERENCE: PURPOSE OF SEARCH; Language(s)_ BrJCr PRZ Selective bibliography | 1 Patient care IX I Age group (s) —; Comprehensive bibliography Research Animals (specify) AiftAJP. Teaching Geographic area(s) DATA BASE(S) Other ANALYST: MeSH - Hands-On Exercises Initial Training 1. Search for the MeSH heading Intestinal Fistula in the following ways: 1) Find the number of postings; 2) Search with the subheading "etiology"; /55 3) Find the number of articles cited under this heading in Index Medicus. , . 2. Retrieve citations on the treatment of basal cell carcinoma in the elderly. 3. Retrieve citations on breast neoplasms resulting from mammography. 4. Retrieve citations on the occurrence of corneal cancer in young women. 5. Retrieve citations on the availability of radiologists and pharmacists in Great Britain. MEDLINE Trainees will be able to: 1. describe the subject content, primary publication coverage and time span of the MEDLINE data base 2. describe the purpose and content, data element mnemonic. and search entry format for the following fields in the MEDLINE unit record: MeSH Headings (MH) MeSH Tree Number (MN) Abstract Author (AA) Date of Entry (DA) Entry Month (EM) ISSN (IS) Language (LA) Year (YR) Journal Title Abbreviation (TA) Personal Name as Subject (PS) Date of Publication (DP) Subheadings (SH) 3. recognize and explain the meaning of MeSH heading/subheading(s) with and without a central concept indicator, as displayed in a "PRINT" command. 4. write the proper format for searching MeSH headings/subheading combinations with and without a central concept indicator 5. identify highly posted search terms required for searching on a given set of search requests 6. explain what is meant by redundant searching 7. formulate efficient search strategies for given search requests which displays your understanding of #4 and #5 above 8. describe the purpose, entry format and results of the use of the MeSHNO and TREE commands: compare and contrast the TREE command display with the hard copy Tree Structures publication 9. identify the appropriate use of the EXPLODE search capability and its relationship to the logical OR 10. describe the entry format and results of use of the EXPLODE with and without the central concept indicator MEDLINE MANUAL I. Introduction 7.1 A. Scope 1. Relationship to IM 2. Special List Journals 3. Publications B. Content 1. 3,000 journals 2. Select monographs C. Coverage 1. 2 years and current year 2. Backfiles 3. SDILINE D. Update frequency E. Availability - NLM and SUNY 11. Data Elements A. MeSH Headings (MH) 7.3.18 1. Approximately 12 per citation plus check tags 2. Print vs. search format 3. Searching a. Without * or SH b. With * MEDLINE MANUAL 11. Data Elements (continued) c. With SH d. With * and SH 4. Checktags B. Subheadings - 3 ways to search 7.3.28 1. MH/SH 2. SUBS APPLY 3. Alone as bald subheading C. Author (AU) 7.3.4 1. Format LAST II JR 2. Use of NBR D. Personal Name as Subject (PS) 7.3.23 1. Same format as author E. Title 7.3.31 1. Textracted (TW) 2. Translated title in brackets F. Abstracts 7.3.2 1. Source is author or editor 2. Abstract Author (AA) 7.3.1 a. Searchable as Author (AA) b. Usd to limit to online abstracts 3. ENGLISH ABSTRACT (MH) 7.3.2 a. For foreign articles only b. May or may not be online MEDLINE MANUAL 11, Data Elements (continued) G. Language (LA) 7.3.15 1. Three letter abbreviations H, Title of journal 1. Title Abbreviation (TA) 2. ISSN (IS) 7.3.30 7.3.13 3. Journal Title Code (JC) 7.3.14 I. Dates 1. Year of publication (YR) 7.3.35 a. Format YY b. Searching 2. Date of Publication (DP) 7.3.8 a. Format varies b. Stringsearchable 3. Entry Month (EM) 7.3.10 a. Update tag b. Format YYMM 4. Date of Entry (DA) 7.3.7 a. Format YYMMDD b. Rangeable c. Use in backfile searching J. Special List Indicator (LI) 7.3.16 1. 6 special lists (D,N,F,C,P,R) 2. Uses for searching MANUAL 11. Data Elements (continued) K. Journal Subset (SB) 7.3.27 1. 2 subsets (A,M) 2. Uses for searching L. Review (MH) 7.3.24 1. Use and limitations M. Monograph (MH) 7.3.5 1. Format 2. Use of call number (CA) N. CAS Registry Number (RN) 7.3.25 1. Format (443-48-1) 2. Name of substance (NM) 111. MeSH Tree Structures A. Hard copy Trees 6.2.4 1. Purpose a. Hierarchical arrangement b. Relationship to Annotated Alphabetic MeSH c. Additional tree numbers for MeSH terms 2. Use in searching a. Implication of + following term b. Specificity of indexing vs. generality of searching MEDLINE MANUAL 111, MeSH Tree Structures (continued) B. Commands; Use and format 1. TREE term 4.9.28 a. Displays hierarchical position of term b. Displays MeSH tree number(s) 2. MESHNO term 4.9.12 a. Displays MeSH tree number(s) 3. MESHTERM number a. Displays MeSH heading b. Displays tree number(s) C. EXPLODE 4.6.1 1. Relationship to boolean "OR" 2. Use of Tree number 3. Use of MeSH term a. Multi-meaning message b. Appropriate alternatives 4. Use of asterisk 5. Use of subheading 6. Pre-Explodes 4.6.2 a. Format b. Restrictions in use of subheadings D. Category Z - Geographic descriptors 6.3.1.3 1. Purpose and arrangement 2. Subheading - ethnology 3. Do not use asterisk MEDLINE MANUAL IV. Search efficiency A. Identification of highly posted terms 1. Checktags 2. Language B. Avoid redundant searching C. Limit to one EXPLODE per search statement V. Hands-on and Discussion MEDLINE UNIT RECORD 1 AUTHOR AUTHOR AUTHOR AUTHOR AUTHOR AUTHOR AUTHOR TITLE LANGUAGE MESH HEADING MESH HEADING Gull 1 sen M Llopis B Esteve J Fernsandez A Perales JL Martsinez B Garcsia J [Congenital renal arteriovenous fistula] Spa Adult Arteriovenous Hal formations/^PATHOLOGY/ MESH HEADING MESH HEADING MESH HEADING MESH HEADING MESH HEADING MESH HEADING MESH HEADING MESH HEADING DATE OF ENTRY DATE OF PUBLICATION INTL STAND SER NO TITLE ABBREVIATION UNIQUE IDENTIFIER PAGINATION JOURNAL SUBSET MESH Z TREE NUMBER ENG ABSTR IND ISSUE/PART/SUPP TRANSLIT/VERNAC TITLE VOLUME ISSUE JOURNAL TITLE CODE ABSTRACT AUTHOR ENTRY MONTH ABSTRACT RADIOGRAPHY/SURGERY Case Report English Abstract Female Hunan Nephrectomy Renal Artery/fABMORHALITIES Renal Veins/*ABNORMALITIES Vena Cava* Inferior/*ABNORMALITIES 811025 1981 Mar-Apr 0004-0614 Arch Esp Urol 81280753 91-100 n Z1.542.846 A 2 F:istula arteriovenosa renal congsenita. 34 m Author- -8112 On the occasion of a recant observation in our Centre of a case of congenital renal arteriovenous fistula* ue make a review of the literature and give a detailed description of the clinical case presented. Ue stress the difficulty in differentiating between congenital and acquired fistulae and explain the course of therapy currently used. Arch Esp Urol 1981 Har-Apr?3Al2)*.9l-100 SOURCE EXAMPLE: ENGLISH ABSTRACT (MH); AUTHOR (AA) SS 1 /C? USER: hearing PROG: SS (1) PSTG (196) SS 2 /C? USER: 1 and enslish abstract PROG: SS (2) PSTG (33) SS 3 /C? USER: prt 2 compr PROG: 1 AU - Flach M ; Hofmann G TI - [Ultrasound hearing by humans: objectivation with brain stem potentials (author's transl)] SO - Laryngol Rhinol Otol (Stutts) 1980;59(12):840-3 L AU - Keha:iov AN TI - [Vestibular effects on visual and auditory function during the formation of the perception of space* time and movement combination (the space-time-movement combination)] SO - Asressolosie 1980;21(3):165-9 SS 3 /C? USER: 2 and author (aa) PROG: TIME OVFLW: CONI? (Y/N) USER: Y PROG: SS (3) PSTG (13) SS 4 /C? prt 1 ar PROG: 1 AU - Flach M AU - Hofmann G T1 - [Ultrasound hearing by humans*, objectivation with brain stem potentials (author's transl)3 AB - Early acoustic evoked potentials (brain stem evoked response) mar be received bv bone conduction after ultrasound irritation (40 kHz). In comparison with the brain stem potential which is received by the some bone conduction by 4 kHz there are differences in the pattern of the potential and in the latency shift. It may be thought of a retro-cochleare perception of the ultrasound because of the i msec earlier potential. SO - Larynnol Rhino! Otol (Stutts) l980?59(12):840-3 EXAMPLE: Backfile searching using Date of Entry (DA) file mesh PROG: YOU ARE NOW CONNECTED TO THE MESH VOCABULARY FILE. SS 1 /C? USER: women's rights PROG: SS (1) PSTG (1) SS 2 /C? USER: prt dl corner PROG: 1 MH - Women's Rights DT - 1 DC. - 1 MN - 11.830.604.473.850 ; N3.706.437.850 DX - 770101 ttß - The rights of women to equal status pertaining to social* PI - Civil Rights (68-76) ' Human Rights (73-76) DA - 760505 economic* and educational opportunities afforded br society. MR - 770323 ? 810326 RO - O:EC ** C:CAB ; M:SMH TH - BIOETHICS POPLINE BX - Women's St atu s; 0*• OOOOOOOO; 0000000 ; 7 81226 ; Women* St at us ’• 0: 00000000 *• 0000000;781226 ; Women Rights:0:OOOOOOOO;0000000:310326 ; Woman Rights:0:OOOOOOOO*.0000000:810326 5 Woman's Rishts:0:OOOOOOOO;0000000:810326 ; Women's Li beration;1:OOOOOOOO;0000000;760505 AN - only /hist /legis /trends HN - 77 PM - 77 RY - D 879 - 55 1 *39 877 - 112 ? *66 875 - 33 * *l9 The following was done through OFFSEARCH PROG: ENTER SEARCH- ♦STS* SS 1 /C? USER: •iwnen's rights PROG: ♦STS* SS 2 /C? USER: human rights and women and from 741205 to 761103 (da) PROG: ♦STS* SS 3 /C? USER; civil rights and women and from 741205 to 761103 (da) PROG: ♦STS* SS 4 IV. USER: 1 or 2 or 3 N1 - HEALTH CARE-POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS POPVLATIOS CHARACTERISTICS (NON MESH) POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS (NON MESH) N1 DEMOGRAPHY AGE FACTORS N1.224 Nl.224.67 Il.7t2.416. (77.1M.J42 ETHNIC GROUPS HANDICAPPED HEALTH SURVEYS DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS DMF INDEX ORAL HYGIENE INDEX • Nl.234.317 Nl.224.406 N1.224.458 Nl.224.458.251 N1.224.458.251.266 Nl.224.4S8.251.576 I1.74J01. MlJt9 C3JS0J20. G3J90.160 C3J90.140. C3J90.160. 11JM.143. Ml.194 PERIODONTAL INDEX HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS • Nl.224.458.251.720 Nl.224.458.470 E4.721.4tt C2.t90.520. C3J90.160. MASS SCREENING N1.224.458.527 El.563 N2.421.726. G3.t50.S20. N2.421.143. GENETIC SCREENING N1.224.458.527.I25 E1363J90 C3.I50.520. N2.421.I4J. MASS CHEST X-RAY Nl.224.458.527.443 El.302.577 C2.I50.S20. EI.563 443 N2.42I.143. E1JII.I70. N2.421.726. MULT1PHAS1C SCREENING NUTRITION SURVEYS DIET SURVEYS• N1.224.4S8.527.633 Nl.224.458.696 N 1.224.458.696.385 El.542.633 N2.421.726. C3.I50.520. C3J50.520, C3J50J20. N2.421.143. MINORITY GROUPS POPULATION POPULATION DENSITY’ POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION EXPLOSION • SEX FACTORS VITAL STATISTICS t BIRTH RATE 1 LIFE EXPECTANCY w MORBIDITY MORTALITY N 1.224.593 Nl.224.716 N1.224.716.533 Nl.224.716.700 N 1.224.716.700.617 Nl.224.816 Nl.224.935 Nl.224.935.161 N1.224.935.464 NI.224.935.597 N 1.224.935.698 Il.tt0.371 11.712.416 Il.7t2.416. 11.7t2.616 11.712.416. Ml.403 FETAL DEATH INFANT MORTALITY’ MATERNAL MORTALITY’ Nl.224.935.698.302 Nl.224.935.698.489 NI.224.935.698.653 C13.703.243 C23.240.477 SEX RATIO \\ SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS * EDUCATIONAL STATUS EMPLOYMENT N 1.224.935.780 N 1.824 Nl.824.196 Nl.824.245 G5.414.791 ll.M0.440 Ct.66S.t31 2) FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS /r) divorce MARRIAGE M.824.308 Fl .129.263. 11.U0.235. Nl.824.308.266 FI .129.263. Il.tt0.225. Il.tt0.735. N 1.824.308.526 Fl .129.263, I1.M0.225. SINGLE PERSON INCOME PENSIONS SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS MEDICAL INDIGENCY’ OCCUPATIONS CAREER MOBILITY’ N 1.824.308.794 NT.824.417 Nl.824.417.510 Nl.824.417.700 N1.824.460 Nl.824.547 Nl.824.547.330 F1.429J63. 11.M0.225. M1.7I5 POVERTY SOCIAL CHANGE Nl.824.600 Nl.824.737 ll.U0.735. 11.H0.S26 11 JS0.S40. SOCIAL CLASS Nl.824.782 11.H0.552 n.tso.t4o. SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL CONDITIONS UNEMPLOYMENT N 1.824.782.673 Nl.824.827 Nl.824.925 11.H0.552. ll.ttO.S7t n.tso.t4o. • INDICATES MINOR DESCRIPTOR SS 1 /c? USER: exp n1.824 m. PROG: SS (1) PSTG (5390) SS 2 /C? USER: socioeconomic factors or educational status or employment or PROG: CKT 2 I*- USER: family characteristics or divorce or marriage or single person or PROG: CNT 2 USER: Income or pensions or salaries ard fringe benefits cr USER: medical indigency or occupations or career mobility or poverty or PROG: CNT 2 USER: social change or sccial class or social mobility or social conditions PROG: CNT 2 USER: unemployment PROG: TIME OVFLW: CONT? (Y/N) USER: y PROG: PSTG (5390) F~/i SS 1 /c? USER: ee socioeconomic factors PROG: MM (Socioeconomic Factors) (2) 1 11.880.840 Tffi1® 2 N1.824 SPECIFY NUMBERS, ALL. OR. NONE- USER: all PROG: Sociology 11.880 Socioeconom’c Factors 11.880.840 Poverty 11.860.840.535 Social Class 11.880.840.755 (*) Population Characteristics (Non Mesh N1 Socioeconom’c Factors N1.824 Educational Status N1.824.196 Employment N1.824.245 Family Characteristics N1.824.308 (*) Income N1.824.417 (*) Medical Indigency N1.824.460 Occupaticns N1.824.547 (*) Poverty Nl. 824.600 Social Change N1.824.737 Social Class N1.624.782 (*) Social Conditions N1.824.827 Uner.pl oyrrent til. 624.925 SS 4 /C? USER: meshterrr. all. 118.637 PROG: Leukocytes A 11.118.637 A 15.145.229.637 TBHTHW SS 4 /C? USER: ir.eshno leukocytes "JtSHNO Leukocytes A 11.116.637 A 15.145.229.637 3 /C? USER: tree leukocytes TSPi PROG: MM (Leukocytes) (2) 1 A 11.118.637 2 A 15.145.229.637 SPECIFY NUMBERS. ALL, OR. NONE- USER: all PROG: Blood Cells All.llB Leukocytes A 11.118.637 Granulocytes A 11.118.637.415 (*) Lymphocytes A 11.118.637.555 (*) Monocytes A 11.118.637.652 Blood Cells A 15.145.229 Leukocytes A 15.145.229.637 •Granulocytes A 15.145.229.637.415 (*) Lymphocytes A 15.145.229.637.555 (*) Monocytes A 15.145.229.637.652 SS 3 /C? USER: exp leukocytes PROG: MM (LEUKOCYTES) (2) 1 A 11.118.637 2 A 15.145.229.637 dm ran NUMBER. NONE. OR EXPAND- USER; 1 PROG: TIME OVFLW: COM? (Y/M) USER: y PROG: SS (3) PSTG (14527) PRE-EXPLODES IN MEDLINE FILES The Pre-Explode capability has been designed to overcome some of the limitations of the normal "EXPLODE" capability. The following list represents commonly needed large trees which have been exploded in advance and stored in the index, therefore eliminating the usual overflow message. The Pre-Explodes are searched as NAME (PX). The word "EXPLODE" is not used. For example; SS 4/C? NEOPLASMS (PX) The asterisk can be used too with a pre-explode to indicate a central concept: SS 5/C? *E NZYMES (PX) Subheadings cannot be appended to pre-exp 1 odes, nor can the "SUBS APPLY" command be used. To link a subheading with a pre- explode, one should "AND" the two together. For example, a search on the causative agents of cancer could be searched using the pre-exploded neoplasms combined with the subheading etiology in the following way: SS 6/C? NEOPLASMS (PX) AND ET (SH) The available Pre-Explodes are: AVAILABLE PRE-EXPLOSIONS Pre-explosions added for 1982 are preceded by (82). Pre-explosion Name (PX Tree No. ANTIBIOTICS D20.85 BACTERIA B3 BACTERIAL INFECTIONS Cl.252 BEHAVIOR FI.145 (82)BEHAVI0R AND BEHAVIOR MECHANISMS FI BRAIN A8.186.211 CARBOHYDRATES D9.203 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES C14 CELLS All CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM A8.186 CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES CIO.228 DENTISTRY E6 (82)DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES C6 ENZYMES D8.586 (82)GENETICS G5 HEALTH FACILITIES N2.278 HEALTH SERVICES N2.421 HEART DISEASES C14.280 HORMONES D6.472 (82)IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS D24.611 LIPIDS DIO.516 MAMMALS B2.649 MENTAL DISORDERS F3.709 METABOLIC DISEASES C18.452 (82)MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICS E5 MOUTH AND TOOTH DISEASES C7 NEOPLASMS C4 NERVOUS SYSTEM A8 NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES CIO NEUROLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS CIO.597 (82)0RGANIZATI0N AND ADMINISTRATION N4.452 PROTEINS D12.776 RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES C8 SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS C23.888 STEROIDS D4.808 SURGERY, OPERATIVE E4 UNITED STATES MC [as MeSH heading] Zl.107.567.875 UNITED STATES [as place of publication] Zl.107.567.875 (82)VASCULAR DISEASES C14.907 VERTEBRATE VIRUSES B4.909 VERTEBRATES B2 VIRUS DISEASES C2 (82)VIRUSES B4 WOUNDS AND INJURIES C21.866 Remember to disguise the AND in names of pre-explosions just as you do for regular searching on MeSH headings with embedded ANDs. F-/t SEARCHING GEOGRAPHICS IN MEDLINE CATEGORY Z GEOGRAPHIC AS A MAIN HEADING EXAMPLE -- CITATIONS ON HOOKWORM INFECTIONS IN SOUTH AMERICA SS 1/C? EXP HOOKWORM INFECTIONS SS 2/C? 1 AND EXP SOUTH AMERICA GEOGRAPHIC AS A PLACE OF PUBLICATION EXAMPLE -- CITATIONS ON HOOKWORM INFECTIONS WHICH ARE PUBLISHED IN SOUTH AMERICAN JOURNALS OR IN A JOURNAL OF ONE PARTICULAR COUNTRY IN SOUTH AMERICA A. SS 1/C? EXP HOOKWORM INFECTIONS &UI no SS 2/C? 1 AND EXP Z1.107.757(f){ZN) (All South America) OR SS 1/C? EXP HOOKWORM INFECTIONS SS 2/C? 1 AND Z1.107.757.1760(ZN) (Brazil only) B. SDILINE SS 1/C? EXP HOOKWORM INFECTIONS SS 2/C? 1 AND EXP Z1.107.757: (ZN) (All South America) OR SS 1/C? EXP HOOKWORM INFECTIONS SS 2/C? 1 AND BRAZIL (CY) (Brazil only) CATEGORY Z M GEOGRAPHICS USED ROUTINELY TO OEScWe AN ARTICLE ON EPIDEMIOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH VITAL STATISTICS LICENSURE JURISPRUDENCE GOVERNMENT ECONOMICS LEGISLATION ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIETIES ECOLOGY INSTITUTIONS DATE OF ENTRY (DA) RANGES FOR YEARLY SEGMENTS OF MEDLINE AND ALL BACKFILLS 1966 - 651113 through 661101 1967 - 661123 through 671129 1968 - 671212 through 681111 MED66 MED69 1969 - 681117 through 691119 1970 - 691126 through 701112 1971 - 701117 through 711117 1972 - 711130 through 721030 1973 - 721108 through 731116 1974 - 731130 through 741119 MED72 MED7S 1975 - 741205 through 751108 1976 - 751120 through 761103 MED77 1977 - 761104 through 771031 1978 - 771101 through 781027 MED79 1979 - 781118 through 791026 MEDLINE 1980 - 791027 through 801027 1981 - 801028 through 811030 1982 - 811031 through MEDLINE SEARCH FORMULATION EXERCISES 1. Use of audiovisual aids in medical education (include all types of ausiovisuals as well as all levels of medical education). a. Retrieve citations from the July 1981 or October 1981 updates to the system. 2. Mutation which is caused by air pollution. a. How many citations contain an ABSTRACT that can be displayed online? b. How many of these citations were published in 1981? 3. Continuing education for nursing relicensure. a. How many of the articles are in English or are foreign language articles with an English abstract? b. How many of these appeared in the AORN Journal? MEDLINE SEARCH FORMULATION EXERCISES 1. Use of audiovisual aids in medical education (include all types of audiovisuals as well as all levels of medical education). a. Retrieve citations from the July 1981 or October 1981 updates to the system. SS 1 /C? USER: exp education, medical PROG: SS (1) PSTG (2444) SS 2 /C? USER: exp 11.178.147 PROG: SS (2) PSTG (1894) SS 3 /C? USER: 1 and 2 PROG: SS (3) PSTG (68) SS 4 /C? USER: 3 and 8107 (em) PROG: SS (4) PSTG (5) SS 5 /C? USER: 3 and 8110 (em) PROG: SS (5) PSTG (3) Ask end user if all types of medical education are desired. If this is the case, EDUCATION, MEDICAL should be exploded. Since there is only one tree number for this MeSH heading, the term can be exploded. L 1.178.147 should be used since it has a larger number of indentations and included the indentations under 12.903.847.297 for the heading AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS. Separate the retrieval for each update to distinguish one from the other for end-user's clarity. 2. Mutation which is caused by air pollution. a. How many citations contain an ABSTRACT that can be displayed online? b. How many of these citations were published in 1981? SS 6 /C? USER: exp air pollution PROG: SS (6) PSTG (912) SS 7 /C? USER: 6 or exp air pollutants PROG: SS (7) PSTG (1683) SS 8 /C? USER: exp mutation or mutagens PROG: SS (8) PSTG (4792) SS 9 /C? USER: 7 and 8 PROG: SS (9) PSTG (51) SS 10 /C? USER: 9 and author (aa) PROG: TIME OVFLW: CONT? (Y/N) USER: y PROG: SS (10) PSTG (29) SS 11 /C? USER: 10 and 81 (yr) PROG: TIME OVFLW: CONT? (Y/N) USER: y PROG: SS (11) PSTG (13) It is important to browse up and down in MeSH for appropriate MeSH headings. For this search, one should use AIR POLLUTION as well as AIR POLLUTANTS. This is also true for MUTATION and MUTAGENS. One will receive TIME OVFLOW messages when searching for such highly posted concepts as AUTHOR (AA) and 81 (YR). The only way to avoid this is to STRINGSEARCH for highly posted terms. 3. Continuing education for nursing relicensure. a. How many of the articles are in English or are foreign language articles with an English abstract? b. How many of these appeared in the AORN Journal? SS 12 /C? USER: education, nursing, continuing PROG: SS (12) PSTG (552) SS 13 /C? USER: 12 and licensure, nursing PROG: SS (13) PSTG (24) SS 14 /C? USER: 13 and eng (la) or 13 and english abstract PROG: TIME OVFLW: CONT? (Y/N) USER: y PROG: TIME OVFLW: CONT? (Y/N) USER: y PROG: SS (14) PSTG (22) SS 15 /C? USER: 14 and aorn j (ta) PROG: SS (15) PSTG (2) It is not necessary to textword search for the concept MANDATORY since the retrieval for this search is small. The user can browse titles for those appropriate to the request. HEALTH PLANNING & ADMINISTRATION SCOPE: Bibliographic citations to the literature concerning the non-clinical aspects of health care delivery. Special emphasis includes health care facilities and administration, clinical equipment, financial management, legislation, accreditation, manpower and personnel, health insurance, and licensure. CONTENT: Includes citations from MEDLINE and an additional 350 selectively indexed health administration journals. Language is limited to English, German, and French. COVERAGE: 1975 to present. SIZE: Approximately 192,000 citations as of 12/81 UPDATE SCHEDULE: Approximately 2,000 new records are added monthly. 6-2. Health Planning and Administration Trainees will be able to: 1 . Describe the scope, coverage and content of the database 2. Describe the relationship between the MEDLINE and HEALTH Unit Records 3. Identify the appropriate use of the Special List (H) tag 4. Explain the special considerations regarding ILL 5. Perform appropriate subject searches using the HEALTH file. Health Planning and MANUAL Administration File I. Description A. Scope 23.2 1. Non-cllnical and administrative aspects of health care delivery 2. Special areas of emphasis B. Content 1. MEDLINE profile -no case reports, animal studies, historical articles, letters, or monographic citations 2. 350 non-IM journals indexed by the American Hospital Association (AHA) 3. Language limited to English, French, German 4. 200 citations per year from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) D. Size E. Update Schedule - monthly approximately 2,000 citations F. Publications - Hospital Literature Index; American Hospital Association II. Future Plans for Enrichment A. National Health Planning Information Center (NHPIC) of the Health Resources Administration 1. Monographs 2. Technical Reports 3. Currently accessed in Weekly Government Abstracts: Health Planning Series MANUAL 111. Searching the File A. MeSH Vocabulary 23.4.16 1. Category N 2. Scope notes available from MMS B. Same searching capabilities as MEDLINE 1. Use MeSH (EXP, *, SH, etc.) 2. Use textwords (from title and abstract) 3. Pre-explosions available 23.4.16 4.6.2 a. Health Facilities b. Health Services c. Organization and administration C. Author Abstract (AA) 23.4.1 1. Author (AA) 2. AAMC (AA) D. Journal Subset (SB) 23.4.24 1. A (SB) 2. M (SB) 3. N (SB) E. Print AR available - AU, 11, AB, SO 23.6 F. Good file to search public laws G. Special List "H" 23.5 1. Use to eliminate MEDLINE retrieval 2. Caution regarding date coverage IV Special considerations about ILL 11.3.4 A. NLM does not subscribe to all journals B. Check unfamiliar titles in SERLINE 1. CA - AHA 2. GN - This title is not in NLM collection C. Request non-NLM titles locally first, then from American Hospital Association V. Automatic SDI service available NLM Technical Bulletin 1981 December THIS ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE CONTAINS CITATIONS TO LITERATURE ABOUT HEALTH CARE PLANNING, ORGANIZATION, FINANCING, MANAGEMENT, MANPOWER, AND RELATED SUBJECTS. INITIALLY THESE CITATIONS WILL BE DERIVED FROM THREE SOURCES: MEDLINE, ADDITIONAL JOURNALS INDEXED ESPECIALLY FOR THIS DATABASE, AND THE JOURNALS THAT THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INDEXES FOR THE HOSPITAL LITERATURE INDEX. HEALTH PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION * = DIRECTLY SEARCHABLE N = NO TW = TEXT WORD SEARCHABLE Y = YES NF = NAME FRAGMENT SEARCHABLE R = RANGEABLE CATEGORY QUALIFIER DIRECTLY SEARCHABLE PRINT FULL PRINT DETAILED ELEMENT NAME PRINT AA ABSTRACT AUTHOR * N N Y AB ABSTRACT TW N N Y AU AUTHOR * Y Y Y CA CALL NUMBER * N Y Y DA DATE OF ENTRY *,R N N Y DP DATE OF PUBLICATION * N N Y EA ENG ABSTRACT INDICATOR N N Y EM ENTRY MONTH * N N Y ID ID NUMBER * N N Y IP ISSUE/PART/SUPPLEMENT N N Y IS INTL STAND SER NO * N N Y JC JOURNAL TITLE CODE * N N Y LA LANGUAGE * N Y Y LI SPECIAL LIST INDICATOR * N N Y LR LAST REVISION DATE * N N Y MH MESH HEADING * N Y Y MN MESH CLASS NUMBER * N N N NI NO-AUTHOR INDICATOR N N Y NM NAME OF SUBSTANCE *,NF N Y Y PG PAGINATION N N Y PS PERSONAL NAME AS SUBJECT * N N Y RF NUMBER OF REFERENCES N N Y RN CAS REGISTRY NUMBER * N Y Y RO RECORD ORIGINATOR N N Y SB JOURNAL SUBSET * N N Y SH SUBHEADING * N Y Y SO SOURCE Y Y Y TA TITLE ABBREVIATION * N N Y TI TITLE TW Y Y Y TT TRANSLITERATED/VERNACULAR TITLE N N Y UI UNIQUE IDENTIFIER *,R N N Y VI VOLUME/ISSUE N N Y YR YEAR * N N N ZN MESH Z TREE NUMBER * N N Y NOTES: PRINT AR IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THIS FILE. IT PRINTS AU, TI, SO, AB. CONTINUE PRINTING? (YES/NO) USER: Y PROG: PRE-EXPLOSIONS (PX) MAY BE USED IN THIS DATABASE. 81:348 SAMPLE SEARCH FILE HEALTH PROG: YOU ARE NOW CONNECTED TO THE HEALTH PLANNING & ADMIN FILE. SS 1 /C? USER: exp nursing and rural health PROG: SS (1) PSTG (64) SS 2 /C? USER: prt 1 d 1 indented compr PROG: 1 AUTHOR' TITLE Berggren WL ; Eubank IK ; Berggren GG Reduction of aortalitr in rural Haiti through a priiarv-health-care program. Ens LANGUAGE MESH HEADING Adolescence ; Adult ; Allied Health Personnel/ UTILIZATION *, Child Nutrition ; Child ; Child, Preschool 1 Diarrhea/THERAPY 1 Female ! Haiti ; Health Education ? Health Services Needs and Demand ; Human ; Immunization ; Infant *, Infants Newborn ’, Middle Age *, Midwifery ; 1 Nutrition Disorders/ THERAPY ; Parasitic Diseases/THERAPY ; Pregnancy ; Primary Health Care/MANPOWER/ ♦METHODS *, Primary Prevention/METHODS ’, Rural Health/*TRENDS ; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ’, Tuberculosis/THERAPY ; Vital Statistics DATE OF ENTRY DATE OF PUBLICATION INTL STAND SER NO TITLE ABBREVIATION UNIQUE IDENTIFIER PAGINATION 810625 1981 Mar 28 0028-4793 N Engl J Med 81172915 182A-30 A ? M JOURNAL SUBSET MESH Z TREE NUMBER ISSUE/PART/SUPP VOLUME ISSUE Z1.107.567.875 22 JOURNAL TITLE CODE ABSTRACT AUTHOR ENTRY MONTH NOW Author- -8108 ABSTRACT Deaths and their causes in a rural Haitian population of 8820 were studied through hospital records, death registration, a disease survey, and health surveillance. The results were used in selecting eight diseases for the delivery of health services by village-level health workers. The impact of the services was measured by monitoring annual age-specific and disease-specific mortality rates and by comparing them with officially estimated national mortality rates. Mortality rates fell progressively during five years, to levels only one fourth as high as the national estimates. The fall in mortality was associated principally with services that prevented deaths due to tetanus, malnutrition, diarrhea, and tuberculosis. The total program of hospital and village health services saved 495 years of potential life per thousand population per year. Most of the saving was attributable to preventive services. The program eventually served more than 115,000 persons, and it has been replicated by other agencies for an additional 135,000 Haitians. N Engl J Med 1981 May 28;304(22):1324-30 SOURCE CORE JOURNALS INDEXED FOR HEALTH FILE The following is a core list of 34 journals which are indexed cover to cover for the HEALTH file. In addition to these titles, another 300 titles are indexed selectively. Of the selectively indexed titles, many include layman publications such as the Wall Street Journal and U. S. News and World Report which are routinely monitored for relevant articles. All journals indexed for the HEALTH file are non-clinical in scope and emphasize the facilities and costs of health care rather than the patient or disease. 1. American Lung Association Bulletin 2. American Rehabilitation 3. Bulletin - American Protestant Hospital Association 4. Critical Care Quarterly 5. Consumer Health Perspectives 6. Contemporary Pharmacy Practice 7. Cross-Reference on Human Resources Management 8. Family and Community Health 9. Health Care in Canada 10. Health Care Management Review 11. Hospital Administration Currents 12. Hospital Financial Management 13. Hospital Forum 14. Hospital and Health Services Administration 15. Hospital Medical Staff 16. Hospital Supervisors Bulletin 17. Hospital Trustee 18. How to Evaluate Health Programs 19. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 20. Journal - American Health Care Association 21. Journal of Economics and Business 22. Journal of Health and Human Resources Administration 23. Journal of Long Term Care Administration 24. Journal of Medical Systems 25. Journal - National Association for Hospital Development 26. Journal - National Association of Private Psychiatric Hospitals 27. Law and Contemporary Problems 28. Long Term Care and Health Services Administration Quarterly 29. Nursing Homes 30. Patient Counselling and Health Education 31. Review - Federation of American Hospitals 32. Trustee 33. Voluntary Action Leadership 34. World Hospitals HEALTH FILE Search Exercises 1 . Find citations on area wide planning of psychiatric facilities. a. How many of these are non MEDLINE citations? 2. Retrieve citations on training the physical therapist. 3. Find information about the growing number of mothers who want to have their babies at home. Initial Training Class HEALTH File Annotated Answers 1. Find citations on area wide planning of psychiatric facilities. a. How many of these are non MEDLINE citations? SS 1/C? USER: exp areawide planning PROG: SS (1) PSTG (2756) SS 2/C? USER: PSYCHIATR DEP PROG: SS (2) PSTG (474) SS 3/C? USER: exp f4.408 PRUG: SS (3) PSTG (5440) SS 4/C? USER: 2 or 3 PROG: SS (4) PSTG (5831) SS 5/C? USER: 4 and 1 PROG: SS (5) PSTG (98) SS 6/C? USER: 5 and h (li) PROG: SS (6) PSTG (21) AREAWIDE PLANNING is a "see" ref. to REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING. Either may be used. The use of Permuted MeSH is helpful for the psychiatric concept. One also wants to retrieve psychiatric facilities both in and out of the hospital setting. Note Ithe use of the data form PSYCHIATR DEP for the MeSH heading, PSYCHIATRIC DEPART- MENT, HOSPITAL which is over 30 characters. 2. Retrieve citations on training the physical therapist. SS 7/C? USER: physical therapy/ed PROG: SS (7) PSTG (108) Since the HEALTH File does not include clinical information, searching PHYSICAL THERAPY/ed retrieves information about educating the therapist and not the patient. 3. Find information about the growing number of mothers who want to have their babies at home. SS 2/C? USER: EXP LABOR OR EXP DELIVERY PROG: SS (2) PSTG (1395) SS 3/C? USER: MIDWIFERY OR NURSE MIDWIVES PROG: SS (3) PSTG (548) SS 4/C? USER: 3 UK HUME NURSING OR EXP HOKE CARE SERVICES PROG: SS (4) PSTG (2291) SS 5/C? USER: 2 AND 4 PROG: SS (5) PSTG (149) LABOR, DELIVERY, and HOMECARE SERVICES appear once in their respective trees, so exploding on the terms is appropriate. Since most midwives are involved in home deliveries, MeSH headings MIDWIFERY and NURSE MIDWIVES are used. OFFSEARCH MANUAL PART 5 Uses : Only way to search back-files not available online Only way to execute STORESEARCH Search more than one file at a time To enter OFFSEARCH mode, after any USER: cue type the command OFFSEARCH The OFFSEARCH command: Does not change the file to which you were connected when you issued the command Erases your scratch pad Does not allow direct access to the backfiles 3 parts to an OFFSEARCH: 1) Search information section 2) Search strategy 3) User information section PART 1: SEARCH INFORMATION SECTION - When OFFSEARCH command entered, the program gives you the taskname by which this OFFSEARCH is known and asks the question: ONLINE OUTPUT: —NPS/PST6/NONE? The user may respond to this question with one of three options. These are explained as follows: NONE Gives no feedback during search strategy; not recommended PSTG Causes the program to perform the search online while the terms are being entered; gives postings from the file to which you were connected when you typed the OFFSEARCH command Results are saved on your scratch pad and can be used in searching after the OFFSEARCH is completed Allows you to print out citations during the OFFSEARCH procedure (browse) in order to check strategy; you may NOT, however, use the PRINT OFFLINE command NPS Merely checks the terms you enter against the index file of the file to which you were connected when you issued the OFFSEARCH command; will notify you if there are no postings to a given term Does not actually perform the search You must use this option if you are using a STORESEARCH in your OFFSEARCH The next question you are asked is: FILES? Respond by typing the name(s) of the file(s) you want the OFFSEARCH be performed against A maximum of six files may be requested for a single OFFSEARCH The MEDLINE backfiles have three variations of name: BACK 66 BACK 69 BACK? 2 BACK?S BACK?? BACK 79 HED66 MED69 HED72 MED7S MED?? MED79 866 869 872 875 877 879 Any of the variations may be used in response to the files query It is suggested that only similar files be searched together in the same OFFSEARCH because of differences in types of available search terms and in file emphasis SDILINE, MEDLINE, the MEDLINE backfiles and the HEALTH file are all similar files, and any six could be searched in the same OFFSEARCH TOXLINE, TOXBACK6S and TOXBACK74 are similar files, and AVLINE and CATLINE are similar files. An example of a pair of dissimilar files is MEDLINE and TOXLINE The next question is: PRINTSPECS? You may respond with one of the standard print format names: SD (For standard, author, title, source; standard print varies with data base) FU (For ful 1) DL (For detailed) or you may specify data element abbreviations: For example - AU, 11, SO, LA, MH IMPORTANT - If you are searching dissimilar files in one OFFSEARCH, you MUST use one of the three standardized print formats (SD, FU, DL) in response to this query - you may NOT specify individual elements OR use an include or exclude After you have entered your PRINTSPECS, the program sends you the message: PRINT ELEMENTS, IF ANY, WILL BE EVALUATED AGAINST THE (FIRST FILE NAME YOU TYPED) FILE. This means that the data elements you have asked for (if you have not used one of the standardized formats) will be evaluated against a list of which data elements are available for that file. If, for example, you have asked for AB (Abstract) and have requested the BACK 66 file first, you will receive an error message, because there are no abstracts in that file. You will next be asked to agree that all that has been entered so far 1s correct with this question: OK? (Y/N/C/ADDRESS) If you answer Y or YES, the program will proceed with the OFFSEARCH If you answer N or NO, the program will begin again at the first question (ONLINE OUTPUT?) and let you answer each question again (a new taskname wi 11 also be given) If you answer C or CANCEL, the program will send a message: OFFSEARCH COMMAND HAS BEEN CANCELLED and return you to a search statement prompt - SS 1/C? If you answer address to the question, the program will print out the stored address, if any, attached to the userid code you have used to log in. PART 2: SEARCH STRATEGY - The program sends the message: ENTER SEARCH *STS* SS 1/C? The *STS* is to remind you that you are in a storage mode; enter your search formulation as usual. Remember that: If you explode a term that occurs in more than one tree and receive a multi-meaning message online, regardless of which number you type during the OFFSEARCH, when the search is done during the night ALL trees will be used; this sometimes causes a noticeable difference in the number of citations retrieved - The RESTACK, ELEMENTS and PRINT OFFLINE commands cannot be used It is urged that you use the ERASEBACK or BACKUP command to get rid of unnecessary search statements When you have entered the entire strategy, type: FINISHED PART 3: USER INFORMATION SECTION - You will be asked the question; SSNOS/OVRIDES? Answer with the number(s) of the search statement(s) from which you wish retrieval to be printed You may not enter more than five search statement numbers A maximum of 500 citations will be printed out from each search statement requested cr.v Separate the numbers with a comma and space You may use the LIMIT instruction to limit the number of citations received in the mail by entering the following after any subsequent USER: cue LIMIT = 100 (any number under 500) The next question will be: SEARCH TITLE, OR NONE You are advised to use a title on all OFFSEARCHES, as it will make proper tearing and mailing of the printout easier. If you DO NOT have a stored address, the program will ask: NAME? Enter the name to which the output ADDRESS? should be mailed CITY, STATE (PLEASE DO NOT ABBREVIATE) AND ZIP - NOTE: Only 3 lines are permissible for entry of complete address; do not exceed 50 characters across on any address line) The last question you will be asked is: REQUESTER'S NAME, OR SAME- Either type the name of a person or organizational unit requesting the search, or type SAME This is your LAST CHANCE to enter the command OFFSEARCH CANCEL or to correct any erroneous input After you have answered this question, the program replies: OFFSEARCH COMPLETED If you need to cancel the OFFSEARCH after this message has been received, call MEDLARS Management Section and request that it be cancelled; be sure you can give the taskname and which computer (NLM or SUNY). You must call on the same day the OFFSEARCH was entered. LIMITS IN OFFSEARCH: Processing time cannot exceed 240 seconds; if it does, the entire OFFSEARCH will be purged and you will be notified No more than 3000 citations may be stringsearched in one instruction; if such a stringsearch is attempted, the OFFSEARCH will be purged and you will be notified PRESPECIFICATION IN OFFSEARCH: You may correct or prespecify (pre-answer questions) items in the search information and user information parts of an OFFSEARCH using these keywords: ONOUTS NAME FILES ADDRESS PRINTSPECS CITSTAZIP SSNOS/OVRIDES TITLE REQUESTER To correct or prespecify, type the keyword, space, an equals sign, space, and the correct information For example: USER: PRINTSPECS = AU, 11, SO, MH, AB YOU ARE NOIV CONNECTED TO THE MEDLINE FILE SS 1 /C? USER: offsearch PROG: TASKNAME = 54075434 ON-LINE OUTPUT;--NPS/PSTG/NONE? USER; pstg PROG: FILES? USER; b75, b72, b69, b66 PROG: PRINTSPECS? USER: sd PROG: PRINT ELEMENTS, IF ANY, WILL BE EVALUATED AGAINST THE BACK7S FILE. OK? (Y/N/C/ADDRESS) USER: y PROG: ENTER SEARCH- *STS* SS 1 /C? USER: parkinson disease PROG: SS (1) PSTG (626) *STS* SS 2 /C? USER: exp antiparkinson agents PROG: SS (2) PSTG (1309) *STS* SS 3 /C? USER: 1 and 2 PROG: SS (3) PSTG (266) *STS* SS 4 /C? USER: dimethyl sulfoxide PROG: SS (4) PSTG (558) *STS* SS 5 /C? USER: exp eye PROG: MM (EYE) (2) 1 A 1.456.505.420 NUMBER, NONE, OR EXPAND- 2 A 9.371 USER: 1 PROG: SS (5) PSTG (10120) *STS* SS 6 /C? USER: 4 and 5 PROG: SS (6) PSTG (5) *SJS* SS 7 /C? USER: prt ti PROG: 1 TI - [The influence of cryoprotective solutions on the ultrastructure of rabbit corneal endothelium (author's transl)] 2 TI - The effect of dimethylsulphoxide on the water-binding properties of stratum corneum. 3 TI - Cytochalasin B-induced structural changes in the anterior ocular segment of the cynomlgus monkey. 4 TI - Corneal penetration of rifampin. 5 TI - Transport adenosine triphosphatase activity in the rat cornea *STS* SS 7 /C? USER: finished PROG : SSNOS-OVRIDES? USER: 3,6 PROG: SEARCH TITLE, OR NONE- USER: ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS AND DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE PROG: NAME? USER: JOHN MURRAY PROG: ADDRESS: USER: 10 WALNUT LANE PROG: CITY, STATE (PLEASE DO NOT ABBREVIATE), AND ZIP USER: BETHESDA, MARYLAND 20209 PROG: REQUESTOR’S NAME, OR SAME- USER: DR. SMITH PROG: OFFSEARCH COMPLETED FREE TEXT SEARCHING TEXT WORD EXERCISE 1. Find articles in MEDLINE about the Olympic games. The important words to consider in this request are OLYMPIC and OLYMPICS. There are two ways in which they might be entered, by ORing the two Text Words together- (TW) OLYMPIC OR OLYMPICS or by using the # to substitute for either a blank space or the S (TW) OLYMPIC# To avoid answering ALL in response to the Multi-Meaning Message, the question can be pre-answered in the search statement- (TW) ALL OLYMPIC# The same set of citations is retrieved in all three cases. To reduce the number of false drops, such as an article titled "Legislative commentary the Olympics of politics," the searcher might combine the original retrieval with Text Words GAME, GAMES, SPORT, and SPORTS. Again, this can be done by ORing all four together- (TW) GAME OR GAMES OR SPORT OR SPORTS or by using the # for plurals and preceding each term with ALL- (TW) ALL GAME# OR ALL SPORT# As an additional option, the searcher might combine the retrieval with the MeSH headings SPORTS and SPORTS MEDICINE, either by entering each term separately- SPORTS OR SPORTS MEDICINE OR ALL GAME# OR ALL SPORT# (the ALL allows GAME# and SPORT# to be retrieved as Text Words without being qualified (TW)) or by combining common roots- ALL SPORT: OR ALL GAME# The SPORTS MeSH headings will be retrieved as well as the Text Words. 2. Find: Sports as a text word (TW) SPORTS Sports as a MeSH heading SPORTS (no qualifier needed) Sports as a text word and/or MeSH heading ALL SPORTS 3. CHINESE RESTAURANT SYNDROME The two important words are CHINESE and RESTAURANT (TW) CHINESE AND RESTAURANT The retrieval is so small that the titles may be scanned by the searcher for relevance without further time-consuming refinements to the strategy. 4. G6PD - What is the MeSH heading? When confronted with a word about which no information is available, the searcher should try a preliminary Text Word search- (TW) G6PD In MEDLINE this retrieves about 100 citations. By printing out some titles, the searcher can find a likely-looking phrase- TI - A simple screening procedure for adenylate kinase, hexokinase, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiencies. When the abstract of this article is printed, the abbreviation (G6PD) appears after this phrase. Turning now to MeSH, the searcher finds a term GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE. By ANDing this term with the G6PD retrieval, it is found that many of the citations do contain this heading. Of course, you can't be absolutely sure that G6PD means GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE to the requester unless you ask. 5. Therapeutic use of chicken soup. First search for the Text Words (TW) CHICKEN AND SOUP The small number of citations can be read for relevance more efficiently than refining the strategy further with the therapeutic use concept. 6. Tourette's Syndrome - what is the MeSH heading? The Text Word term generation program turns the word Tourette's into two words: TOURETTE and S. In most cases, only the root is necessary for retrieval (i.e. Tourette); a searcher may also consider the form TOURETTES. If, after browsing some titles, the searcher decides to include the concept of SYNDROME (sometimes also expressed as DISEASE by authors who use the words synonymously) these text words may be included. SS 1 (TW) TOURETTE SS 2 (TW) DISEASE OR SYNDROME SS 3 I AND 2 PRINT TI,MH 5 Scan the MeSH headings to see what term from the controlled vocabulary is used for this syndrome; i.e. Gilles De La Tourette's Disease. STORESEARCH/SAVESEARCH/SAVE Trainees will be able to: 1. Explain the uses of STORESEARCH/SAVESEARCH/SAVE 2. Define the ELHILL commands associated with STORESEARCH/ SAVESEARCH/SAVE 3. List the restrictions for naming a STORESEARCH/SAVESEARCH/SAVE 4. Describe the procedure for execution of a STORESEARCH by the user through OFFSEARCH and the online or OFFSEARCH execution of SAVESEARCH/SAVE J-5L STORESEARCH Manual I. Uses 5.6 A. Perform the same search at repeated intervals (SDI) B. Perform a search against various data bases C. Store large groups of related concepts as a hedge to he used repeatedly in other searches Input Procedure 5.8 A. STORESEARCH 1. Command which initiates storing of a search 2. User should be connected to the file against which the storesearch will be run B. SEARCHNAME? 1. Name cannot be longer than 30 characters 2. Only one search per name 3. Names cannot be purely numeric 4. Names cannot contain Boolean operators or special characters C. ONLINE OUTPUT -- NPS/PSTG/NONE? 1. NPS - search will not be performed online upon input, but search terms will be validated against the index 2. PSTG - search will be run online against the file you are connected to 3. NONE - search will not be performed online, no validation occurs X-3 MANUAL D. ENTER SEARCH - £• FINISHED Only the last statement will be printed F. STORESEARCH COMPLETED G. DISPLAY SEARCHNAME Check the next day 111. Execution of STORESEARCH 5.9 A. Must be in OFFSEARCH 6. Must be in NPS option C. Use searchname and (SN) qualifier *STS* SS 1/C? HUMAN (SN) IV. Automatic SDI Service 5.12 A. User stores search at the NLM computer using special naming conventions B. User tests searching through use of DIAGRAM and OFFSEARCH C. Automatic SDI Request Form is filled out and sent to NLM D. Search is automatically run against monthly update and mailed to user V. Deleting STORESEARCH 5.11 A. PURGESEARCH SEARCHNAME Do not use (SN) qualifier STORESEARCH The following example illustrates the storing of an automatic SDI search formulation: SS 1/C? USER : FILE SDILINE PROG: YOU ARE NOW CONNECTED TO THE SDILINE FILE. SS 1/C? USER: STORESEARCH PROG: SEARCHNAME? USER: S6Ol FOOD ADDITIVES PROG: ON-LINE OUTPUT :--NPS/PSTG/NONE? USER: PSTG PROG: ENTER SEARCH- *STS* SS 1/C? USER: EXP D 26.471 PROG: SS (1) PSTG (53) ♦STS* SS 2/C? HYPERKINESIS OR HYPERACTIVITY (TW) PROG: SS (2) PSTG (47) *STS* SS 3/C? USER: 1 AND 2 PROG: SS (3) PSTG (14) *STS* SS 4/C? USER: FINISHED To test the search, the next day: SS 1/C? USER: DIAGRAM S6Ol FOOD ADDITIVES PROG: SEARCH FORMULATION BEGINNING AT SS 3: (SS 1 : (EXPLODE D 26.471. : (MN)). AND SS 2: (HYPERKINESIS OR HYPERACTIVITY (TW)) NOTE: The DISPLAY command may also be used to find out if a STORESEARCH has been properly stored, e.g. SS 1/C? USER: DISPLAY S6Ol FOOD ADDITIVES The (SN) qualifier should never be used when DIAGRAMing or DISPLAYing a STORESEARCH. STORESEARCH Stored searches may not be executed online. They must be incorporated into an OFFSEARCH, using the NFS online output option. Remember to use the qualifier (SN) with your stored search name. TO USE IN OFFSEARCH: USER; OFFSEARCH TASKNAME=SOIOIS22 ONLINE OUTPUT: NPS/PSTG/NONE? USER : NPS • • • ENTER SEARCH ♦STS* SS 1/C? USER: PESTICIDES (SN) *STS* SS 2/C? USER : 1 AND CARCINOGENS *STS* SS 3/C? USER: 1 AND LIVER NEOPLASMS/CI *STS* SS 4/C? FINISHED SSNOS - OVRIDES? USER : 2, 3 • • • TO DELETE YOUR STORESEARCH: SS 4/C? USER: PURGESEARCH PESTICIDES PROG: OK? (Y/N/C) USER: Y PROG: PURGESEARCH COMPLETED (Note: Qualifier (SN) is not used within a command) SAVE/SAVE SEARCH MANUAL 4.9.22 USES: to perform a search against various data bases to retain small frequently used search strategies for use online (for larger searches, hedges, or SDIs use STORESEARCH/ OFFSEARCH) NOTE: These commands add search formulations to the Unified User Specification File (UUSF) storage area attached to the user ID with which the searcher logged in. Because there is a limited amount of saved search storage space in the UUSF, it is suggested that elabo- rate search formulations, such as those for recurring SDIs, be stored in the STORE SEARCH area (not part of the limited UUSF), and that the saved searcn area be used for smaller searches used frequently online or for current searches to be executed against more than one data base. THE COMMANDS: A. SAVE used AFTER a formulation has been entered will not save search statements that retrieved no postings message only last search statement in SAVE retrieves postings when executed EXAMPLE FILE MEDLINE PROG YOU ARE NOW CONNECTED TO THE MEDLINE FILE. SS 1/C? USER : ALL METHAPYRILEKE PROG: SS (1) PSTG (9) MANUAL SS 2/C USER: (TW) METAPYRILEUE OR RESTRYL OR PARADORMALENE PROG: NP (KETAPYRILEUE (TM)) NP (RESTRYL (TW)) lIP (PARADORMAL EKE (la1)) SS 2/C? USER : 91-80-5 PROG: NP (91-80-5) SS 2/C? USER : SAVE PROG: SEARCH NAME? USER : METMAPYRILCNE PROG: SEARCH SET FROM SS 1 SAVED AS 'METHAPYRILENE ' . NOTE : only SS 1 saved all searcli statements that retrieved no postings are NOT saved postings retained online but are not part of the search strategy savedi strategy only saved in UUSF ; no t current online postings B. SAVE SEARCH used BEFORE a formulation is entered all search statements entered are saved whether or not they retrieved citations when entered during SAVESEARCH while connected to a particular data base only last search statement in a SAVESEARCH retrieves postings when executed MANUAL EXAMPLE: FILE MEDLINE PROG: YOU ARE NOW CONNECTED TO THE MEDLINE FILE. SS 1/C? USER: SAVESEARCH PROG: ENTER SEARCH- *STS* SS 1/C? USER: ALL METHAPYRILENE PROG: SS (1) PSTG (9) *STS* SS 2/C? USER: (TW) METAPYRILENE OR RESTRVL OR PARADORMALENE PROG: NP (METAPYRILENE (TW)) NP (RESTRYL (TW)) NP PARADORMALENE (TW)) SS (2) PSTG (0) *STS* SS 3/C? USER : 91-80-5 PROG: NP (91-80-5) SS (3) PSTG (0) *STS* SS 4/C? USER: 1 OR 2 OR 3 PROG: SS (4) PSTG (9) *STS* SS 5/C? USER: FINISHED PROG: (indicates to computer when input of SAVESEARCH complete) SEARCHNAME? USER: METHAPYRILENE MED TOX PROG: SEARCH SET FROM SS 1 SAVED AS 'METHAPYRILENE MED TOX1. SAVESEARCH COMPLETED. MANUAL NOTE: all search statements saved whether or not they retrieved postings in MEDLINE postings retained online but are not part of the search strategy saved, strategy only saved in UUSF, not current online postings EXE CUT I 0:j : use SAVE or SAVESEARCH name and (SN) qualifier enter as any other search term A. SAVE MEDLINE SS 1/C? USE P : (postings retrieved from last search statement only, search statements that had retrieved no postings are not present) METHAPYRILENE (SN) PROG: SS (1) PSTG (9) TUXLINE SS 1/C? USER; MET HAP YKILE N E (SN) PROG: (postings retrieved from last search statement only; search statements that had retrieved no postings are not present) SS (1) PSTG (50) B. SAVE SEARCH MEDLINE SS I/C? USER : (postings retrieved from last search statement only; search statements that had retrieved no postings are present, but in this case do not increase MEDLINE retrieval) KETHaPYRILENE MED TOX (SN) PROC: SS (5) PSTG (9) TOXLINE SS 1/C? USER: (postings retrieved frorn last search statement only; search statements that retrieved no postings are present; note in- creased retrieval over KETHAPYRILENE SAVESEARCH where NO POSTINGS state- ments lost) HETHAPYKILEME MED TOX (SN) PROG : SS (1) PSTG (91) NOTE : MANUAL The METHAP YRI LENE SAVE search and the SAVESEARCH METHAPYRILENE MED TOX when executed retrieved the same postings in MEDLINE even though the search statements that retrieved no postings were retained In the SAVESEARCH. This is because SS 2 and SS 3 retrieved no postings on MEDLINE; SS 4 (combined retrieval of SS 1, SS 2, SS 3) was the result of SS 1 only which was the same search statement as the SS 1 executed in SAVE. However, in TOXLINE, METHAP YR IJ.ENE SAVE search and the SAVESEARCH riETHAPYRILENE MED TOX when executed retrieved different postings. This is because SS 2 and SS 3 resulted in postings; therefore SS 4 (the combined retrieval of SS 1, SS 2, SS 3) resulted in a greater retrieval than the SS 1 which was the only search statement saved and executed by SAVE. Here the "saving" of the search statements that retrieved no postings was an advantage. SEARCH .NAME iai.it cannot be longer than 30 characters only one search per name names cannot be purely numeric names cannot contain Boolean operators or special characters SAVE LIST to list out all SAVE/SAVESEARCHes stored in UUSF gives amount of storage space left in SAVESEARCH/ PROFILE AREA e.g. USER : SAVE LIST PROG: YOU MON HAVE 2 SAVE SEARCHES. METHAPYKILENE METHAPYRILEKE MED TOX THERE IS 90 PERCENT FREE SPACE IN YOUR SAVESEARCH/PROFILE AREA. DELETING A SAVE/SAVESEARCH enter: SAVE Searchname REMOVE e.g. USER: SAVE METHAPYRILENE MED TOX REMOVE PROG: SAVED SEARCH 'METHAPYRILENE MED TOX* DELETED DIAGRAM/DISPLAY to display search formulation of SAVE/SAVESEARCH do not use (SN) qualifier e.g. USER: DISPLAY METHAPYRILENE GENERAL SAVESEARCH and SAVE are designed primarily to retain small frequently used search strategies and/or for executing the same search in more than one file online. If you save complex or large search strategies e.g., journal holdings, you may quickly use up your SAVESEARCH/SAVE environment or you may be unable to execute the search online due to system limitations. Use STORESEARCH for large, complex searches. Also, be careful if you have included MeSH Headings in your "saved" strategy to execute it only in files containing MeSH headings. The example in the manual replacement pages, Part 4.9.22 is only for illustrative purposes; it will generate an overflow condition and the search cannot be executed. FREE TEXT SEARCHING Trainees will be able to: 1. list the rules for computer generation of text words 2. apply rules of text word generation to a sample text, identifying those strings of characters which are saved and those which are deleted 3. list sources of text words for use in free text formulation 4. develop free text formulations for given search requests, using the NBR command and applying truncation as ap- propriate 5. describe techniques for browsing the various NLM databases so as to expand or narrow retrieval in an heuristic fashion TEXT WORD SEARCHING MANUAL I. Introduction and Definition 4.7 A. Subject searching - controlled vocabulary vs. free text B. Sources of text words 1. Title 2. Abstract 3. Other defined fields C. Definition of text word - si n qle words of up to 39 contiguous alpha or alphanumeric characters D. Text word generation computer program for all ELHILL files (except CHEMLINE) 11. Rules for Text Word Generation 4.7.1 A. Spaces are delimiters B. Punctuation and special characters are converted to spaces C. Drop common words that appear on Stop Word List D. Drop numeric strings E. Hyphen rule - these special strings are saved as text words 1. A hyphen followed by a single alphabetic character and preceded by a numeric string XXX- A 2. A hyphen followed by a numeric string and preceded by one, two or three alphabetic characters ABC-XXX AB-XXX A-XX MANUAL 111. Text Word Searching 4.7.2 A. Multi-term concepts - use logical 'AND' B. Synonyms and related terms - use logical ‘OR' 1 . Synonyms 2. Plural and singular forms 3. Variant spellings and endings 4. Latin, Greek and English forms 5. Nouns and adjectives 6. An organ and its various parts 7. Organ, diseases of an organ, causes of diseases 8. Normal and abnormal states C. Sources for text words 1. MeSH Trees 2. Online browsing of titles and abstracts 3. Reference tools 4. Requestor IV. Search Strategy Hints A. Use NBR command 4.9.13 B. Truncation 1. Hash mark (#) 2. Colon (:) 4.4.4 4.4.3 MANUAL IV. Search Strategy Hints (continued) C. Use of ALL preceding term A.4.2 1. To avoid a Multi-Meaning Message 2. To override the system default D, Use of category qualifiers 4.4.2 1. Prequalification 2. Postqualification FREE TEXT SEARCHING Text Word MeSH Structured Vocabulary Unstructured Vocabulary 1. Preferred term in Thesaurus 1. Synonyms, variant endings, British vs. American spelling 2. Lack of absolute currency or specificity 2. Specificity is current 3. Can asterisk (*) tdrm 3. All terms of equal weight 4. No misspelled words 4, More misspelled words 5. Precoordinated terms 5. Single terms 6. Successful search depends on understanding indexing 6. Successful search depends on subject knowledge « i principles 7. Terms are categorized and 7. Terms can be ambiguous defi ned ELHILL FREE TEXT STOPWORD LIST A ABS ABOUT ACCORDINGLY AFFECT AFFECTED AFFECTING AFFECTS AFTER AGAIN AGAINST ALL ALMOST ALREADY ALSO ALTHOUGH ALWAYS AMONG AN AND ANOTHER ANY ANYONE APPARENTLY ARE ARISE AS ASIDE AT AWAY BE BECAME BECAUSE BECOME BECOMES BEEN BEFORE BEING BETWEEN BIOL BOTH BRIEFLY BUT BY CAME CAN CANNOT CERTAIN CERTAINLY CHEM COPYRIGHT COULD DID DIFFERENT DO DOES DONE DUE DURING EACH EFFECT EFFECTS EITHER ELSE ENOUGH ESPECIALLY ETC EVER EVERY FOLLOWING FOR FOUND FROM FURTHER GAVE GETS GIVE GIVEN GIVING GONE GOT HAD HAS HARDLY HAVE HAVING HERE HOW HOWEVER IF IMMEDIATELY IMPORTANCE IMPORTANT IN INTO IS IT ITS ITSELF JUST KEEP KEPT KG KM KNOWLEDGE LARGELY LIKE MADE MAINLY MAKE MANY MAY ' MG MIGHT ML MORE MOST MOSTLY MUCH MUG MUST NEARLY NECESSARILY NEITHER NEXT NO NONE NOR NORMALLY NOS NOT NOTED NOW OBTAIN OBTAINED OF OFTEN ON ONLY OR OTHER OUGHT OUR OUT OVERALL OWING PARTICULARLY PAST PERHAPS PLEASE POORLY POSSIBLE POSSIBLY POTENTIALLY PREDOMINANTLY PRESENT PREVIOUSLY PRIMARILY PROBABLY PROMPT PROMPTLY QUICKLY QUITE RATHER READILY REALLY RECENTLY REFS REGARDING REGARDLESS RELATIVELY RESPECTIVELY RESULTED RESULTING RESULTS SAID SAME SEEM SEEN SEVERAL SHALL SHOULD SHOW SHOWED SHOWN SHOWS SIGNIFICANTLY SIMILAR SIMILARLY SINCE SLIGHTLY SO SOME SOMETIME SOMEWHAT SOON SPECIFICALLY STATE STATES STRONGLY SUBSTANTIALLY SUCCESSFULLY ciiru SUFFICIENTLY THAN THAT THE THEIR THEIRS THEM THEN THERE THEREFORE THESE THEY THIS THOSE THOUGH THROUGH THROUGHOUT TO TOO TOWARD UNDER UNLESS UNTIL UP UPON USE USED USEFULLY USEFULNESS USING USUALLY VARIOUS VERY WAS WERE WHAT WHEN WHERE WHETHER WHICH WHILE WHO WHOSE WHY WIDELY WILL WITH WITHIN WITHOUT WOULD YET SAID SAME SEEM SEEN SOME FREE TEXT SEARCHING TEXT WORD GENERATION RULES 1. A hyphen is a delimiter in an alphabetic string. EXAMPLE: Y-BODIES IN THE INDEX becomes BODIES (TW) r (TW) Construct a Search Formulation: 2. Apostrophe S ' is deleted, S is saved. EXAMPLE: HASHIMOTO'S DISEASE in the index becomes DISEASE (TW) HASHIMOTO (TW) S (TW) Construct a Search Formulation: A word ending in an ' (apostrophe), the 1 is deleted. EXAMPLE: COOMBS' TEST in the index COOMBS (TW) becomes TEST (TW) Construct a Search Formulation: FREE TEXT SEARCHING TEXT WORD GENERATION RULES 3. Alphanumerlcs a. Leading & trailing numbers are deleted. See b. &c. for exceptions. EXAMPLE: 13-CARBON in the index becomes CARBON (TW) CARBON-13 CARBON 13 CARBON! 3 in the index becomes CARBON! 3 (TW) Construct a Search Formulation: b. A numeric string separated by a hyphen and followed by a single alphabetic character is treated as a text word. EXAMPLE: PYROZOLO(2,3-A)(I,3,S)TRIAZINES in the index PYROZOLO (TW) becomes TRIAZINES (TW) (TW) Construct a Search Formulation: c. One, two, or three alphabetic characters preceding and separated by a hyphen from a numeric string forms a contiguous string and is treated as a text word. EXAMPLE: F-5050 in the index becomes F-5050 (TW) KF-100 KF-100 (TW) SKF-525 (TW) SKF-525 FREE TEXT SEARCHING TEXT WORD GENERATION Example: Patients with Hodgkin's disease were given a 25 mg. I.V. injection of 1,2-dehydrocortisone, D-hydrocortisone. POSTINGS INDEX FILE D (tw) DEHYDROCORTISONE (tw) DISEASE (tw) HODGKIN (tw) HYDROCORTISONE (tw) I (tw) INJECTION (tw) PATIENTS (tw) S (tw) V (tw) EXERCISE: TEXTRACT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. Thus, 36 g of 7-ethyl-4,7-dihydro-2-methyl-4-oxo-thieno(2,3-B)pyridine 5-carboxylic acid was mixed with feed and given to a group of 6000 sweetfish (av. body wt. apprx. 20 g) each day for 4 days. 1980 VARIANT ENGLISH SPELLINGS AND TEXT WORD SEARCHING Robin Chi vers. Index Section, NLM When text word searching in MEDLINE, in order to insure complete retrieval, one should be aware of variant English spellings. In general, longer spellings of words are used in Britain and countries where British spell- ing is preferred, such as Australia, India, New Zealand, South Africa, etc. 1. Some British authors use short forms. 2. Some North American authors use longer forms. 3. Some European journals use both forms. There is no uniformity of word usage in any particular country or journal. In any particular journal, spelling will depend on the whims of the author and editorial policy. A sample of the more common variants is given below. Note that not all are shorter/!onger forms; some involve replacement of one consonant by another, transposition of two letters, etc. North American British North American British E AE F PH Anesthesia Cecum Cesarean sect, -emia (anemia Etiology Feces Gynecology Hem- (hematuria) Medieval Orthopedics Anaesthesia Caecum Caesarean sect, -aemia (anaemia) Aetiology Faeces Gynaecology Haem- (haematuria) Mediaeval Orthopaedics Sulf- (sulfates) IZ Organization K Leukocyte L Sulph- (sulphates) IS Organisation C Leucocyte LL E OE Counseling Counselling Celiac Edema Esophagus Estrus Fetus Coeliac Oedema Oesophagus Oestrus Foetus OR OUR Labor Color Odor Tumor Labour Colour Odour Tumour -rrhea (diarrhea) -rrhoea (diarrhoea) North Arnericar British North American British ER RE CTION XION Center Fiberoptics Goiter Liter Meter Theater Centre Fibreoptics Goitre Litre Metre Theatre Connection Reflection Connexion Reflexion MISCELLANEOUS Hiccup Jewelry Licorice Program Hi ccough Jewellery Liquorice Programme Consider, for example, the search topic "Pediatric esophageal tumors presenting to community health centers." Naturally, this could be done using main headings and check tags, but if using text words, consider the following: PEDIATRIC (TW) OR PAEDIATRIC (TW) ESOPHAGEAL (TW) OR OESOPHAGEAL (TW) TUMORS (TW) OR TUMOURS (TW) CENTERS (TW) OR CENTRES (TW) Keep in mind also the use of different British words for North American concepts. For example: MATRON for Director of nurses OPERATING THEATRE for Operating room The trend for the future appears to be for shortened spelling, so this variant spelling should be a diminishing problem. Meanwhile, for thorough text word searching, variant spellings should be included. Sources: Stedman's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed., 1976. p. xiv. Spelling. Webster's Third New International Dictionary. Unabridged. 1969. p. 25a-25b. Spelling. Reprinted from: Library Network/MEDLINE Technical Bulletin. May 1976. MANUAL TRUNCATION A. Hash Mark (#) 4.4.4 1. Single character variation symbol 2. Within a term, will not substitute for a lack of a character 3. At the end of a term, will substitute for a space or for a single character 4. Use of the hash mark will often produce a multi-meaning message 5. May use up to two hash marks together - ## EXAMPLE: SS 1/C? HEART# (TW) MM (HEART#) (3) 1. HEART (TW) 2. HEARTH (TW) 3. HEARTS (TW) SPECIFY NUMBERS, ALL, OR NONE - B. Colon (:) 4.4.3 1. Multiple character variation symbol 2. Within a term and at the end of a term, will substitute for any number of spaces or characters 3. Use of the colon will always produce a multi-meaning message EXAMPLE: SS 1/C? PASSIV: (TW) MM (PASSIV:) (8) 1. PASSIVATED (TW) 2. PASSIVATION (TW) 3. PASSIVE (TW) 4. PASSIVELY (TW) 5. PASSIVENESS (TW) 6. PASSIVES (TW) 7. PASSIVI STS (TW) 8. PASSIVITY (TW) SPECIFY NUMBERS, ALL OR NONE Risks in Truncating: 1. False Drops 2. Genterm Overflow Message (GENTRM OVFL) - 450 terms or more ORed together FREE TEXT SEARCHING TEXT WORD EXERCISE Find articles in MEDLINE on the following topics. Use synonyms and various word endings when using text words; also use MeSH as appropriate. 1. OLYMPIC games 2. Find: Sports as a text word Sports as a MeSH heading Sports as a text word and/or MeSH heading 3. CHINESE RESTAURANT SYNDROME 4. G6PD - What is the MeSH heading? 5. Therapeutic use of chicken soup 6. Tourette's Syndrome - what is the MeSH heading? STRINGSEARCH/SENTENCESEARCH Trainees will be able to: !• describe the purpose and limitations of stringsearch and sentencesearch and the impact on the NLM system of the use of these capabilities 2. compare and contrast computer processing of a direct search of the database index file with a stringsearch or sentencesearch 3. list four reasons for using stringsearch and sentencesearch 4. discuss similarities and differences between stringsearch and sentencesearch 5. prepare appropriate stringsearch and sentencesearch state- ments using proper format for required and optional elements for given search requests 6. describe the optional and system limitations on the use of stringsearch in online searches and OFFSEARCH STRINGSEARCH MANUAL I. Definition and comparison with direct search 4.6.3 A, Method of searching the unit record for a specific character string 1. By-passes normal searching procedure 2. Goes directly to the "header" file B. Requires a previous subset of retrieval of less than 300 postings (approximately) C. Performs search on oldest citations first 11. Uses A. To determine word adjacency B. To search for STOPWORDS, NUMERICS C. To perform left-handed truncation D. To more efficiently search for highly posted terms (checktags, language) from a small subset 111. Format 4.6.3.1 TS 5 SKIP 100 (TI) : XXXX: A. Search strategy name 1. TS. STRS, STRINGSEARCH or TITLESEARCH B. Search statement number (optional) 1. If no number specified, the stringsearch will be performed on the last retrieval 111. Format (continued) 4.6.3.1 2. Enter number alone bounded by spaces 3. SKIP instruction may also be used C. Category qualifier (optional) 1. Indicate the category qualifier (in parentheses) of the field to be searched 2. This field must exist on the unit record as "hard" data 3. If no field is indicated, the system will stringsearch the "default" field defined for the database being searched D. Character string to be searched 1. Enclose in colons 2. Spaces are legitimate characters; placement of spaces within colons is meaningful 3. If colons are omitted, right-hand truncation assumed 4. Disguise punctuation characters with (#) E. Use of boolean connectors F. Use of category qualifiers; prequalification, postqualification G. Search is "time-sliced" (N) SEARCHED AND (N) QUALIFIED IV. Limitations 4.6.3.2 A. Limit retrieval as much as possible before stringsearching B. Avoid stringsearch in OFFSEARCH, STORESEARCH V. Examples STRINGSEARCH EXAMPLE: Searching for word adjacency file medline PROG: YOU «E ALREADY CONNECTED TO THE MEDLINE FILE. SS 1 /C? USER: (tw) heat and loss PROG: SS (1) PSTG (182) So 2 /C? USER: 4/ ts (ti) '.heatlloss*. or sheatlloss: (at) PROG: (72) SCHD (28) DUAL: CONT'J (V/N) USER: Y PROG: (147) SCHD (68) QUALI COf4T? (Y/N) USER: Y PROG: SS (2) PSTG (84) SS 3 /C? USER: prt 5 ti PROG: 1 TI - Microwave effects on energy ftetabolisßi of rat brain. 2 TI - Thermal and glvcemic responses during mild exercise in +5 to -15 degrees C environments followins alcohol ingestion. 3 TI - [Lethal and neutral temperature of a helium-oxygen atmosphere for rabbits in the presence of elevated atmospheric pressure! 4 TI - Abnormal temperature control after intoxication with short-acting barbiturates. 5 TI - Head insulation and heat loss in the newborn. SS 3 /C? USER: STRINGSEARCH EXAMPLE: Searching for highly posted terms file aedUne PROG: YOU ARE ALREADY CONNECTED TO THE MEDLINE FILE. SS 1 /c? USER: ♦vincristine PROG: SS (1) PSTG (146) SS 2 /C? USER: ts (ih) :hunan: and JfeaaU: and «ns (la) PROG: (72) SCHD (19) QUAL? (Y/N) USER: Y PROG: SS (2) PSTG (45) SS 3 /C? USER: STRINGSEARCH EXAMPLE: SEARCHING FOR NUMBERS SS I/C? USER; (TW) ICRF SS (I) PSTG (97) SS 2/C? USER; TS (TI) :ICRF#IS9: OR :ICRF#IS9:(AB) PROG; (A 9) SEARCHED AND (32) QUALIFIED. CONTINUE? (YES/NO) USER; Y PROG: SS (2) PSTG (82) SS 3/C? USER: PRT Tl PROG: 1 Tl - ICRF-159 (RAZOXANE) IN THE TREATMENT OF PEDIATRIC SOLID TUMORS: A SOUTHWEST ONCOLOGY GROUP STUDY. 2 Tl - COMBINATION OF RADIOTHERAPY AND RAZOXANE (ICRF 159) FOR CHONDROSARCOMA. JUDICIOUS USE OF STRINGSEARCH IN ONLINE AND OFFLINE SEARCHES David L. Kenton, Staff Assistant, OCCS In August 1973, an article entitled "MEDLINE Search Optimization for Efficient Processing" appeared in the Library Network/Medlars Tech- nical Bulletin (pp 8-17). Although this article was published before the present ELHILL 3 program was installed and mainly addressed the searching algorithms of ELHILL 2, many of its guidelines remain remarkably current to our present system. We recommend its review by users of the MEDLINE service. In order to write a sequel to the article, it would be necessary to address all the changes introduced with ELHILL 3 which would dilute the main purpose of this article; therefore this presentation will deal exclusively with one subject. Subsequent articles will cover additional aspects of offsearching. STRINGSEARCHing (IS, SIRS) uses more machine resources than any other function in ELHILL 3. Why? When a user executes this function, the machine is forced to examine each citation individually and interrogate it looking for the requested character string(s). It requires about the same time for the machine to IS one citation as to print it. Hence, the STRINGSEARCHing or printing of large number of citations should be avoided. Sometimes it cannot be avoided, but then one must try to "reduce" the number of citations to be TS'ed. This article will present some ways to limit the number of citations when searching and some sugoestions as to when and how to use STRINGSEARCH. ONLINE USE The NLM recommends that the user pull ENG (LA), HUMAN (MH) and other highly-posted terms from a subsearch of 200 or less citations in the MEDLINE (not SDILINE) data base by doing a STRINGSEARCH as follows: PROG: SS 1/C? USER: DOPA AND DOPAMINE AND METHYLDOPA PROG: SS (1) PSTG (11) SS 2/C? USER: TS : HUMAN : (MH) AND :ENG: (LA) PROG: SS (2) PSTG (3) (note: no time overflows) SDILINE should be directly searched for ENG (LA), HUMAN(MH), etc. since it is a comparatively small file. This use of STRIN6SEARCH online is timesaving both for the user and the system. If more than 200 citations are to be subset in MEDLINE, TS should not be used since direct searching is more economical. In the above example, SS 2 would become: USER: 1 AND HUMAN (MH) AND ENG (LA) (note: this will result in time overflows but will still be faster than STRING- SEARCKing) If a user actually has a need to TS, looking for particular words or phrases in the title or abstract, after a concept has been searched, then the use of a text word (TW) search before TS will reduce the number of citations considerably. For example, a user constructed a concept in six search statements using MeSH as the selection vehicle. At that point, the user wished to refine the search by requiring that the title field of the last subset contain the words "failure" and "thrive". The search was injudi- ciously completed as follows: PROG: SS (6) PSTG (17491) SS 7/C? USER: TS : FAILURE: (TI) AND : THRIVE: (TI) This retrieved an answer but took an inordinate amount of time to perform. (The average search takes 10 seconds; this search took 20 minutes.) The same answer would have been achieved by the following example but would have taken only 1% as much of the computer resources: USER: 6 AND ALL FAILURE: (TW) AND ALL THRIVE: (TW) PROG: SS (7) PSTG (150) SS 8/C? USER: TS : FAILURE: (TI) AND : THRIVE: (TI) SS 7 would contain "failure" and "thrive" in the abstract or title fields; SS 8 restricted it to the title. Note that in the first example 17,451 citations were TS'ed - in the second example only 150 citations. Both got the same answer but the second is much less expensive in computer time. We do recognize that there are some cases where text word searching cannot be used to further subset a concept before using TS, but every effort should be made to TS the fewest number of citations possible. This basic rule always applies to both online and offline use. OFFSEARCH Never STRIN6SEARCH a concept to limit the result to the highly posted terms (HUMAN, ENG, ENGLISH ABSTRACT, etc.). Why? When using the PSTG option for online outputs when OfrSEARCHing MEDLINE and/or backfiles, the NLM Recommends that the user be connected to the SDILINE data base whenever possible. This creates much less work for the system and fewer time overflows for the user, yet still allows "browsing". Thus, the user has no way to know whether the retrieval Is below or above the 200 citation limit. Secondly, even 1f the user were connected to MEDLINE, one could not anticipate counts In the backfiles. Thirdly, the user might be In NFS mode and not have any Idea of posting counts. For these reasons we request that you never TS in OFFSEARCH to restrict your search to highly posted terms. Instead, use the highly-posted terms directly. The recommendations stated actually lead to a contradiction, namely: what do I do if I am in an OFFSEARCH and specify online outputs of PSTG? The user will be searching online and causing an OFFSEARCH to be run offline. In this case, the search should follow the OFFSEARCH rule and TS should not be used to restrict searches to highly posted terms. AVOIDANCE OF STRINGSEARCH Recently, a particular search came to my attention. A user with an intermediate search result of 23,000 citations wished to find the prefix "nephr" in either the title or the abstract field. Intending to find words such as nephritis, nephraogenic, nephrosis, nephron, etc. The user had done the following; PROG: SS (1) PSTG (23000) SS 2/C? USER: TS : NEPHR: (TI) OR : NEPHR: (AB) This is a very expensive search (roughly the equivalent of printing 23,000 citations) which can and must be avoided. Since Individual words in the title and abstract are directly searchable as text words (TW), the user should have Input the following SS in the previous example: PROG: SS (1) PSTG (23000) SS 2/C? USER: 1 AND ALL NEPHR: (TW) The first search would run several hundred times longer than this one but both retrieve the same citations. Therefore, we hope you will utilize the second example whenever possible. USE OF STRINGSEARCH There are cases where TS cannot be avoided. A user may wish to restrict an existing search to a stem (root) which may occur as a prefix or an imbedded concept. An example of this is "fluor" which may occur as a prefix in fluoride, fluorine, fluoridation, etc. and may occur as an imbedded stem in words starting with monofluor, difluor, polyfluor, etc. If "fluor" were being searched as an imbedded concept, then TS would have to be used. It is hoped that the user will have retrieved a small enough subset of citations such that the STRINGSEARCH will not prove to be too expensive. RECAP OF NLM RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Use TS online to restrict a search to highly posted terms, when the subset is smaller than 200 citations (in the MEDLINE data base). Then use all the terms at once such as: TS HUMAN (MH) AND ENG (LA) AND CHILD: (MH) (note: CHILD: (MH) will retrieve CHILD or CHILD, PRESCHOOL) 2. Do not use TS in the above example when in OFFSEARCH mode or when connected to SDILINE (regardless of the citation count). 3. When searching a prefix, use text words and text word truncations (? or :). (Note: rules 1-3 apply to MEDLINE and the backfiles; rule 3 applies to all data bases, including TOXLINE.) It is Imperative that users make every effort to adhere to these searching technics to avoid system degradation and delays in the delivery of OFFSEARCHes and OFFLINE prints. NLM is in- vestigating the imposition of an automatic limit on the duration of individual OFFSEARCHes. SYSTEM EFFICIENCY AVOID: REDUNDANT SEARCHING. ESPECIALLY REDUNDANT EXPLODES STRINGSEARCHING WHEN A TEXT WORD (TW) SEARCH CAN GET THE SAME ANSWER STRINGSEARCHING WITHOUT REDUCING THE SEARCH STATEMENT BY USE OF TEXT WORDS (TW) STRINGSEARCHING IN OFFSEARCH TO RESTRICT A SEARCH TO HIGHLY POSTED TERMS, CHECK TAGS AND LANGUAGES SUCH AS HUMAN, ENG, ENGLISH ABSTRACT, etc. WHEN OFFSEARCHING, THESE TERMS SHOULD BE USED IN BOOLEAN SEARCHES, NOT STRINGSEARCHING EFFICIENT STRINGSEARCHING Stringsearching consumes more processing time and computer resources than any other search operation, and causes a substantial number of OFFSEARCH purges. To help conserve users' connect time and NLM computer resources, we offer the following recommendations: 1. In General a) Always limit retrieval as. much as possible BEFORE string- searching. Examine the word or words to be stringsearched and identify items that might be retrieved as Text Words first: SS 1 - (TW) MIDLIFE AND CRISIS SS 2 - TS (TI) ; MIDLIFE CRISIS: or searched directly, e.g., 5 AND ENG (LA). For online postings of over 200, there is no advantage to string- searching for items that can be searched directly, such as languages or MeSH headings. b) Stringsearching the same retrieval set in consecutive search statements and then combining them may yield unpredictable results; it may work perfectly, it may give false results of 1 or *NONE, it may cause a RESTART (that sudden HELLO FROM ELHILL ... message you receive in the middle of your search), or it may stop OFFSEARCH processing. For example: DO NOT SS (3) PSTG (198) ♦STS* SS 4/C? USER: TS (TI): CODEINE SULFATE: OR : CODEINE SULPHATE: (after time-slicing) PROG: SS (4) PSTG (95) *STS* SS 5/C? USER: IS 3 (AB); CODEINE SULFATE: OR : CODEINE SULPHATE; PROG: SS (5) PSTG (135) *STS* SS 6/C? USER: 4 OR 5 Instead, consolidate the instruction, using post- qualification: SS (4) PSTG (198) *STS* SS 5/C? USER: IS (TI) : CODEINE SULFATE: OR : CODEINE SULPHATE: OR PROG: CONT 5- USER: CODEINE SULFATE: (AB) OR : CODEINE SULPHATE: (AB) This way is much more reliable than using two separate search statements. c) Remember that different data bases have different string- search defaults, so that entering SS 6 - TS :3-DAY OR :3-DAY: (AB) will search the Title (TI) and Abstract (AB) in MEDLINE but will search the abstract twice in TOXLINE or CANCERLIT. The latter duplication may cause unpredictable results as described in b) above. Whenever you are storing or saving a stringsearch for use in dissimilar data bases (e.g., MEDLINE and TOXLINE) always specify each data element, rather than relying on defaults: SS 6 - TS (TI) :3-DAY: OR :3-DAY: (AB) In a Storage (OFFSEARCH, STORESEARCH, SAVESEARCH) Mode NEVER use stringsearch for items that may be searched directly, such as ENG (LA), EVEN if you are in the PSTG option and there are fewer than 200 citations to stringsearch online. An excellent rule of thumb is that if there is a choice between searching directly or stringsearching, direct searching is more efficient. SENTENCESEARCH MANUAL I. Definition 4.6.3.3 A. Capability which allows you to search for words which appear within the same sentence B. Sentence is defined by computer as any string of characters followed by a period and a space 1, Abbreviations cause problems C. Similar to Stringsearch 11. Uses A. To retrieve word adjacency within a sentence B. To retrieve word permutations 111. Format SENS 3 SKIP 50 (AB) : XXX:XXX A. Search strategy name SENS, SENSEARCH or ABSTS B. Search statement number; SKIP (optional) C. Category qualifier - AB, TI D. Character string to be searched 1. Three sets of colons are used 2. Permutations are linked with logical MOR" IV. Examples SENTENCESEARCHING EXAMPLE: HEART-LUNG PREPARATION SS 8 /C? USER: (TW) HEART AND LUNG AND ALL PREPAR: PROG: TIME OVFLW: CONT? (Y/N) USER: Y PROG: SS (8) PSTG (57) SS 12 /C? USER: SENS 8 (TI) :HEART:LUNG:PREP: OR :HEART:LUNG:PREP: (AB) OR PROG: CNT 12 USER: :LUNG:HEART:PREP: OR :LUN6:HEART:PREP: (AB) PROG: (41) SCHD (19) QUAL: CONT? (Y/N) USER: Y PROG: SS (12) PSTG (22) SENTENCESEARCH TW) HEART AND LUNG AND PREPAR: PRT 1 AB AB - The development of effective drugs for chronic LUNG disease, especially bronchodilator aerosols, has been a boon to patients and physicians alike, but these agents also may provoke arrhythmias. Fluorocarbon propellants, once regarded as harmless are now known to disrupt cardiac function, sensitizing the HEART to the arrhythmic effects of sympathomimetic amines. Catecholamine drugs as a group have a strong impact on heart fat and contractility. But the danger of rhythm disturbance often can be reduced by cutting the dosage or choosing a PREPARATION with more Beta 2 activity. Methyl xanthines, generally safer than catecholamines, nevertheless must be used with caution and preferably alone in patients with heart and lung disease. Below is the result after SENSEARCHING AU - Fischer KJ TI - [Myocardial contractility during limited haemodilution (author's trans)j AB - The direct cardiac effects of limited isovolaemic haemodilution by low molecular dextran was investigated in the cat HEART-LUNG PREPARATION. This type of preparation does not allow evaluation of the significance of nervous or humoral influences. All haemodynamic and contractile parameters remain unchanged as does myocardial adaptability to acute changes in pressure or volume load. However, cardiac function curves and the estimation of contractility by means of force-velocity-relations reveal a slight increase of the inotropic state. SO - Anaesthesist 25(4):143-9, Apr 76 AU - Szmolenszky I i Hamm agyi Gy ; R"oth E ; T"aor"ok B II - Autoperfused multi-organ preparations. 11. Microcirculation in the autoperfused organs. AB - The microcirculation of 46 autoperfused hfART-i UNG -liver-duodenum-pancreas-kidney PRfparattdns has been studied and the acid-base conditions were determined. The stability of the autoperfused organ preparation was not ensured by the "multi-organ" arrangement, moreover the combination had a detrimental effect, with reduced tissue perfusion leading to hypoxia and acidosis. This general vasomotor breakdown represented a therapeutic drug resistance, so that the organ preparation failed to solve the problem of temporary organ STRINGSEARCH/SENTENCESEARCH EXERCISES Find articles In MEDLARS on the following topics. Use MeSH or text word search capabilities which are most efficient and appropriate. Use string search as indicated. 1. Using your retrieval from a search on Paget's disease (text word search), stringsearch for articles in English or German. 2. Using the original retrieval on Paget's disease, stringsearch for articles that were published in 1981. 3. Articles on PL 93-641. 4. Hepatic infusion. Limit to human and females. CHEMLINE OBJECTIVES Trainees will be able to: 1. describe the scope and content of the database and the means by which it is created 2. identify the information contained in each field and write the correct entry format 3. retrieve unit records for compounds, given any of the following: a. registry number b. systematic chemical name c. common name d. molecular formula 4. discuss CHEMLINE's relationship to other NLM databases and use of CHEMLINE information in them. MANUAL CHEMLINE Defi ni tion: 13.1 --CHEMLINE is an online Chemical dictionary/ thesaurus database. --contains information on over 500,000 unique chemical compounds. not a citation file; no bibliographic references Purpose: --to assist in searching free text databases (notably TOXLINE) for chemical compounds required in a search (provides other names (synonyms) for chemical compound of interest and registry numbers which can be used in search) --also allows for location of generic classes of chemical compounds. Initial Class Focus: --on use of CHEMLINE to obtain synonyms and CAS registry numbers for free text searching. Order of lecture: 1. Chemical literature, creation of CHEMLINE and how it relates to HIM databases. 2. CHEMLINE unit record including: a. discussion of elements of unit record related to synonomy and access to CHEMLINE unique unit record: Registry number Other number Molecular formula Preferred index name Synonym Locator (RN) (ON) (MF) (Nl) (SY) (LO) 3. Discussion of use of Name Fragments and their use in locating CHEMLINE unit records. 4. Summary of how to search CHEMLINE effectively to find unique unit records. 5. Discussion of sample CHEMLINE searches and CHEMLINE/TOXLINE searches. 6. Calculating molecular formula and brief overview of other capabilities of CHEMLINE, i.e., structural search terms: a. formula fragments b. ring analysis REPRESENTATIONS OF A CHEMICAL STRUCTURAL FORMULA 0 II CX VB' —r° 0 NON-SYSTEMATIC NAMES BENZOSULFIMIDE 6ARANTOSE GLUCID SACCHARINE SYSTEMATIC NAME 1,2-benzisothiazol-3(2h)-one, 1,1-dioxide INFORMATION LIFETIME OF A CHEMICAL EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PRODUCT EVALUATION SYNTHESIS PRIMARY LITERATURE E.G. J.A.C.S., J, MED. CHEM. NEW ENG. J. MED. SECONDARY LITERATURE CHEMICAL ABCTRACTS, INDEX MEDICUS COMPUTER FILES> TOXLINE, MEDLINE/ /DICTIONARY \CHEMLINE j MANUAL 13.1 N LM TOXLINE \ TOXBACKS s R TECS / , TDB / Vmedlin CAS CAS REGISTRY nomen. file RING N A LYSIS FILE Updated Bimonthly RN ON MF N1 SY NR RS RE CL N LM CHEMLINE N LM N LM LO TSCAINV MANUAL 13.1 EXTERNAL FILES MEDLINE TOXBACKS TOX74 TOX6S CHEMLINE RTECS TOXLINE TDB CANCERLIT TSCAINV Inspectors have found traces of the chemical SAXIN IN SOME OF THE CAFETERIA BEVERAGES. What can CHEMLINE tell you ABOUT THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THIS SUBSTANCE? CHENLINE RECORD MANUAL 13.^4 RN - 128-44-5 ON - 38279-26-4 (CAS) MF - C7-H5-N-03-S.Na N1 - 1,2-Benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one, 1,1-dioxide, sodium salt (9CI) £Y - 1,2-Benzisothiazolin-3-one, 1,1-dioxide, sodium salt (8CI) SY - 1,2-Benzothiazol-3(2H)-one 1,1-dioxide sodium salt £Y - Cristallose SY - Crystallose SY - Kristallose SY - Saccharin sodium SY - Saccharin sodium salt SY - Saccharin soluble SY - Saxin SY - Sodium o-benzosulfimide SY - Sodium saccharide SY - Sodium saccharin SY - Sodium saccharinate SY - Sodium saccharine SY - Soluble saccharin SY - Sweeta SY - Sykose SY - Willosetten MR - 2 RS - 5,6 RE - C3NS-C6 CL - NSC3 LO - TOXLINE LO - TCXBACK6S LO - TOXBACK7 4 LO - RTECS LO - TDB LO - TSCAINV EM - 8103 MANUAL CHEMICAL ABSTRACT SERVICE (CAS) REGISTRY NUMBER (RN) Description 13.4.1 --Unique number, up to 9 digits, assigned by CAS to a single chemical'substance --searched and displayed without leading zeros --hyphenated format MANUAL OTHER CAS REGISTRY NUMBER (ON) Description 13.4.2 superseded CAS registry numbers (RN in record is current CAS registry number) same format as RN searched the same as RN in CHEMLINE; no qualifier necessary •retrieves same unique unit record as RN listed in CHEMLINE record followed by CAS in parentheses (CAS) if ON valid in the NLM databases, TOXLINE, TOXBACK74, TOXBACK6S, MEDLINE, RTECS, TDB the ON number is repeated with valid database listed behind number i n parentheses, e.g.: ON - 58667-68-8 (CAS) ON - 58667-68-8 (TOXBACK74) if ON not valid in NLM databases, the ON number i s NOT repeated e.g. ON - 1360-61-8 (CAS) ON - 11016-42-5 (CAS) ON - 1360-61-8 (TOXLINE) (TOXBACK6S) (TOXBACK74) MANUAL MOLECULAR FORMULA (MF) Description 13.4.3 is a summary of the elemental composition of a chemical substance in terms of the numbers and kinds of atoms •not unique format. Hill Convention, dot disconnect, hyphenated HILL CONVENTION 1. Organic Compounds (compounds containing carbon) a. C (carbon) - listed first with count b. H (hydrogen) - listed second with count c. all other elements in alphabetical order (elemental symbols, e.g., C for carbon obtained from periodic chart) 2. Inorganic compounds (compounds without carbon) a. listed in alphabetical order Counts made explicit; counts of 1 are implicit e.g., C7-H5-N-03-S.Na DOT DISCONNECT 1. For salts, mixtures and molecular addition compounds, molecular formulas of the components are presented Individually and separated by a dot; one with highest carbon count first. MANUAL LOCATOR (LO) Descri pti on 13.4.17 -name of database/flle where information on chemical may be found --shows presence of RN (not names) in databases/files listed --possible locators: TOXLINE TOXBACK6S TOXBACK74 RTECS TDB MEDLINE TSCAINV (file not present at NLM) -TSCAINV indicates chemical present on ERA Toxic Substances Control Act Inventory --additional files may be carried in future --searchable LO field generated from File Names in ON Field and in printable LO Field LOCATOR EXAMPLES RN - 759-94-4 ME - C9-Hl9-N-0-S N1 - Carbamothioic acid, dipropyl-, S-ethyl ester (9CI) SY - Carbamic acid, dipropylthio-, S-ethyl ester (8CI) SY - Eptam SY - Eptam 6E SY - EPTC SY - S-Ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate SY - FDA 1541 SY - R 1608 SY - Stauffer R 1608 SY - Torbin LO - TCXLINE LO - TOXBACK6S LO - TOXBACK7 4 LO - RTECS LO - TDB LO - TSCAINV EM - 8103 SEARCHABLE AS 759-94-4 IN toxline,toxback6s,toxback74, RTECS,TDB, AND IS ON THE EPA Toxic Substances Control Act Inventory RM - 6980-18-3 ON - 11025-67-5 (CAS) ON - 16982-49-3 (CAS) ON - 16982-49-3 (TOXLINE) MF - Cl4-1125-N3-09 K1 - D-chiro-Inositol, 3-0-(2-amino-4-((carboxyiminomethyl)amino)-2,3,4,6-tetradeoxy-a- Ipha-D-arabino-hexopyranosyl)- (9CI) SY - Kasugamycin (8CI) SY - KSM (VAN) NR - 1 NR - 1 RS - 6 RS - 6 RE - C 6 RE - C5O LO - TOXLINE LO - TOXBACK6S LO - TOXBACK7 4 LO - MEDLINE EM - 8103 SEARCHABLE AS 6980-18-3 IN TOXLINE, TOXBACK6S/ toxback74 MEDLINE. ALSO SEARCHABLE AS 15982-49-3 IN TOXLINE 11025-87-5 not used in NLM files Nl AND SY SEARCH RECORDS Up to 39 characters of the Nl and SY printable fields are used to create searchable NI,SY records -thus multiword names can be searched directly The following qualifying data are not kept in the searchable Nl and SY fields, but are retained in the Name Fragment (NF) Field. (SCI) or (9CI) Bth or 9th Collective Index Name (VAN) Valid Ambiguous Name [xxxxx] Anything in square brackets -Homograph Definitions -Line Formulas EXAMPLES OF Nl AND SY SEARCH RECORDS PRINT RECORD SY - Vinyl Chloride SY - Acetonitrile (SCI) SY - Tris (VAN) SY - Tris Agent] Nl - Phenol, 4-(5-(4-methyl-l-piperazinyl) (2,5'-bi-IH-benzimidazol) 2'-yl)-, trihydrochloride (9CI) CORRESPONDING SEARCH RECORDS (as seen during a NBR) VINYL CHLORIDE (SY) ACETONITRILE (SY) TRIS (SY) PHENOL, 4-(5-(4-METHYL-l-PIPERAZINYL)(2 (Nl) MANUAL NAME FRAGMENTS (NF) Description 13.4.7 -fragments generated from names in N1 and SY fields according to specific rules -similar in use to text words but differs in important ways, e.g., all parts of name kept, including numbers -searchable, non-printable field RULES: 1. break on (i.e., use as term delimiter): hyphens colons enclosures (e.g., parentheses, brackets) blank s 2. when special characters, e.g., commas, periods and other non-alphanumerlcs, are preceded or followed by a blank (or space), convert these special characters to blanks and create NF. 3. trailing single quotes are always kept as part of search term 4. all uniquely occurring name fragments are kept; no stopword list 5. no fragment is kept more than once for any unit record EXAMPLES OF NAME FRAGMENTS PRINT FIELD SY - Nicotine (8CI) N1 - Pyridine, 3-(1-methy 1-2-pyrrolidinyl)-, (S)- (9CI) SY - Flux Maag SY - Nicotin NAME FRAGMENTS (Non-Printable) Ist SY NJ Ist SY 2nd SY NICOTINE SCI PYRIDINE 2 FLUX 3 PYRROL ID INYL MAAG 1 S METHYL 9 CI NICOTIN Example 2 N1 - Phenol, 4-(5-(4-methyl-l-piperazinyl)(2,s’-bi-IH-benzimidazol 2’-yl)-, trihydrochloride (9 CI) Yields these Name Fragments PHENOL 4 5 METHYL I PIPERAZINYL 2.5’ BI 1H BENZIMIDAZOL 2 ' YL TRIHYDROCHLORIDE 9CI SEARCHING CHEMLINE SUMMARY GIVEN CHEMICAL NAME 1. NBR name (enter name as Is with multiple terms, hyphens, etc.) 2# If name present as SY or Nl, search using appropriate qualifier 3. If cannot locate, or name has greater than 39 characters use Name Fragments (remember to post-qualify single numbers with NF) 4. PRT DL GIVEN REGISTRY NUMBER (RN) 1. Enter number in hyphenated format with no leading zeros 2. PRT DL GIVEN MOLECULAR FORMULA (MF) 1. Enter formula in Hill Convention, hyphenated format 2. Use dot disconnect for salts, mixtures or molecular addition compounds 3, If more than one posting received (MF not unique) PRT Ml or SY to determine correct record 4. PRT correct record DL SEARCHING FOR THE SWEETENER SACCHARIN IN CHEMLINE GIVEN; 1. NAME a) Saccharin b) 1,2-Benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one, 1,1-dioxide, sodium salt c) Sodium 1,2 Benzisothiazolin-3-one-1,1-dioxide 2. CAS REGISTRY NUMBER a) 81-07-2 3. MOLECULAR FORMULA a) C7-H5-N-03-S b) C7-H5-N-03-S.??? Simple salts and other dot disconnected formulas NAME SEARCHING NLK TIME 17:37:53 DATE 81:203 LINE 035 KELLO FROM ELHILL AT NLM. YOU ARE NOW CONNECTED TO THE MEDLINE FILE. SS 1 /c? USER; FILE CHEMLINE PROG: YOU ARE NOW CONNECTED TO THE CHEMLINE FILE. SS 1 /c? USER; NBR SACCHARIN ALWAYS NBR FIRST PROG: POSTINGS TERM 1 SACCHARIMIDE (KF) I SACCHARIMIDE (SY) 12 SACCHARIN (NF) 1 SACCHARIN (SY) 1 SACCHARIN ACID (SY) F-LND NAME AS N1 OR SY UP N OR DOWN N? USER: DOWN PROG: POSTINGS TERM 1 SACCHARIN AMMONIUM (SY) 1 SACCHARIN COMPD. WITH DIETHANOL AMINE (SY) 1 SACCHARIN INSOLUBLE (SY) 1 SACCHARIN 0-METHYL ETHER (SY) 1 SACCHARIN SODIUM (SY) UP N OR DOWN N? USER; N PROG: SS 1 /C? USER; SACCHARIN (SY) SEARCH USING APPROPRIATE QUALIFIER PROG; SS (1) PSTG (1) SS 2 /C? USER; BETAI LED RECORD OF SACCHARIN PROG: SS 2 /C? USER: PRT DL PROG; 1 RM - 81-07-2 ON - 474-91-S (CAS) ME - C7-K5-N-03-S NI - 1,2-Benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one, 1,1-dioxide (9CI) SY - 1,2-Benzisothiazolin-3-one, 1,1-dioxide (8CI) SY - Anhydro-o-sulfaminebenzoic acid SY - 1,2-Benzisothiazoline-3-one 1,1-dioxide SY - 3-Benzisothiazolinone 1,1-dioxide SY - Benzoic sulfimide SY - o-Benzoic sulfimide SY - Benzoic sulphinide SY - Benzosulfimide SY - o-Benzosulfimide SY - Benzosulfinide SY - o-Benzoyl sulfimide SY - 1,2-Dihydro-2-ketobenzisosulfonazole SY - 2,3-Dihydro-3-oxobenzisosulfonazole SY - Garantose SY - Glucid SY - Gluside SY - 3-Hydroxybenzisothiazole-S,S-dioxide SY - Saccharimide SY - Saccharin SY - Saccharin acid SY - Saccharine SY - 550 Saccharine SY - Saccharin insoluble SY - Saccharinol SY - Saccharinose SY - Saccharol SY - o-Sulfobenzimide SY - o-Sulfobenzoic acid imide NR - 2 RS - 5,6 RE - C3NS-C6 CL - NSC3 LO - TOXLINE LO - TOXBACK6S LO - TOXBACK7 4 LO - RTECS LO - TDB LO - TSCAINV LO - MEDLINE EM - 8103 choose Registry Numbers and appropriate Synonyms to search free text databases, OR TO LOCATE RECORDS IN RTECS OR TDB SS 2 /C? USER; SEARCHING FOR NAMES LONGER THAN 39 CHARACTERS PROG: SS 2 /C? USER: NBR Ir2-BENZISOTHIAZOL-3(2H)-ONE,1r2-BENZISOTHIAZOL-3(2H)-ONE, lrl-DIOXIDE, SODIUM SALT PROG: POSTINGS TERM 2 1,2-BENZISOTHIAZOL-3(2H)-ONE, MIXT. WIT (Nl) 1 1 ,2-BENZISOTHIAZOL-3 (2H) -ONE, 1-OXIDE (Nl) 10 1,2-BENZISOTHIAZOL-3(2H)-ONE, lfl-DIOXI (Nl) NOTE 10 PST6S 2 Ir2-BEN2ISOTHIAZOL-3(2H)-ONE,1r2-BEN2ISOTHIAZOL-3(2H)-ONE, 2-((TRICH (Nl) A_ 1 If2-BENZISOTHIAZOL-3(2H)-ONE,1f2-BENZISOTHIAZOL-3(2H)-ONE, 2-((2-(DI (Nl) TRUNCATION AT UP N OR DOWN N? 39 CHARACTERS USER: PROG SS 2 /C? USER: (Nl) 1f 2-BENZISOTHIAZOL-3(2H)-ONE, 1,1-DIOXIDE PROG: TYPE AT LEAST 39 CHARACTERS SS (2) PSTG (10) SS 3 /C? USER: (NF) DIOXIDE AND SODIUM AND SALT AND 2 PROG; SS (3) PSTG (3) SS 4 /C? USER: PRT RN,ON,NI PROG: ADD REMAINDER OF NAME AS NF 1 RN - 66278-57-7 Nl - 1,2-Benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one, 1,1-dioxide, sodium salt, mixt. with S-methyl-1,2,4-triazolo(3,4-b)benzothiazole (9CI) 2 RN - 6155-57-3 Nl - 1,2-Benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one, 1,1-dioxide, sodium salt, dihydrate (9CI) 3 RN - 128-44-9 ON - 38279-26-4 (CAS) Nl - 1,2-Benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one, 1,1-dioxide, sodium salt (9CI) SS 4 /C? FIRST HIT IS RIGHT COMPOUND IN MIXTURE USER: SECOND IS DIHYDRATE, THIRD IS CORRECT EXACTLY USING NAME FRAGMENTS TO FIND INDIVIDUAL COMPOUNDS PROG SS 4 /C? USER: NBR SODIUM 1,2 BENZISOTHIAZOLIN-3-ONE-1,1-DIOXIDE PROG: POSTINGS TERM 1 SODIUM 1-PROPANETHIOLATE (SY) 1 SODIUM 1-TETRADECENESULFONATE (SY) 1 SODIUM 1,2-BIS(2-ETHYLHEXYLOXYCARBONYL) (SY) 1 SODIUM 1,2-DIHYDRO-l-OXO-3-ISOQUINOLINE (SY) 1 SODIUM 1,2-DIHYDROXY-3,5-BENZENEDISULFO (SY) UP N OR DOWN N? USER NBR DOESN'T FIND NAME PROG SS 4 /C? USER: (NF) SODIUM AND 1,2 AND BENZISOTHIAZOLIN AND 3(NF) AND ONE AND 1,1 AND PROG: CNT 4 FRAGMENT NAME AND INPUT AS NF NOTE POST-QUALIFICATION OF NUMBER AND USE OF TRAILING #AND; FOR CONTINUATION USER: DIOXIDE PROG: SS (4) PSTG (2) CHECK HITS TO SEE IF THEY CONTAIN THE SAME FRAGMENTS IN DIFFERENT ORDER, WITHOU EXTRA,NON-RELEVANT INFORMATION SS 5 /C? USER: PRT RN,ON,NI,SY COMPR PROG: 1 RN - 6155-57-3 N1 - 1,2-Benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one, 1,1-dioxide, sodium salt, dihydrate (9CI) SY - 1,2-Benzisothiazolin-3-one, 1,1-dioxide, sodium salt, dihydrate (8CI) ; Saccharin sodium dihydrate ; Sodium saccharin dihydrate 2 RN - 128-44-9 ON - 38279-26-4 (CAS) N1 - 1,2-Benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one, 1,1-dioxide, sodium salt (9CI) SY - 1,2-Benzisothiazolin-3-one, 1,1-dioxide, sodium salt (8CI) ; 1,2-Eenzothiazol-3(2HT-one l7l“dioxide sodium salt ; Cristallose ; Crystallose ; Kristallose ; Saccharin sodium ; Saccharin sodium salt ; Saccharin soluble ; Saxin ; Sodium o-benzosulfimide ; Sodium saccharide ; Sodium saccharin ; Sodium saccharinate ; Sodium saccharine ; Soluble saccharin ; Sweeta ; Sykose ; Willosetten SEARCHING BY REGISTRY NUMBER PROG: SS 5 /C? USER; 81-07-2 (RN) RN IS A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER, RETRIEVES 1 PSTG PROG: SS (5) PSTG (1) SS 6 /C? USER: PRT DL COMPRESS PROG: 1 RN - 81-07-2 ON - 474-Sl-S (CAS) MF - C7-K5-N-03-S N1 - 1,2-Benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one, lrl-dioxide (9CI) SY - 1,2-Benzisothiazolin-3-one, 1,1-dioxide (8CI) ; Anhydro-o-sulfaminebenzoic acid ; 1,2-Benzisothiazoline-3-one 1,1-dioxide ; 3-Benzisothiazolinone 1,1-dioxide ; Benzoic sulfimide ; o-Benzoic sulfimide ; Benzoic sulphinide ; Benzosulfimide ; o-Benzosulfimide ? Benzosulfinide ? o-Benzoyl sulfimide ? 1,2-Dihydro-2-ketobenzisosulfonazole ; 2,3-Dihydro-3-oxobenzisosulfonazole ; Garantose ? Glucid ; Gluside ; 3-llydroxybenzisothiazole-S,S-dioxide ; Saccharimide ? Saccharin ; Saccharin acid ; Saccharine ; 550 Saccharine ; Saccharin insoluble ; Saccharinol ; Saccharinose ; Saccharol ; o-Sulfobenzimide ; o-Sulfobenzoic acid imide NR - 2 RS -5,6 RE - C3NS-C6 CL - NSC3 LO - TOXLINE ? TOXBACK6S ; TOXBACK74 ; RTECS ; TDB ; TSCAINV ; MEDLINE EM - 8103 SS 6 /Cl USER: SEARCHING BY MOLECULAR FORMULA PROG: SS 6 /C? USER; NBR C7-H5-N-03-S PROG; POSTINGS TERM 1 C7-H5-N-02-S2 (MF) 9 C7-K5-N-03 (MF) 2 C7-115-N-03-S (MF) I C7-H5-N-03-S.C2-H6-0 (MF) I C7-115-N-03-S. C4-Hll-N-02 (MF) TWO PST6S UP N OR DOWN N? USER 10 PROG POSTINGS TERM 1 C7-H5-N-03-S.C6-Hl2-06 (MF) 1 C7-H5-N-03-S.C6-Kl3-N (MF) I C7-K5-N-03-S.C6-Hl3-N-03-S (MF) 1 C7-H5-N-03-S.C6-Kl3-N3 (MF) 1 C7-K5-N-03-S.H3-N (MF) I C7-K5-N-03-S.NA (MF) 1 C7-H5-N-03-S.X-C5-H5-N (MF) 1 C7-H5-N-03-S,l/2CA (MF) 1 C7-K5-N-03-5.2H2-O.NA (MF) I C7-H5-N-C3-SE (MF) UP N OR DOWN N? NOTE OTHER DOT-DISCONNECTS OF SAME FORMULA USER; FIND C7-K5-N-03-S (MF) USE FIND TO DIRECTLY SEARCH FROM NBR PROG: SS (6) PSTG (2) SS 7 /C? USER; PROG; SS 7 /C? USER; PROG SS 7 /C? USER: PRT FULL COMPRESS PROG: 1 RN - 2845-62-7 MF C7-H5-N-Q3-S xhe t£DLI?»7; -■£„ N1 - Benzenesulfonyl isocyanate (9CI) SY - Benzenesulfonic acid, anhydride with isocyanic acid (SCI) ? Isocyanic acid, anhydride with benzenesulfonic acid ; Phenylsulfonyl isocyanate ; Sulfone, isocyanato phenyl LO - TOXBACK7 4 2 RM - 81-07-2 ON - 474-91-9 (CAS) MF - C7-H5-N-93-S &rj oral> EFFECTS Contraceptives, oral toxicity (EMIC) (ETIC) ( TD3 ) Contracept i ves Contraceptives, oral Oral contraceptives 1 5. Language C LA ) a. in 7 subfiles MANUAL 12.5.14 b. not a standard format among the subfiles c. always NBR (neighbor) d. ENG is not on ail english citations e. example LA - FREjENGLISH & ENG SUMM 16. Order Number (OD) MANUAL 12.5.15 a. only in one subfile - TD3 b. identifies the document order number c. not searchable, but printable 15. Price (PR) MANUAL 12.5.16 a. only in one subfile - TD3 b. gives price of document in coded format - 3 digits c. order form contains code translation d. example PR - NTIS PRICES: PC AO6/MF AOl 17. Publication Type (PT) MANUAL 12.5.17 a. only in one subfile - CBAC b. designates standard type of publication MONOGRAPH JOURNAL ARTICLE PATENT THESIS TECHNICAL REPORT 19. CAS Registry Number (RN) a. in about 75% of the records b. unique number associated with a chemical substance c. format is XXXXXX-XX-X, leading zeros suppressed d. use entire RN including hyphens to search e. should ’OR’ trade names and other synonyms to get MANUAL 12.5.18 f. use CHEMLINE to get RN maximum retrieval 20. Supporting Agency (SA) a. in 2 subfiles - RPROJ & ID3 b. formal name & address of agency supporting MANUAL 12.5.19 c. TD3 subfile may contain several entries d. not searchable, but can be STRINGSEARCHed e. support dollars given if available research project f. example SA - U.S.Dept. of Health & Human Services; Public Health Service; National Inst. of Health; Division of Research Resources SUPPORT $31,658 21. Secondary Source CSI) a, on all records MANUAL 12.5.20 b. used as file accession number HEEP/75/1 06A 5 subfile 2 or 3 digits 4-7 digits accession number in secondary source 3-6 digits yr or vo 1 c. useful to notify MMS or Toxicology Information Program about a questionable citation; useful to find a specific citation for more detailed print d. abbreviations for some subfiles differ from Textword which comes from header in abstract field SI ac ronym TW acronym CA SSIE NT I S IRA CB AC RPROJ TD3 IPA or ASHP !2. Source (SO) MANUAL 12.5.21 a. in all records b. contains bibliographic citation c. not a standard format. d . not searchable e. CODEN and YEAR fields reflect the SOURCE f. example SO - ENVIRON HEALTH PERSPECT: 28:51-57,1979 23. Title (TI) MANUAL 12.5.22 a. in all records b. not directly searchable» STRINGSEARCH c . textracted d. foreign titles are identified 24. Text Words (TW) MANUAL 12.7.1 a. all records b. from ABSTRACT, KEYWORD & TITLE c . Uniterm d. term generation rules & stopword list 1. alpha or alphanumeric 39 character string 2. special characters converted to blanks 3. hyphen exception rule stopword list „ e. primary means to search TOXLINE f. not a data element 25. Initial Year CYI) a. in one subfile - RPRDJ b. date project was initiated c. format 5 s YYMM d. STRINGSEARCH only MANUAL 12.5.23 26. Final Year (Y2) a. in one subfile - RPROJ MANUAL 12.5.24 b. date project's authorization expires c. format YYMM d. STRINGSEARCH only 27. Year (YR) a . in all records MANUAL 12.5.25 b, reflects the source field c. searchable & rangeable 28. Zip Code C2P) MANUAL 12.5.26 a. in two subfiles - RPROJ, CBAC b. searchable SUBFILE COMPOSITION 1. Five major secondary sources Chemical Abstracts Service Environmental Protection Agency American Society of Hospital Pharmacists Bio Sciences Information Service 2. Six special collections Environmental Mutagen Information Center Environmental Teratology Information Center Smithsonian Science Information Exchange National Technical Information Services Hayes File on Pesticides Toxic Materials Information Center category element search print print print | ******** secondary files *********** qualifier name status full detai1edItoxbib cbac pestab ashp beep emic etic rproj td3 ab abstract tw ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ad address ad ad ad ad ad ad ad ad ad au author * au au au au au au au au au au au au aw award type * aw aw cc classification code * cc cc cd coden X cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cd cn corporate name *tw cn cn cn cn cy country or state X cy cy cy dtg data tags x dtg dtg em entry month *R em em em em em em em em em em id identification number X id i d id i s international standard serial number X i s i s i s kw keywords * tw k w kw kw kw kw kw la language X la 1 a la la la la la la la od order number od od od pr pr i ce pr pr pr pt publication type X pt Pt rn cas registry number X rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn sa supporting agency sa sa sa si secondary source id X si si si s i si si si si si si si si so source so so so so so so so so so so so so t i title tw ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ■few text words(from ab,kw,ti) tw tw tw tw tw tw tw tw tw y1 initial year yi y1 y2 final year y2 y2 yr year (part of source field) *R yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr 2P zip code x ZP zp ZP * directly searchable tw text word searchable R rangeable icgm tox.matri x April 18, 1982 TOXLIHE MATRIX Sub file abbreviat ion Subfile Marne Source of Subfile Years TOXLINE of Coverage FOX/4 10X65 Comment TOXBIB Toxici ty Bibliography MEM MEDLINE 79—> 74-78 65-73 Created by profile run against MEDLINE to retrieve toxicology related records CBAC Chemical Biological Activities Chemical Abstracts 79 74-78 65-73 CBAC sections; includes sect ion5 8 Radbiochemi stry, 59 air pollution 60 sev/age and wastes since 1975. PESTAB (HAPAB)* Pesticides Abstracts (Health aspects of Pesticides Abstracts Bui 1et i n)* epA Envi ronment al Protection Agency 79-81 74-78 68-63 Scope is epidemiological effects of pesticides in humans. Name was changed in 1974. I PA International Pharm- aceutical Abstracts American Society for Hospital Pharmacists 79-r 74-78 69-73 Scope includes pharmacol ogy, toxicology of drugs TTTFP Abstracts in Health Effects of Environ- mental Pollutants BioSciences Infor- mation Service 79 -X 74-78 70-73 Includes both Biological Abstracts and Biological Abstracts/RRM profile. EMI C Environmental Mutagen Information Center File Special fi1e under NTP 50 Many secondary sources used to collect mutagen related information. im Environrnental terat- ology Information Center File Special file under NTP 50 Many secondary sources used to collect teratology in- format ion. rprOj Toxicology/Epidem- iology Research Projects Smithsonian Science Information Exchange 79 Profile used to group reports of research projects in process in toxicology and epidemiology MAYES W.J. Hayes, dr. file on health aspects of pesticides Special File 40-68 10,000 citations-no abstracts or registry numbers. WIT Toxic Materials Information Center file Special file 40-73 Closed f 11e--prepared at Oak Ridge National Lab- oratory SUBFILES OF TOXLINC, TOXBACK74, AND TOXBACK6S 1. The primary date of publication coverage for the various subfiles for TOXLINE and both backfiles are: SUBFILE TOXLINE TOXBACK74 TOXBACK6S TOXBIB 79-present 74-78 65-73 CB AC 79-present 74-78 65-73 PESTAB 79-81 74-78 68-73* (HARAB ) * ASHPCIRA) 79-present 74-78 69-73 HEEP 79-present 74-78 70-73 EMIC 50-present ETIC 50-present RPROJ 79-present ID 3 pre 79-present HAYES 40-68 TMIC 40-73 *name crhange in 1974 VI. SUBFILES 1 . TOXBIB a. National Library of Medicine: Toxicity Bibliography (printed form until 1977) MANUAL 12.6.1 b. Two sections of information: 1. Drugs and Chemicals Adverse effects -- what happens when a drug or chemical used under normal conditions gives a bad reaction Poisoning used very discretely; the drug or chemical is a poisoning agent or causes po i son ing Toxicity used with chemicals and drugs to determine the experimental effects upon man or animals Individual MESH terms that imply both toxicity and the agent Ci.e. lead poisoning) 2. Adverse reactions to drugs and chemicals Chemically induced used with diseases, syndromes, congenital abnormalities and symptoms caused by chemical compounds Individual MESH terms that do not carry the subheading agent (i.e. morphine addiction) c. Profile is run against the SDILINE each month d. SUBFILE IPX LINE TOXBACK74 TOXBACK6S TOXBIB 79-present 74-78 65-73 2. CBAC a. Chemical Abstracts Service* Chemical-Biological MANUAL 12.6.2 Activities (CBAC) b. use CBAC to identify complete subfile c. CA SECTIONS SECTION TITLE 101 Pharmacodynamics 102 103 Hormone Pharmacology Biochemical Interactions Toxicology 1 04 105 1 08* Agrochem Seals Radiation Biochemistry 1 59 Air Pollution & Industrial Hygiene Sewage and Pastes 1 60 162 Essential Oils and Cosmetics Pharmaceut i cals 1 63 1 64 Pharmaceutical Analysis Additional new sections: CA SECTIONS SECTION TITLE 114 1 1 7 1 1 8 1 61 1 71 Mammalian Pathological Biochemistry Food and Feed Chemistry Animal Nutrition Water Nuclear Technology d. Sections 101-5» 162-64 have abstracts; all others have phrases in the abstract field. All CBAC records have CAS Registry Numbers. e. SUBFILE TOXLINE TOXBAC K 7 4 TOXBACK6S CBAC 79-present 74-78 65-73 3. PESTAB MANUAL 12.6.3 a. Environmental Protection Agency: Pesticides Abstracts b. Publication c. Review of 1000+ domestic and foreign journals d. Epidemiological effects of pesticides on humans e. Before January 1974 this file was known as Health Aspects of Pesticides Abstract Bulletin -- HAPAB f. Funding terminated Dec 1981 9 • SUBFILE TOXLINE TOXBACK74 TOXBACK 6 5 PESTAB 79-81 74-78 66-73* (HAPAB)* 4. IPA MANUAL 12.6.4 a. American Society of Hospital Pharmacists: International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA) b. Publication c. Review 1000+ journals d. Use ASHP to identify complete subfile e. Types of information in subfile: develpment & use of drugs adverse drug reactions toxicity drug stab i 1 ity drug analysis drug metabolism f. SUBFILE IPA TOXLINE 79-present TOXBACK74 74-78 TOXBACK6S 69-73 5. HEEP a. Bio Sciences Information Service: Abstracts on Health Effects of Environmental Pollutants (HEEP). MANUAL 12.6.5 b. Publication c. Effects of environmental chemicals or substances > other than medicinals on human health d. Types of information in the subfile: industrial medicine occupational health analytic methods reports on vertebrates & invertebrates as indicators of toxic substances or disease vectors in food chain =. Biological Abstracts (Research Reports) and f. SUBFILE Biological Abstracts/Reports, Reviews, Mgt literature TOXLINE TOXBACK 74 TOXBACK6S HEEP 79-present 74-78 70-75 6. EMIC a. Environmental Mutagen Information Center (EMIC) file* Oak Ridge National Laboratory* under auspices of National Toxicology Program MANUAL 12.6.6 b. Major sources used to construct the subfile: Chemical Abstracts Biological Abstracts Genetic Abstracts Carcinogenesis Abstracts Cancer Chemotherapy Abstracts Teratology Lookout Bioresearch Index c. Literature type indexed in KW Abstract Book Note (non-copyrighted publication) Popular (scope info in popular press) List (published list of references) Related paper Book review Chapter Collaborative study Dissertation Report (usually case reports on humans) Report with data Editorial Symposium Re v i eu Workshop Patent Epidemiological study Hypothesis (no data) Journal Letter Methods Meet sng report d . SUBFILE TOXLINE TOXBACK74 TOXBACK6S EMIC 50-present 7. ETIC MANUAL 12.6.7 a. Environmental Teratology Information Center (ETIC) file, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, under auspices of National Toxicology Program b. Literature type indexed in KW c. SUBFILE TOXLINE TOX TOXLINE TOXBACK74 TOXBACK 6 I ETIC 50-present 8, R PROJ a Smithsonian Science Information Exchange Toxicology and epidemiology [research projects File is a collection of currently funded research projects MANUAL 12.6.8 b c d SUBFILE TOXLINE TOXBACK7A TOXBACK 6 5 RPROJ 79-present e Examples of the information in several of the fields unique to RPROJ ID SO ROl HL 25585-01 TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH PROJECTS DIRECTORY, V0L.05 ISS.II 1980 AW SA G U.S.DEPT. OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; NATIONAL INST. OF HEALTH; NATIONAL HEART LUNG & BLOOD INST. SUPPORT $31,658 RPROJ THIS PROJECT IS PART OF A BROADER PROGRAM A DESCRIPTION OF WHICH MAY BE FOUND BY SEARCHING (ID) POl HL 10350-#### AB Y 1 Y 2 7909 8008 9 . TD3 a National Technical Information Service: Toxicology Document and Data Depository CTD3). MANUAL 12.6.9 b Contains citations to report literature on toxicology & related subjects as covered by NTIS c Begins uith Government Reports Announcements & Index Oct 1979 d SUBFILE TOXLINE TOXBACK74 TOXBACK6S TDS 79-present e Examples of the information in several of the fields unique to TD3 ID OD PR SO CONTRACT F33615-76-C-5005, PROJ. 6302, TASK 01 NT IS/AD-A 07 5 976/1 , 11 9 P NTIS PRICES: PC AO6/MF AOl GOVT REPORTS ANNOUNCEMENTS & INDEX (GRA&I), ISSUE 04, 1980 M-2 A 10. HAYES a . Hayes File on Pesticides Closed files; compiled by Dr. W.J. Hayes Provides earlier years of HAPAB 1940-1966; ♦ MANUAL 12.6.11 b . c . d . SUBFILE TOXLINE TOXBACK74 TOXBACK 6 HAYES 40-68 11. TMIC MANUAL 12.6.10 a Toxic Materials Information Center (TMIC) file* Oak Ridge National Laboratory b File was built from 1971-1975* however references prior to this time period are included c SUBFILE TOXLINE TOXBACK7A TOXBACK6S TMIC AO-73 SUBFILE SUMMARY 1. Total of 11 subfiles; 9 in TOXLINE 2. Each subfile has its own acronym a. present in the record as a keyword or as a header in the abstract field from where it is textracted b. textword searchable c. can 'AND' or 'AND NOT' in search strategy 3. Disadvantages of a merged data base a. variable record format b. variable data elements c. duplicate citations 4. Duplication Problem a. pay each secondary source for information received b. citations get into file at different times c. source field format not standardized d. completeness of record varies 5. Duplicate checking a. general problem of when to do it b. whose citation to keep c. TOXBACK6S, TOXBACK7A have had duplicates removed d. TOXLINE thru 1981 have had duplicates removed ✓III.SEARCH STRATEGY 1. Comparison of MEDLINE and TOXLINE MEDLINE TOXLINE STD RECORD FORMAT DUPLICATES CONTROLLED VOCABULARY TREE STRUCTURE BOOLEAN LOGIC SENTENCE SEARCH STRINGSEARCH EXPLODE SUBHEADINGS APPLY CHECKTAGS SORT RANGING YES NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO YES NO NO YES NO YES' NO NO NO YES YES 2. Ranging 'MANUAL 12.7.10 a. Ranging on publication Year (YR) and Entry Month (EM) b. Qualifier required for ranging on EM c . Formats : FROM -- TO - inclusive LESS THAN exclusive GREATER THAN e xcl us ive 3. Sorting MANUAL 12.7.11 a. Functions as a prespecified keyword rather than a command. b. Selects data element to be sorted and direction of sort. a. Ascending (0-9, A-Z) is assumed; otherwise include the word in the SORT statement. c. User initiates sort during question & answer portion of SORT = AUTI, DESCENDING. an OFFSEARCH or offline PRINT command. User prompt : PROG : SEARCH TITLE, OR NONE- USER : SORT=AUTI d. System never prompts for SORT; enter in response to REQUESTOR’S NAME, OR SAME- SEARCH TITLE, OR NONE- e. Five data elements may be listed for sorting. f. Caution on SORTing in TOXLINE: Data elements with variable formats Data elements that occur several times g. Useful data elements to sort in toxline AU - Author TI - Title SI - Secondary Source CD - Coden YR - Year 4. Delineate the parameters of the search such as: years covered species clinical and/or nonclinical published articles /research projects 5. Develop chemical concept a. use CHEMLINE for RN, synonyms, locator b. chemical name fragments c. may not need to narrow search further 6. Develop concept a. use MESH to suggest terms b. various spellings c. various synonyms d. special terminology 7. Choose files to be searched 8. Develop print format and/or sort format 9. Application CHEMLINE - TOXLINE QUESTIONS In CHEMLINE, find the record for the pesticide DIELDRIN. Print the standard and full formats. RN. ON_ RN FILE LOCATORS ON FILE LOCATORS 2. Find citations in TOXLINE by George D. Ledney. a. Print out a standard and detailed record of Dr. Ledney's paper on "Skin wound-enhanced survival and myelocytopoiesis in mice after whole-body irradiation". b. Note the difference in the two print formats. 3. Using the data from the Chemical record for the anti-inflamatory drug NAPROSYN, compare the numbers of retrieved citations when you use only the name givenCnaprosyn) , the CAS Registry Number, and other synonyms. RN In the TOXLINE file: # citations using NAPROSYN t citations using RN t citations using other synonyms OR together these 3 search statements for total 4. A requestor has seen the following name in a journal: 5-(3,3-DIMETHYL-1-TRIAZENYL)-IH-IMIDAZOLE-4-CARBOXAM IDE Find its CHEMLINE record. RN 5. Find information in TOXLINE of the effects of mercury on the What synonyms look the most useful for a TOXLINE search? central nervous system in children RN SY 6. There is a government report in TOXLINE entitled "Health Effects of Synfuels Technology: A Review". You wish to order this document from NT IS . ORDER NUMBER PRICE SUBFILE 7. A widely used antineoplastic agent has the following molecular formula: C 6 H1 2 N 3 P S Find the CHEMLINE record. RN 8. Find citations in TOXLINE about the irritation effects of ethyl acetate . RN SYNONYMS USED 9. In the TOXBACK7A file, how many citations are there on TIMOLOL? a. Is there any information on the use of Timolol in cases of angina AND hypertension? What is the Journal Source? b. Is there any newer publications on Timolol by the authors you found in response to question 10a.? c. Is there any newer references in TOXLINE on the use of Timolol for angina OR hypertension? CANCER DATABASES Trainees will be able to: * 1. describe in general terms the scope and content of each of the three cancer files. 2. describe the content and write the correct search entry format for the searchable data elements in CANCERLIT, 3, distinguish between the AU, TI, SO and TA fields for serial and nonserial records in CANCERLIT, 4. list the data elements processed for Text Words in CANCERLIT, 5. describe the content and write the correct search entry format for the searchable data elements in CANCERPROJ. 6, describe the content and format of the HT field in CANCERPROJ (and CLINPROT). 7, list the data elements processed for Text Words in CANCERPROJ, 8, describe the content under the correct search entry format for the searchable data elements in CLINPROT, 9, list the data elements processed for Text Words in CLINPROT. *lO. formulate effective search strategies for all three cancer files given a set of sample questions. 11, explain the difference between tumor, cancer and carcinoma. 12, list at least ten terms to use in formulating the concept, human, Objective applies to each of the databases, CANCERLIT, CANCERPROJ and CLINPROT. CANCER FILES (CANCERLIT, CANCERPROJ, CLINPROT) Initial Class-Lesson Plan I. Introduction MANUAL A. Brief mention of National Cancer Act of 1971, origin of ICRDB Program and NCI/NLM collaboration. B. Brief mention of other cancer information sevices of ICRDB. C, Statement of what lecture covers. 1. Scope and content of 3 data bases 2. Search entry format for searchable data elements 3. Special points to remember and searching hints 4. Group formulation 5. Hands On Session Definition of CANCERLINE A, Brief description of each data base; derivation of name, explanation of type of information, emphasis of when appropriate to search each data base. III. Discussion of CANCERLIT A, Scope and Content (refer to scope chart handout) 16.1 1. Describe scientific scope including years covered 2. Describe journalistic scope including years changed 3, State present number, update frequency, and estimated yearly growth B, Unit Record (searchable elements only) 1, Author - same as MEDLINE ...—f „ , . _ 16,3,3 / /- - TV ~ J, Cr y 2. Title Abbreviation - standard, like TA in MEDLINE 16.3.13 3. Year of Publication - rangeable 16.3,16 4. Language - standard abbreviations as in MEDLINE 16.3,8 MANUAL 5. Source Identifier - looks like TOXLINE, not same use; unique number 16.3.11 6. Publication Type - describe each; mention Meeting Abstract and Letter to Editor also follow title 16.3.10 7. ISSN and CODEN 16.3,6 16.3.A 8. Entry Month - YYMM; must specify when ranging because default is to YR 16.3.5 9. Keyword - indexing enrichment terms, none at moment, will be in future; 16.3.7 10. Text Word - TI, AB 16.4.1 11. Title, Author, Title Abbreviation and Source fields when nonserial document 12. Title Word (TF) - single terms textracted from the title, 16. A.l C. Points to Remember 1, All records have abstracts 2. TA, LA, EM, AU fields all standard 3, No periods after abbreviations so SENSEARCH works very well A, Appendix to manual has list of words always abbreviated IV. Discussion of CANCERPROJ A. Scope and Content (refer to scope chart) 17.1 1, Describe type of information, how it originates, how and who prepares it 2. State present number, update frequency and estimated yearly growth B, Unit Record (searchable elements only) 1, Investigator - same format as Author field 17.3.10 2, Fiscal Year - format; what field contains 17,3,6 MANUAL 3. Award Type - format; define contracts and grants 17.3.3 4, Supporting Agency ID Number - format; use of Research Grant's Index 17.3.12 5. Unique Identifier - format; explain continuation of projects; unique number 17.3.15 6. Performing Organization - abbreviations, use manual appendix, use "NBR" 17.3.11 7. Country (or State) - format 17.3.4 8. Subject Captions, Hierarchical Terms, Hierarchical Subject Codes - mention briefly what they are and that they will be discussed in Advanced Class 17.3.13 17.3.7 17.3.8 9. Text Word - TI, AB, HT 10. Funds - recent addition of this field 17.3.18 C. Points to Remember 1. Project descriptions written by investigators themselves; not always well written, not always descriptive 2. Project descriptions enriched by liberal indexing 3. Descriptions usually segmented by Objective, Approach and Progress 4. Use // sign for periods when TSing SA field 5. No search term default - you get a multi-meaning message 6. Not all cancer research projects in CANCERPROJ 7. Often subprojects of large core grant will cause repetition 8. Contains information you will find in no other online database V. Discussion of CLINPROT/ A. Scope and Content (refer to sheet) 18.1 1. Describe type of information, where it originates, who prepares it and what it can be used for 2. State present number, update frequency and estimated yearly growth MANUAL B, Unit Record (searchable elements only) 1, Identification Number - 3 different numbers; for NCI administrative use 18.3.7 *2. Stratification Points - describe content of field *3, Protocol Phase - define 4 phases of study 4. Accession Number - unique Identifying number 18.3.14 18.3.11 18.3.16 18.3.12 5. Performing Organization - list of groups and abbreviations in appendix to manual 6. Country (or State) - same as CANCERPROJ 18.3.3 7, Subject Captions, Hierarchical Terms, Hierarchical Subject 18,3.13 Codes - mention briefly what they are and that they will be discussed in the Advanced Class 18,3,5 18.3.6 8. Text Word - TI, AB, HT C, Points to Remember 18.4 1. Abstracts are long but broken down into specific segments (protocol details) 2. Titles are very descriptive so little need to browse abstracts online 3, Do not need to input general treatment terms 4. All studies done in humans VI. Searching Hints for Cancer Files A, Free text formulation in one will work for all (note however that general treatment terms and terms for human are not needed in CLINPROT) B. Differences between cancer terms tumor, cancer, and carcinoma C. Never use word cancer in these three files. Carcinoma and tumor can occasionally be of use D. Always enter noun and adjective when searching organ site; e.g., larynx and laryngeal MANUAL E. Never use word human alone. Need patient or patients, man or men, woman or women, male and female (but remember get animals), adult or adults, child or children, adolescent or adolescents, boy or boys, girl or girls, and sometimes clinical helps F, Never rely on broad class names to get everything. For example, lymphomas; need adenolymphoma, lymphosarcoma, Burkett’s lymphoma, Hodgkin’s Disease, Marek’s Disease, etc. Applies to chemical compounds also; e.g., hydrazines G. Tools 1, Cancer Medicine - Holland and“Frei 2. MeSH 3. Chemline VII. Group Search Formulation - Methotrexate therapy for lymphocytic leukemia A. Stepwise search formulation on board B. Input into 3 data bases VIII. Hands on Session IX. Discussion of Practice Questions Hand Outs A. In Training Class Workbook 1. CANCERLIT Manual 2. CANCERLIT Unit Record Description 3, CANCERLIT Sample Record Printout 4. CANCERPROJ Manual 5, CANCERPROJ Unit Record Description 6. CANCERPROJ Sample Record Printout 7. CLINPROT Manual 8. CLINPROT Unit Record Description 9. CLINPROT Sample Record Printout 10. Practice Questions 11. ICRDB Flow Chart B. In ICRDB Folder 1. Cancerline Brochure 2. ICRDB Information Service Pamphlet 3. Scope and Content Sheet 4. Sample Search Request 5. Information Sheets for ICRDB Services and Products CATEGORY NAMES ABBREVIATION SEARCH PRINT PRINT FULL PRINT DETAILED Source Identifier SI YES YES YES YES Autho r AU YES YES YES YES Address AD NO NO YES YES Title TI NO YES YES YES Transliterated/Vemacular Title TT NO NO NO YES Source SO NO YES YES YES Abstract AB NO NO YES YES Language LA YES NO YES YES Title Abbreviation TA YES NO NO YES Year YR YES NO NO YES Publication Type PT YES NO NO YES Inti Standard Serial Number IS YES NO NO YES Coden CD YES NO NO YES Entry Month EM YES NO NO YES MeSH Headings MH YES NO NO YES Title Word TF YES NO NO NO Keywords KW YES NO NO YES Textword TW YES NO NO NO UNIT RECORD DESCRIPTION - CANCERLIT CANCERLIT 1 SI - ICDB/80/37060 AU - Schmidt A AU - Chernajovsky Y AU - Shulman L AU - Federman P AU - Berissi H AU - Revel M AD - Dept. Virology, Weizmann Inst. Science, Rehovot, Israel (2’5’) OLIGOISOADENYLATE AND THE C-C-C TERMINUS OF TRNA. EM - 8001 SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci USA; 76(10:4788-4792 1979 LA - ENG CD - PNASA IS - 0027-8424 AB - A phosphodiesterase characterized by a generally hisher activity on 2’-5! than on 3’-5’ phosphodiester bonds was isolated from mouse L cells treated with interferon, A similar enzyme was purified from mouse reticulocytes. The phosphodiesterase 2’-PDi splits the 2’-phosphate bond of pppA2'p5’A2’p5'A, the olisonucleotide activator of ribonuclease F, The level of phosphodiesterase 2’-PDi is increased by interferon treatment of L cells. The phosphodiesterase was also shown to desrade the cytidyl-cytidyl-adenyl terminus of transfer RNA (tRNA) and to reduce the amino acid acceptance of tRNA in cell free extracts, thereby causing a tRNA reversible inhibition of messenger RNA translation. (Author abstract) (35 Refs) YR - 79 TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci Usa PT - Journal Article CATEGORY NAMES ABBREVIATION SEARCH PRINT PRINT FULL PRINT DETAILED Title TI NO YES YES YES Investigators IR YES YES YES YES Address AD NO NO YES YES Abstract AB NO NO YES YES Initial Year Y1 NO NO YES YES Final Year Y2 NO NO YES YES Identification Number ID YES NO YES YES Fiscal Year FY YES NO NO YES Award Type AW YES NO NO YES Unique Identifier UI YES NO NO YES Performing Organization PO YES YES NO YES Country (or State) CY YES NO NO YES Subject Captions SC YES NO NO YES Hierarchical Subject Codes HC YES NO NO YES Hierarchical Terms HT NO NO NO NO Entry Month EM YES NO NO YES Funds ZZ YES NO NO YES Text Word TW YES NO NO NO Sup po r t i enc y SA NO NO NO UNIT RECORD DESCRIPTION - CANCERPROJ CANCERPROJ 1 TI - BIOCHEMISTRY OF EARLY MAMMALIAN DEVELOPMENT IR - Epstein CJ AD - University of California; San Francisco Campus; School of Medicine; Dept, of Pediatrics; 551 Parnassus Ave.; San Francisco, California 94122 AB - The overall objectives of the project are the elucidation of molecular events occurring during mammalian oogenesis, fertilization, and early pre- and post-implantation development. AB - Our goals for the current year are; A, The in vitro translation of messenger RNA*s obtained from oocytes and very early embryos will be attempted, B. Protein synthesis during various stages of oocyte growth and maturation will be analyzed by two-dimensional electrophoresis. C. The split-embryo technique will be used for the study of development mutations which affect early embryonic development. D, Studies on the comparative protein synthesis of teratocarcinoma cells and of normal early post-implantation embryos will be carried out with two-dimensional electrophoresis to define better the similarities and differences between normal embryonic cells and teratocarcinoma stem cells. AB - BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Epstein, C.J. Developmental mechanisms and abnormalities: toward a developmental genetics of man. In Littlefield, J.W. and de Grouchy, J. eds. Birth Defects (Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, 1978), pp. 387-395. Dranser, K., Epstein, C.J., and Epstein, L.B, The antiproliferative effects of interferon on murine embryonic cells. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 160, 46-49 (1979) Y1 - 7706 Y2 - 8005 FY - 79 ID - ROl HD 03132-12 SA - U.S. Dept, of Health & Human Services; Public Health Service; National Inst, of Health; National Inst, of Child Health & Human Development AW - G UI - 1HD 313212 PO - University of California CY - California CY - USA EH - 7909 ZZ - 95,396 THE CLINPROT DATABASE On May 9, 1977 a new database, CLINPROT (CLlNical Cancer PROTocols), was made available to all U.S. and foreign users of the NLM online computer system. This database is sponsored by the International Cancer Research Data Bank (ICRDB) Program of the National Cancer Institute and should be considered an experimental database. The present format of the file as well as its continued availability depends on the feedback received by the ICRDB Program during this experimental period. CLINPROT contains approximately 2,500 summaries of clinical investigations of new anticancer agents and treatment modalities. Most of the protocols were supplied by the Division of Cancer Treatment (DCT) of the National Cancer Institute. Several hundred have also been supplied by major U.S. cancer centers and by sources outside the United States. The file contains detailed descriptions of all phases of clinical trials; Phase I studies which attempt to define an agent’s limiting toxicities, time courses, dose-response relationships, etc; Phase II studies primarily designed to specifiy unambiguously the types of tumors which do or do not respond; Phase 111 which must establish the efficacy of a drug as a meaningful treatment and Phase IV which develops the use of this drug in combination with other therapies. The bulk of the file will be Phase II and Phase 111 studies. The protocol descriptions will also define the entry criteria for the patient (e.g. acute leukemia with no prior therapy and no more than 30% blasts in the bone marow), give the details of the therapy, and provide the dose schedule, special study parameters and the various medical data collected and followed, CLINPROT is a small highly specialized file which should be most useful to a narrow segment of the total NLM user base. It is primarily designed for clinical oncologists who are actively engaged in the development and testing of new clinical protocols. However, it may also be useful to other clinicians who may wish to be aware of new cancer treatment methods currently being evaluated in controlled clinical trials. The experimental nature of these protocols is emphasized by a paragraph in each record which states: "Warning; Many of these agents are hazardous and have FDA approval for only clinical investigations by specialists in clinical oncology. In many cases, the protocols are not yet known to be more effective than existing treatment methods." The unit record is listed below with a description of the data elements. UNIT RECORD DESCRIPTION* Category Names Qualifier Search Print Print Full Investigator 1R X X X ID Number ID X X X Title TI X X Address AD X X Stratification Points SP X X Protocol Phase PH X X X Abstract AB X Protocol Details PD X Initial Year Y1 Final Year Y2 Unique Identifier UI X Performing Organization PO X Country (or State) CY X Entry Month EM X Subject Captions SC X Hierarchical Subject Codes HC X Hierarchical Terms HT Major Revision Date MR X Text Words TW X Category *AII data elements will be displayed with the "PRT DETAILED command. UNIT RECORD EXPLANATION 1. Investigator - the name of the principal investigator or the cooperative group chairman. 2. ID Number - the supporting agency’s identification number and/or the protocol number. 3. Title - the title of the protocol. A. Address - the name and address of the group conducting the studies. 5. Stratification Points - the entry criteria (parameters) by which patients are chosen. 6. Protocol Phase - the phase of the drug studies. 7. Abstract - a summary of the protocol which includes the protocol entry criteria and the protocol outline. 8, Protocol Details - this field includes the objectives, stratification points, special study parameters, end points, current status, dosage schedule, dosage forms and protocol chairman’s telephone number. 9. Initial Year the date of first patient entry. 10. Final Year - the date the last patient enters the study. 11. Unique Identifier - a sequential number input by SSIE as they process the protocols. 12. Performing organization - the name of the group conducting the studies. 13. Country (or State) - the name of the country where the studies are taking place. For U.S., the name of the state and/or USA can be used as a search term. 14. Entry Month - the date the protocol was entered into the NLM computer system. 15. Subject Caption - the specific SSIE indexing terms added. 16. Hierarchical Subject Codes - the numeric codes for each of the specific index terms added. 17, Major Revision Date - the date when a major change was made to the record. 18. Text Words - all the significant words which appear in the Title I field, the Abstract field and the Hierarchical Terms field. Free text searching is the primary searching mechanism but each record is also indexed, as is CANCERPROJ, with controlled terms from the SSIE thesaurus. These controlled terms (Subject Captions) can also be used in searching the data base. The feasibility of enriching the protocol summaries with MeSH terms is being explored. CATEGORY NAMES ABBREVIATION SEARCH PRINT PRINT FULL PRINT DETAILED Investigators IR YES YES YES YES Title TI NO YES YES YES Address AD NO YES YES YES Stratification Points SP YES NO NO YES Protocol Phase PH YES NO NO YES Abstract AB NO NO YES YES Initial Year Y1 NO NO NO YES Final Year Y2 NO NO NO YES Identification Number ID YES YES YES YES Unique Identifier UI YES NO NO YES Performing Organization PO YES NO NO YES Country (or State) CY YES NO NO YES Entry Month EM YES NO NO YES Subject Caption SC YES NO NO YES Hierarchical Subject Codes HC YES NO NO YES Hierarchical Terms HT NO NO NO NO Major Revision Date MR YES YES YES YES Protocol Details PD NO NO NO YES Text Word TW YES NO NO NO UNIT RECORD DESCRIPTION - CLINPROT CLINPROT ID - MSKCC-758S IR Uo 1b e r RE; TI - COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY NITH MECCNU? 5-FU AMD VINCRISTINE FOR PREVIOUSLY UNTREATED LARGE PONEL CANCER AD - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer .Center? 1275 York Ave.? New York? New York 10025 AB - OBJECT IVES? AB - I. Evaluate the relative effectiveness of two schedules of MOR combination chemotherapy in patients with recurrent metastatic carcinoma of the I arse bowel. AB PROTOCOL ENTRY CRITERIA? Patients with colon or rectal carcinoma with measurable non-resec tab 1e or residual disease? who have had no previous adequate chemotherapy nor been rendered tree ot di se ase bv r a diot herasy. PD - Protocol chairman's telephone number is? 212-794-7093 PD - WARNING? Many of these asents are hazardous and have FDA approval ONLY for clinical investigations by specialists in Clinical Oncology. In many cases the protocols are not yet known to be more effective than exist ins treatment methods. PD - PROTOCOL OUTLINE? Randomized study. PD - Arm 1? 3-Dr- us Combination Chemotherapy- MOR - Methyl CCNi i MeCCNU- NSC-9544 i? 5-Rluor ouraci f? S—FU? NSC—I9B93? Vi ncr i s 11ne ? VCR -NSC-67574• PD - Arm II? 3-Drus Combination Chemotherapy. MOF? different MeCCNU fd os a s e . - STRATIFICATION BY? Performance status? time interval from diagnosis to metastasis? 1 uns i nvo l venient. - SPECIAL STUDY PARAMETERS? CEA? 5-nucleotidase? bone and liver scans, PD - END POINTS! Res ponss / remiss ion rater duration of response-. t oxi c i ty/nior bid i tv of treatment? objective tumor response survival rate? length of survival. PD - CURRENT STATUS? Protoco 1 closed arid terminated 02/78, PD - DOSAGE SCHEDULE: PD - Arm I? MOF? MeCCNU - 150 mg/sam po on day 1? 5-FU - 300 mg/sam iv on days i through 5 arid 36 through 39? VCR - 1.0 mg'sam iv on days 1 and 36. Repeat course a 71 days . Rerr*.ove f rom st udy patients who evidence a 25V. increase in objective parameters. PD - Arm II? MOF? MeCCNU - 30 mg/sam po on days 1 through 5? 5-FU -300 mg/sam iv on days 1 through) 5 and 36 through) 40? VCR - as- in Arm I. Repeat a 71 days. Treat failures as with Arm I. PEi - Dosage modifications for- toxicity are given. P D DUS AU E. FORMS ? Not given SP - Performance Status SP - Site of Metastases SP - Stratification -o t VI - 7500 V 2 - 7802/7802 UI - ZZ-007532 P 0 - Memorial S1 oa n Ke 11 erin g Cari c e r Cent e r CV - New York CY - USA EM - 7805 MR - 7802 CANCERLINE Files (CANCERLIT, CANCERPROJ, CLINPROT) Practice Questions Intial Training Class 1, Find information discussing chemotherapy of bronchogenic and mediastinal tumors. 2. Find information about bladder or kidney cancer following exposure to hydrazine compounds. When searching published literature, limit retrieval to the 1970’5. 3, Locate information discussing the epidemiology of lung cancer in women. When searching published literature, limit retrieval to articles added to the database September through October, 1976. 4, Find information on therapy of synovial sarcoma. When searching published literature, limit to journal articles. 5. Locate any information discussing the use of ICRF-159 in the chemotherapy of cancer in humans. * Try the above questions in every appropriate cancer file. FINAL SEARCH SESSION Di recti ons : Review the question stated below and develop an appropriate search strategy for MEDLINE and at least one free text data base (TOXLINE, CANCERLIT). Question: Find articles on the relationship between artificial sweeteners and bladder cancer. Requester: Physician Purpose: Patient care Conditions: interested in publications 1976 forward include abstracts English language articles only would like author addresses if possible SEARCHING BASICS REQUESTOR INTERVIEW ANALYSIS OF QUESTION PRESEARCH - SELECT DATABASE SELECTION OF TERMS VOLUME / PRECISION RATIO MESH, CHEMLINE ... TW MODIFY EXPLODE FORMULATE STRATEGY ( AND ALTERNATES ) ONLINE SAMPLE RETRIEVAL DIAGRAM PRINT ( SORT, AB, MH ) EVALUATE Charlotte Kenton National Library of Medicine April 1979 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Trainees will be able to: 1. describe the role and function of MEDLARS Management Section (MMS) in relation to network participants 2. list several of the services provided by MMS 3. explain the correct use of the toll-free telephone number 4. describe the NLM billing procedures and policies 5. describe policies regarding availability and use of demonstration and training codes 6. understand the use of the PROFILE command for changing passwords, pagelength and for entering stored addresses MAJOR MMS ACTIVITIES USER SUPPORT: SERVICE DESK INDEXING/SEARCHING/BATA BASE ASSISTANCE NEWS/LETTERS/COMMENTS i ONLINE CENTER APPLICATIONS TRAINING/DEMONSTRATIONS/EXHIBITS DISTRIBUTION OF OFF-LINE PRINTS AND OFFSEARCHES AUTOMATIC SDIs i STATISTICS AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION BILLING AND CODE ASSIGNMENT PUBLICATIONS: INDEX MEDICUS RECURRING BIBLIOGRAPHIES TECHNICAL BULLETIN ONLINE REFERENCE MANUAL USER GUIDES OTHER: COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS TAPES FOR NON U.S. CENTERS NLM AUTOMATIC SDI SERVICE REQUEST FORM MEDLARS USERID CODE under which searches will be stored M E D Name and address to which results should be sent: (no more than 50 characters per line) name address dty, state, zip Name and telephone number of the person name who coordinates SDI service at your organization > telephone number This form is being submitted in order to: BEGIN SERVICE ON THE DATABASE (only que per form) CHANGE A PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED FORM Please note that NLM automatic SDI searches must be named beginning with a four- character code (one letter, three numerical digits) that indicates which database e search is to be run against and the print format in which the retrieval should w printed. A table on the back of this form shows the available numerical ranges. You may specify below any changes in the PRINT or SORT specification^) you would like made to any numerical range. If you do not specify otherwise, the default SORT and PRINT values (see the back of this form) will be used. NUMERICAL RANGE PRINT ELEMENTS SORT ELEMENTS* ♦Users are encouraged to choose a precoded SORT format (such as AUTI) rather than a tailored format. NOTE Use a separate form for each database for which automatic SDI searches will be stored. Submit only one form for each database; thereafter, submit a form only to change information on a previously submitted form, or to begin service on a different database, or to discontinue service. RETURN THIS COMPLETED FORM TO: MEDLARS Management Section National Library of Medicine 8600 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20209 jAT^BASE MET0F mm IHE Ml SDILINE s JNL (TA a. DP D. VI D. IP D. PG a) SOOI-200 S2OI-M0 SAOI-500 S6Ol-700 S7Ol-800 TOOI-200 T2Ol-AOO TAOI-600 T6Ol-700 T7OI-800 COOl-200 C2OI-AOO 0401-600 C6Ol-700 C7Ol-800 HOOI-200 H2Ol-400 HAOI-600 H6Ol-700 H7Ol-800 STANDARD FULL INCLUDE AD US: H; S' "•u- AU. TI. SO. AB SPECIFY ON THIS FORM STANDARD FULL DETAILED SI. AU. TI. SO. AD SPECIFY ON THIS FORM STANDARD I FULL 1 DETAILED AU. TI. SO. AB. FT SPECIFY ON THIS FORM STANDARD FULL #8: li-so-"• AU. TI. SO. AB SPECIFY ON THIS FORM TOXLTNE T JNL (so a) CANCERLIT c JNL (ta a. yr a. ti a) HEALTH H JNL (identical to sdiline) EXAMPLE - a stored search named 5645 PARVOVIRUS will be processed each month against SDILINE, and the citations will be printed in the AU, TI, SO, AB format. In order by journal and date of publication. NLM TECHNICAL BULLETIN - DEC 81 AUTOMATIC SDI SERVICE: HEW FEATURES FOR 1982 Joseph Leiter, Ph.D., Associate Director, Library Operations, NLM Automatic SDI service has been available through the National Library of Medicine online system since mid-1976. At present, approximately 15,000 searches are processed automatically each month. In response to requests from search analysts, three enhancements to the NLM Automatic SDI Service will become available in January 1982: 1) The Health Planning & Administration database will be be available for Automatic SDI service 2) All citations retrieved by Automatic SDI searches will be sorted, either by journal and publication date or by elements and directions specified by the searcher 3) Greater flexibility for print formats will be offered Health Planning & Administration Automatic SDI Service Searchers may now store searches that are to be performed against the HEALTH file each month after it is updated. These searches must be stored on the NLM computer and use the letter H as the first character of the name. To facilitate the storing of these searches while connected to the HEALTH file, searchers who can usually only access the HEALTH file at SUNY will be able to access this database at NLM between 12 noon and 1 ;00 pm ET daily and every Saturday between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm ET during the lonth of January. After January, searchers ordinarily having access to the "HEALTH file only at SUNY will be able to access HEALTH at NLM between 12 noon and 1:00 pm ET every Tuesday and every Saturday between 8:30 and 5 ET. Alternatively, any user may store searches for HEALTH file Automatic SDI service while connected to the SDILINE file, at any time. Any searcher who wishes to begin Automatic SDI service on the HEALTH file should complete and return an Automatic SDI Service Request Form, enclosed with this issue of the Technical Bulletin, to the MEDLARS Management Section, NLM. This form may be freely reproduced for your use. The first Automatic SDI processing for the HEALTH file will occur with the February update on January 11. SORT for Automatic SDI Citations Each of the databases available through the NLM Automatic SDI service has a default SORT for Automatic SDI searches assigned to it; printouts from these databases will be sorted according to journal and then by date of publication as specified by the precoded SORT, 'JNL,' for that database. The 'JNL' SORT format for NLM databases is described in detail in the June 1981 Technical Bulletin, page 10. The data elements used for the ’JNL* SORT for each database are: SDILINE - TA A. DP D, VI D. IP D. PG A TOXLINE - SO A A * Ascending D * Descending CANCERLIT - TA A. YR A. TI A HEALTH - TA A, DP D.VI D, IP D, PG A NLM TECHNICAL BULLETIN - DEC 81 As shown on the enclosed Automatic SDI Service Request Form, the searcher may specify a different SORT for any number range in any database. However, It Is suggested that searchers use a precoded format, such as AUTI, rather than a tailored one. Alternatively, the searcher may specify NO SORT for any number range for any database; In that case, the citations will be printed out as they were previously; the last citation entered will be the first citation printed. Tailored PRINT Formats For All Number Ranges Previously, stored searches named within a particular number range (for example, SOU VIRAL SEQUENCE is in the* 001-200 range) could produce printouts only in the one print format available for that range. Now, however, the searcher may request any print format for any number range. A search named SOU VIRAL SEQUENCE (processed automatically on SDILINE) will have any cita- tions retrieved printed out in the Standard format (AU, TI, SO) unless the searcher has submitted an Automatic SDI Service Request Form indicating that the SOOl-S2OO number range should produce some other print format. If the searcher has requested that the SOOl-200 range print out AU, TI, SO, AB, LA, then these data elements will be printed instead for SOU VIRAL SEQUENCE. Note Remember to send in an Automatic SDI Service Request Form whenever you wish to change one of the following: database(s) on which you want to have Automatic SDI service, print specifications for a number range, SORT specifi- cations for a number range, or mailing address. Please do not send in a form for each search stored; only one form is needed to begin service. HEALTH Automatic SDI processing of searches will begin with the February update on January 11. Searches will be processed against HEALTH during the week of January 11-15. The sorting of printouts and the ability to specify print elements on all ranges will be utilized beginning in January for all files for which Automatic SDI service is provided. The Automatic SDI Service. Request Form is enclosed with this issue. NATIONAL LIBRARY of MEDICINE FACT SHEET Belhesda, Maryland 20209 April 1980 NLM Online Services Program Policy Statement I. Network Objectives Priority II Other Educational Institutions with Health or Consistent with its legislative mandate and recommendations of the Board of Regents, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) is commit- ted to the development and operation of an online services network. The objectives of the network are to provide: Information Science Programs Other Federal, State and Local Agencies not in Priority I Societies, Foundations, and Other Organiza- tions with Secondary Health Responsibilities Individuals are encouraged to use NLM online systems through established institutional cen- ters, but may apply for access codes in unusual cases. and other literature-based information. Rapid and efficient delivery of bibliographic Cost effective online services complemented by efficient document delivery through par- ticipating members. C. Responsibilities of Members Equal network access, to the extent possible, while serving the basic purpose of support to 1) Online centers agree to send at least one individual for NLM sponsored training in the use of NLM’s online system. NLM reserves the right to waive training for qualified individuals who demonstrate significant online experience or on-the-job training. health care delivery, education, and research. 11. Service Policies A. General The NLM approves new users, maintains overall systems management and provides supporting services such as training and assistance to users. The Regional Medical Libraries (RML) provide applications to potential online users, assist new users, and otherwise support network services in their regions. 2) Online centers agree to provide access to all users commensurate with available resources. 3) Service costs may be passed on to the individ- ual requester. 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Direct Patient Care Facilities Health Professional Educational Institutions Organizations Primarily Engaged in Health Protection Activities Federal and State Health Agencies U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES • Public Health Service • National Institutes of Health NLM TECHNICAL BULLETIN - AUG 1981 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE INTERLIBRARY LOAN REQUEST STANDARDS Jim Cain, Circulation and Control Section, NLM pnile NLM staff has filled more than 147,800 Interlibrary loan requests so far this fiscal year (October 1980 - July 1981), more than 20,000 requests have been rejected by NLM's Circulation and Control Section during this period. “Rejects" are requests that are returned with no or limited searching because the form was Incorrectly filled out, the material requested was out of scope, the request did not follow the Regional Medical Library Network procedures, etc. Rejection and subsequent resubmission of a request adds an estimated two weeks to processing time. Librarians can avoid such delays by rechecking their requests, before they are sent, against the standards that follow. NLM in turn will make every effort to provide quality service for document delivery as expeditiously as possible. Standards: 1. Requests must be submitted on either standard ALA Interlibrary Loan Request Forms in triplicate, or by TWX. Examples of both, with guidelines for use, follow after the standards. 2. Requests must be signed (ALA form) by the individual responsible for interlibrary loans. On TWX requests the name of the responsible individual must be entered. 3. Requests for photocopy service must carry a statement of U. S. Copyright Compliance. Either conformance to the copyright law (CCL) or the copyright guidelines (CCG) must be indicated, but not both. NLM prefers that requests for original loans also carry the statement In order to facilitate the initial sorting process. 4. Citations should contain the required bibliographic elements. NLM prefers that requests be verified, though this Is not required. Those requests that are not verified will receive limited searching while verified requests will be searched more thoroughly. If there are Insufficient bibliographic elements to attempt a search, the request will be rejected Immediately. If the verification gives an NLM database as the source of the citation, state the specific name of the file from which the citation has been taken. MEDLINE is only one of our 19 databases. Do not put "MEDLINE" if the citation was found, for example, in TOXLINE or CATLINE. If a citation is from an NLM database, and the NLM Call Number Is present, this must be included on the request, or the request may be returned. 5. Requests must Include a complete address with zip code. TWX users please take note of this point. 6. Requests must be submitted one per ALA form or TWX message. Our system of locating and processing items requires that each Item must be requested on a separate form. 7. Requests must be typed. NLM TECHNICAL BULLETIN - AUG 1981 8. Requests must be submitted through a library. Materials are available only as inter!ibrary loans, and not directly to individuals. 9. Requests must follow the RML Network procedures. Only certain libraries may submit requests directly to NLM; all others must send their requests to a Resource or Regional Library. (Foreign libraries may submit directly if the material requested is not available locally.) 10. The subject content of requests must be within the scope of the NLM collection. (The Scope and Coverage Manual of the National Library of Medicine is available from the National Technical Information Service. FB-271-252, $5.25.) USE OF TELETYPEWRITER EXCHANGE SERVICES FOR INTERLIBRARY LOAN REQUESTS (Revised June, 1981) The National Library of Medicine can access requests through two tele- typewriter exchange services as part of its program to speed interlibrary loan service. Through the Western Union service the numbers are 710-824-9615 and 710-824-9616. Through the Bell System service the number TVTOI-492-TBl7. The format to be used for teletypewriter requests is based on the standard ALA interlibrary loan form. To facilitate teletype use, examples of requests are shown on the next page. Message identification. Every request must contain, as the second line of information, the date of transmission, immediately preceded by the serial number of the message. When several requests are included in a single message transmission, each separate request must bear its own date, identification number, and return address, since copies of articles are forwarded in a specially designed mailer which uses a copy of the loan request for the address. The mailing address must include the ZIP CODE. Standard abbreviations (followed by the sequential serial number and date) will be used to identify the type of message, and will be considered as part of the serial number: ILLRQ - Interlibrary Loan Requests. ILLRP - Interlibrary Loan Reports. Each message should be numbered sequentially to permit rapid referral in replies. Message date should read as follows: 22/JUN/81. Please insert 5 or 6 spaces between messages to allow speedier separation of messages. Message fees. The borrowing library will pay all teletypewriter message fees involving ILL communication with NLM. NLH TECHNICAL BULLETIN - AUG 1981 SAMPLE OF TELETYPEWRITER ILL REQUEST FOR A PERIODICAL ARTICLE ONLHBETHESDA ILLRQ 88 19/APR/81 INTERLIBRARY LOAN DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER LIBRARY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 27706 DR. J. SMITH RESIDENT 08-GYN NEW ZEAL NED J 59: (DEC) 1960 LILEY, A. W. : TECHNIQUES AND COMPLICATION OF AMNIOCENTESIS 581-596. VER: CIM 2: A-844, 1961 AUTHR: J. BROWN (Name of authorizing official) REMARKS: WE LACK THIS VOLUME. CCL (or CCG) END ILLRQ 88 NDC-H DURHAM £ND SAMPLE OF TELETYPEWRITER ILL REQUEST FOR A BOOK DNLMBETHESDA ILLRQ 89 19/APR/81 INTERLIBRARY LOAN DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER LIBRARY DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA 27706 DR. J. SMITH RESIDENT SURGERY EUSTERMAN, GEORGE BYSSHE THE STOMACH AND DUODENUM. SAUNDERS, PHILA., 1936. VER: INDEX CAT. (5.4) 5:664, 1940 AUTHR: J. BROWN (Name of authorizing official) CCL (or CCG) END ILLRQ 89 iCD-M DURHAM END. NLM TECHNICAL BULLETIN - AUG 1981 DIRECTIONS FOR PREPARING REQUEST FOR ARTICLE IN PERIODICAL (1) STANDARD FORM IS2 (REV S - 7t) Prescribed by Library of Congress In ter library Loen Code Wot needed Requester's after (2) A/5/79 order no. Q) 79-152 request 3/2/79 Request for □ LOAM or □ PHOTOCOPY According to the A.L.A. intertibrary Loan Code end the Federal Library Committee's I LL. Code WTERUBRARY LOAN REQUEST Call No A (5) NAME AND ADDRESS OF BORROWING LIBRARY REPORTS: Checked by wi REQUEST SENT BY: I Charges $_ Library rate I insured for J0542k Date sent DUE For use of (6) j. Smith Status (7) ResidentC*Pt (8) Int. RESTRICTIONS; □ For use in library only Book author; OR: periodical title, vol and date Med. I Copying not permitted (9) Journal of Applied Physiology v. 18 July 1963 NOT SENT BECAUSE: in use Not Owned Non Circulating Request of Book title, edition, place, year, series: OR; periodical article author, title, pages. □ This edition only (10) Mohammed, S. Thermal indicator sampling and injection sites for cardiac output. Estimated Cost of; OMicrofilm □ Hardcopy Verified?n?Oß; item cited in(ll) Cumulated Index Medicus-v.-A 1963 ISBN, or ISSN, of LC card, or OCLC. or other number If known P. A-946 If non-circulating, A cost does not exceed $ please supply □ Microfilm □ Hard copy BORROWING LIBRARY RECORD Date received Date returned (12) National Library of Medicine Circulation and Control Section 8600 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20209 By I Postage Library rate C enclosed $ RENEWALS: □ No renewals Insured for $ Requested on. (13) Renewed to (or period of renewal) Request complies with B 108(g)(2) Guidelines (CCG) □ other provisions of copyright lew (CCL) AUTHORIZED BY; (IA) . (Signature) Ho 4» tt* r*e*vtng library attumm* rmaportaibiiiiy tor notihcmuon Of nor-rocaipt (FULL NAME) _ ILL Librarian 162-102 1. Date request is prepared. 2. Date after which material is no longer needed. 3. Requester's order number. 4. Complete name and address of borrowing library including zip code. This address is used as the mailing label for the completed request If more than one request is sent at one time, complete name and address must be included on each form. i 5. NLM call number - for items verified in NLM database or publications. 6-8. Identification of borrower for whom request is made. 9. Complete title of periodical, volume, number and date (Do not enter author of article in this space.) 10. Complete citation: author, title of article and inclusive pagination. 11. Complete bibliographic source of reference, i.e.: Cumulated Index Medicus, v.4, 1963, p.A -946. 12. Complete address of the National Library of Medicine. 13. Statement of compliance with the U.S. Copyright Law. Check only one box, whichever applies. This is required. 14. Signature and title of librarian or staff member authorized to request loans. PREPARE A SEPARATE FORM FOR EACH ITEM REQUESTED. DETACH AND RETAIN BOTTOM SHEET OF FORM ONLY. all mutsis must Bl typed. NLM TECHNICAL BULLETIN - AUG 1981 DIRECTIONS FOR PREPARING REQUEST FOR LOANS OF ORIGINAL MATERIAL ST AND AMD FORM IC2 (MEV f - 7«) Date of Not nowtod Prescribed by Library of Congress fntsrtibrary Loon Code Requester's WTERUBRARY LOAN REQUEST raquest(l) 6/18/81 •tier: (2) 7/18/81 Ortr no. (3) 81-35 A Request for □ LOAN or □ PHOTOCOPY According to the A.LA. Intarlibrary Loan Code and the Federal Library Committee s I.L.L Code Call No. (5) QZ REPORTS: Checked by 4 NAME AND ADDRESS REQUEST SENT BY: 1 CharpMl Library rate qMB23t 1931 OF BORROWING LIBRARY Date sent Insured for $. RESTRICTIONS: □ For use in library only DUE for use of (6) J. Smith Book author; OR: periodical title, vol. and date (9) Moore, Robert Allen Status (7) Resident Dept.(B) Int. Med. □Copying not pormittod NOT SENT BECAUSE: D In use Non Circulating Not Owned Book title, edition, place, year, series; OR; periodical article author, title, pages. □ This edition only Request of (10) Textbook of Pathology. 2d ed., 1951 Estimated Coat of: (Microfilm Verified in: OR; Hem cited in (11) CRI 1949-52 p. 1290 ISBN, or ISSN, of LC card, or OCLC, or other number If known Saunders, Philadelphia BORROWING LIBRARY RECORD I Hard copy Date received Date returned If non-circulating, A cost does not exceed $ please supply □ Microfilm □ Hard copy By Poetage Library rat* I (12) National Library of Medicine Circulation and Control 8600 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20209 enclosed $. Insured for $ RENEWALS: Requested on I No renewals (13) Renewed to (or period of renewal) Request complies with □ 106(g)(2) Guidelines (CCG) B other provision* of copyright lew (CCL) AUTHORIZED BY: (14) (Signature) Mota tha raconmg library mat urrm raapormbthty toe notification of non-raeatpi (full name) TJt|# ILL Librarian 162-102 1. Date request is prepared. 2. Date after which material is no longer needed. 3. Requester *s order number. 4. Complete name and address of borrowing library including zip code. this address is used as the mailing label for the completed request If more than one request is sent at one time, complete name and address must be included on each form. 5. NLM call number - for items verified in NLM database or publications. 6-8. Identification of borrower for whom request is made. 9. Name of author or editor with first name or initial. 10. Title of book with edition, date and place of publication. 11. Complete bibliographic source of reference. 12. Complete address of the National Library of Medicine. 13. Check only one box in the copyright compliance area—not both. This speeds the processing of the request during the initial sorting of incoming requests, and is needed in case a few pages, chapter, or table of contents can be supplied for non-circulating material. 14. Signature and title of librarian or staff member authorized to request loans. PREPARE A SEPARATE FORM FOR EACH ITEM REQUESTED. DETACH AND RETAIN BOTTOM SHEET OF FORM ONLY. ALL REQUESTS MUST BE TYPED. NLM TECHNICAL BULLETIN - AUG 1981 NON-NLM TITLES IN NLM ONLINE FILES: INTERLIBRARY LOAN LIBRARIANS TAKE MOTE! Jim Cain, Circulation and Control Section, NLM Please note that in POPLINE, HEALTH and several "Special List" Indexes (e.g.. Dental and Nursing) some serials are Included that are not in the NLM collection. These titles are Indicated In SERLINE by:”T7 a note stating they are not In the NLM collection, and 2. the indexing source instead of a call number In the Call Number (CA) field. This Is Illus- trated in the following SERLINE record: Tl - ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW TA - ACAD MANAGE REV FL - 1,1958- PL - MISSISSIPPI STATE MS PU - MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY GN - THIS TITLE IS NOT IN THE NLM COLLECTION GENERAL notes field IS - 0001-4273 Al ■ PA Ai - HU Al - MAP FR - G OC - OPEN LA - ENG CY - UNITED STATES CA - AHA INDEXING SOURCE. AHA Ul - A 02730000 To avoid delays and confusion, do not send requests for these non-NLM titles directly to NLM. NLM does not refer loans to these "Special List" indexing sources. Such requests are returned to the requesting library. If the item is not available through the RML Network, you may wish to contact these sources directly for their loan and photocopy policies. A list of possible values for the Call Number (CA) field with addresses of the organizations to contact follows: ADA Bureau of Library Services American Dental Association 211 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60611 Library of the American Hospital Association 840 North Lake Shore Drive AHA Chicago, Illinois 60611 ANA American Journal of Nursing Company Library 555 West 57th Street New York, New York 10019 NLM TECHNICAL BULLETIN • AUG 1981 CPFH - Population Information Program Resource Center | Johns Hopkins University 624 North Broadway Baltimore, Maryland 21205 Attn: Docunent Delivery PIP - Center for Population and Family Health Llbrary/Informatlon Program Columbia University 60 Haven Avenue New York, New York 10032 Attn: Document Delivery NLM TECHNICAL BULLETIN - HAY 81 NEW SORT CAPABILITY Lou S. Knecht, MEDLARS Management Section, NLM OVERVIEW The following article describes NLM's new capability for sorting offprints alphabetically. It will be Implemented at NLM in June 1981 and shortly thereafter at SUNY. There will be no extra charge for sorted printouts, and the capability will be available on all databases except TOB and RTECS. SORT functions as a prespecified keyword rather than a coninand. The user initiates the sort during the question-and-answer portion of an OFFSEARCH or offline PRINT command. The simplest of the three possible ways to use the sort Is to enter one of the Precoded Sort format names (a list of these Is Included as Table A with this article) after a user prompt as follows: PROG: SEARCH TITLE, OR NONE USER: SORT « AUTI This example would result in the printout being sorted first on author, then on title, A through Z, then 0 through 9. There are two other ways of sorting: Tailored Sort and Print Order Sort. All three are described in detail below. Citations also can be sorted in descending order (9 through 0, then Z through A). Sort Instructions can be cancelled easily while still In the question-and-answer phase. The offprint cover sheet will have a special message telling the user what (if any) sort format was used for that search. Additional details on how the sort actually "works* are contained In the last section of the article, including punctuation rules, special delimiters in CATLINE/AVLIHE, and sort restrictions for large retrievals. INTRODUCTION In June 1981, NLM expects to Implement new software, to be know as ELHILL 3.ZA, that supports the offline sorting of citation retrieval. ELHILL 3.2 A is an enhancement of ELHILL 3.2 which was Introduced in March 1980 and featured SAVESEARCH, SAVE, and PROFILE of the Unified User Specification File (UUSF). The present software architecture of ELHILL does not lend Itself to sorting online. It Is hoped that a future generation of this system will allow it. ELHILL 3.2 A is the first step In that direction and Is the result further collaborative effort between NLM and the British Library.* Wie ELHILL 3.2 a software was developed by David L. Kenton, Office of Computer and Communications Systems, NLM, and Fred Bone, BLAISE, British Library.. NLM TECHNICAL BULLETIN - HAY 81 It allows a user to request that records being printed offline (offline prints and OFFSEARCHes) be sorted by particular fields, for example. Author (AU) and Title (TI). This capability will be available for all the ELHILL databases except RTECS and TDB. The structure of these two databases precludes sorting. WHAT IS SORT Sorting is simply the alphabetizing of output. The user selects both the data element(s) to be sorted upon and the direction of the sort(s). Data Element Options The three ways to select data elements for a sort are categorized as follows: 1. Precoded Sort - NLM has stored a series of standardized sort formats with names (known across databases) that are similar to the PRINT format names of FULL, DETAILED, etc. See Table A; 2. Tailored Sort - A user may specify a list of up to five (5) element mnemonics, and a direction for each; 3. Print Order Sort - The system will sort on the elements in the order that they appear on the offline print as dictated by the PRINT OFFLINE command or PRINTSPECS? answer in OFFSEARCH. Direction ASCENDING or DESCENDING The direction of a sort can be either ASCENDING, which is A-2 followed by 0-9, or DESCENDING, which is 9-0 followed by 2-A. The direction is always assumed to be ASCENDING, and therefore, the word ASCENDING need not be specified. However, if you want the direction to be DESCENDING, you must include that word in the sort statement. This will be illustrated in the following sections. Legal abbreviations for these directions are DESC or D for DESCENDING, and ASC or A for ASCENDING. Sorting will override the default (or standard) order of citation printing which is reverse chronological order by entry into the system, or "last citation entered is the first citation printed." HOW TO REQUEST A SORT You will never be prompted to enter a sort; rather, you must initiate the sort instruction by entering the ‘SORT *' keyword at any point in the question-and- answer phase of an OFFSEARCH or an offline PRINT command. NLM recommends entering the ‘SORT *' keyword in response to either the REQUESTER'S NAME, OR SAME- prompt or the SEARCH TITLE, OR NONE- prompt. The system will never give a confirmation that the SORT instruction was received; it will only re-prompt for an answer to the question that you did not yet answer. The system may give you an error message in certain cases, e.g., if a Precoded Sort name was used that is not defined for the database selected for the search. The ‘SORT ** keyword works like any other prespecification keyword you may .have used in the past, e.g., ‘LIMIT **; ‘NAME ‘CITSTA2IP *'• The following is a generalized summary of the ‘SORT *' keyword: NLM TECHNICAL BULLETIN - HAY 81 1. Preceded Sorts: SORT * format name SORT * AUTI Citations are to be sorted on the data elements included under the sort format name. Here, AUTI is a Precoded Sort which ELHILL 3.2 A knows to be equivalent to 'SORT * AU, TI* for MEDLINE. SORT * format name, DESCENDING SORT » AUTI, DESCENDING The word DESCENDING means that the sort Is to be in reverse direction for each data element in the format. Here, AU would sort from 9-0 and then from Z-A, ana TI would also. Notes See Table A for a list of NLM Precoded Sorts. Precoded Sort formats are good to use when searching dissimilar files. They have been standardized to account for differences in database structures. For example, if you search both CANCERLIT and CANCERPROJ in OFFSEARCH and specify 'SORT « AUTI', the system Interprets that sort format name to mean Author (AU) , Title (TI) for CANCERLIT but Investigator (IR), Title (TI) for CANCERPROJ since the latter does not have an Author (AU) field. In other words, a Precoded Sort format name represents a concept across all databases for which it is defined and not necessarily the same data elements that compose the sort format name. Direction for a Precoded Sort applies to each element in the sort format. 2. Tailored Sorts: SORT * eleml, e1em2,...e1em5 SORT * LA, AU. TI Citations are to be sorted on the named elements in the exact order as listed. Here the first sort is on language and if many citations have the same LA, then the second sort is on author; if several citations have the same LA and the same AU occurrences, then the third sort is on title of the article. SORT * eleml, DESCENDING, elem2, elem3, DESCENDING,...eIemS SORT * LA, DESCENDING, AU, TI, DESCENDING The word DESCENDING means that the sort is to be in reverse order for the immediately preceding element. Here LA and TI would sort from 9-0 and then from 2-A, but AU would sort from A-2 and then from 0-9. Notes Up to 5 data elements may be listed in a Tailored Sort. Each element may have a direction specified but each direction applies only to the immediately preceding data element. NLM TECHNICAL BULLETIN - MAY 81 Commas are mandatory between data elements but optional between an element and its direction, e.g.: 'SORT « LA DESCENDING, AU, TI DESCENDING'• 3, Print Order Sorts: SORT * PRINT Citations are to be sorted on the elements implied in the PRINT OFFLINE command or those listed in an OFFSEARCH PRINTSPECS. If you use the name of a PRINT format for PRINTSPECS (STANDARD, FULL, etc.), the elements used would be taken from the PRINT format In the order that they print out for each database. If you specify ‘PRT OFFLINE AR' for MEDLINE, then the sort would be on AU, TI, and AS in that order. SO would not be considered because it is not stored In the unit record as a data element but made up of 5 other elements. Additional data elements not stored in the MEDLINE record and therefore not sortable include YR (Year) and MN (MeSH Tree Number). SORT = PRINT, DESCENDING Citations are to be sorted on the PRINT OFFLINE command elements or the PRINTSPECS fields in the order that they print out, but in reverse direction. If you specify 'PRT OFFLINE AR' for MEDLINE, then the sort would be on AU, TI, and AB but in DESCENDING order on each. Again, since SO is a data element conglomerate made up of 5 other data elements, it is not used in the sort. Notes SORT = PRINT is good to use for an OFFSEARCH sort if you have responded with a PRINT format name (STANDARD, FULL, etc.) to PRINTSPECS and you are searching dissimilar files. PRINT may be abbreviated as PRT. If a PRINT format contains more than 5 elements, only the first 5 are used. Direction in a Print Order Sort applies to all data elements used by the system for the sort. HOW TO CANCEL A SORT There are three ways to cancel a sort instruction without cancelling the offline print as long as you are still in the question-and-answer phase. You may enter a second 'SORT •' instruction that will override the first. You may enter 'SORT = NONE', or 'SORT * CANCEL'. The latter two negate a previously entered sort instruction. Not entering any sort keyword will, of course, result in your retrieval being printed in the default order of “last citation in is the first citation out." OFFPRINT COVER SHEET Your offline prints will have a new look with the implementation of ELHILL 3.2 A. The cover sheet will have a special sort message appearing under the standard database message 'THIS SEARCH WAS PERFORMED ON THE XXXX FILE'. There are four possible variations of this sort message: HIM TECHNICAL BULLETIN - NAT 81 1) 'SORT « SORT FORMAT ('AUTI'), (ASCEIOING) MAS SPECIFIED* for the Precoded Sort name AUTI. 2) 'SORT * (ELEICNTS/DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY USER) NAS SPECIFIED* for a Tailored Sort requested by the user. Note that the message will mot say what the elements were. For this reason, NLM recommends that you include the sort Information in your search title If you need to know it, e.g.: HOLISTIC HEALTH SORTED BY LA, AU, Tl. Naming; Do not use 'SORT in your title; the computer will Interpret it as another sort instruction. 3) 'SORT » PRINT (*FULL*), (ASCENDING) MAS SPECIFIED* for the Print Order format sort of PRT FU OFFLINE or FU in response to OFFSEARCH PRINTSPECS. 4) 'SORT NAS NOT REQUESTED* for no sort or a cancelled sort. OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST Other tidbits about SORT that may Interest you are the following: 1) All lowercase letters are converted to uppercase before sorting. 2) All punctuation is converted to spaces. A space Is an actual character and files before nothing. Punctuation that begins a field is converted to a space and then the field Is left-justified so that it sorts correctly. This permits foreign titles with brackets in FCDLINE to file correctly with English titles. 3) If a data element specified for a SORT is not contained in a record, then the SORT program sets the value for that missing element to be a space. That space causes all records without the data element to file before records with the data element. For example, 'SORT * AUTI* will result in all anonymous article records (i.e., those with no AU field) to file in alphabetical order by T1 (Title) before the alphabetical sort by author on those records with an AU field(s). if the sort is DESCENDING, then records missing the element will file last. 4) The sort key used by the system consists of up to 100 characters of data taken from the specified data elements. If one of the data elements has multiple occurrences (e.g., multiple authors), all occurrences are considered for the sort before moving on to the next data element, or until the 100 characters of data allowed are used up. Therefore, if you specify five data elements for a sort but the first three take up the allowed 100 characters, then the last two data elements will not function in the sort. 5) If a data element stored in the unit record consists of several sub- elements, only the first subelement Is used for the sort. For example. Initial Year (Yl) In CATLINE consists of two subelements - a code for type of date and the actual date. Since the format is Yl - 5:1976, a sort on Yl would file alphabetically by the code for type of date (in this case S for single year), since it is the first subelement, and not on the actual date. HIM TECHNICAL BULLETIN - MAY 81 6) In databases that use filing delimiters (1.e., CATLIKE and AYLINE), the sort obeys the delimiter. For example. In the title THEIHEART, the I Is a filing delimiter causing the sort to be performed on Heart, not The. 7) You cannot merge a Tailored Sort with a Precoded one. In other words, you cannot say: 'SORT = AUTI, LA D*. You must say: 'SORT = AU, Tl, LA, o*. (Reminder: The D refers to LA only in this example.) 8) The Implicit last data element In any sort Is the date of entry Into the system or "last In, first out" rule. This Is an "extra" sort and Is not counted as one of the allowable five data elements. For example, SORT = LA would result In many citations having the same sort key, e.g., ENG. All citations with ENG as the language would then be sorted by the "last In, first out" rule. 9) If an OFFSEARCH retrieves more records In a particular database than will be printed (1.e., more than 500 or more than the ruxnber you specify for 'LIMIT = '), no sorting will be performed for that database only. For example, suppose you specify ‘LIMIT * 200' for an OFFSEARCH against TOX74 and also specify 'SORT = AUTI'. If the postings retrieved for TOX74 are 201 (or more), ELHILL 3.2 A will not sort the citations, but It will print the first 200 in "last In, first out" order. However, the SORT message on the offprint will not Indicate that the sort was not performed. Your only clue (besides the fact that the printout Is noticeably not sorted) is the truncation message "PRINT TRUNCATED AT 500", or the LIMIT message "PRINT LIMITED BY USER TO XXX". 10) A citation can file In only one spot, e.g.: AU - Albee AJ; Jones C will sort only in the A's for Albee and not also In the J's for Jones. 11) The SORT capability supplied by ELHILL 3.2 A should not be thought of as the all-encompassing sort of a publication such as Index Medicus or British National Bibliography. It could not have all the logic of a publication sort system, such as the generation of common sort versions for names like McArthur and Macarthur. However, CATLINE and AVLINE do Include some sort versions stored as subelements in certain data elements like the Title (TI). If a Sort Version subelement Is present In a field, then ELHILL 3.2 A uses that Sort Version In its own sort. For example, the field 'TI - Abstracts, 12th International Cancer Congress* In CATLINE has a stored Sort Version so that 'l2th* Is seen by the computer as 'twelfth' and the alphabetization will be "Abstracts t...", not "Abstracts 1..." Also, ELHILL 3.2 A Is a character-by-character sort, and not a decimal sort. For example, the number 11 (eleven) would file before the number 9 (nine) because the first character of eleven Is a 1 and that will file before a 9. 12) Although it Is not required, you may wish to print the data elements on which you are sorting so that the alphabetical order of the printout Is easier to see at a glance. FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS NLM is pleased and proud to bring you this new capability. Hatch for a broad- cast and online NEWS note for the announcement of the exact date that you can NLM TECHNICAL BULLETIN - MAY 81 kin to sort your printouts at NLM, and later at SUMY. You will be able to pe 'EXPLAIN SORT* as an online aid for a description of sorting on ELHILL sTza. Manual pages trill be nailed at a later date* A sample of SORT and the list of Precoded Sort names follow this article. NLM will be making Its new SORT capability available for the Automatic SOI Program (SDILINE, TOXLINE, AND CANCERLIT) In the near future. Information about this capability will be In a later Issue of the NLM Technical Bulletin. Your comments and suggestions on SORT are welcomed. TABLE A AVAILABLE PRECODED SORT NAICS NAME WANING DATABASES* AUTI Author/Tltle All except CHEMLIME, MESH, SERLINE CALL Call Number AVIIME, CATLIKE, SERLINE JNL Journal Part All except AYLINE, CANCERPROJ, CATLIKE k CHEMLIME, CLIKPROT, MESH. NAK AUTHORITY D®A Language/Date All except BIOETHICS, CANCERPROJ, CHEMLIME CLIKPROT, HISTLIME, MESH PERF Performing Organization CANCERPROJ, CLIKPROT PRTY Print Version MESH PUBT Publication Type BIOETHICS, CANCERLIT PUTI Publlsher/Title SERLINE REGN Registry Number CHEMLIME SOID Secondary Source ID POPLIKE, TOXLINE SPLI Special List SERLINE SUPP Supporting Agency CANCERPROJ TIAU Title/Author All except CHEMLIME, MESH, SERLINE mECS and TDB excepted NLM TECHNICAL BULLETIN - MAY 81 SS 1 AC? USER: (tn) holistic or uholistic or vellaess PROG: SS (1) PSTG (133) SAMPLE SEARCH ILLUSTRATING SORT SS 2 AC? USER: 1 or holistic health PROG: SS (2) PSTG (19S) SS 3 AC? USER: PRECODED SORT EXAMPLE rrt offline PROG: REQUESTER'S HWE, OR S»€- USER: dr. hill PROG: SEARCH TITLE, OR POE- Search title prompt USER: sort = ini SORT keyword using name for a Journal Part tort from Table A PROG: SEARCH TITLE, OR MONE- [ Search title prompt again USER: holistic health Note: Precoded Sort name will appear on cover sheet PROG: OK? (Y/K/C/ADORESS) USER: Y PROG: OFF-LIPC-PRINT COMPLETED. SS 3 AC? TAILORED SORT EXAMPLE USER: ert offline include la Language included in printout PROG: REQUESTER'S ME, OR SAPE- USER: dr. roth PROG: SEARCH TITLE, OR lOE- Search title prompt USER: sort * la, au, ti [ SORT keyword using language, author, and title fields - all in ascending order PROG: SEARCH TITLE, OR NONE- Search title prompt again USER: holistic health «ith sort of la, au, ti PROG* OK? (YAN/C/ADORESS) [ Tailored Sort elements will not appear on cover sheet; you may wish to include in search tide USER: Y PROG: OFF-LIIE-PRIKT COIELETED. NLM TECHNICAL BULLETIN - JUN tl Other categories of shortened headings ere described In past Issues of the NLM technical Bulletin (March 1978, No. 107, page 4; April 1981, No. 144, page MONTHLY HINT: NON TO SORT ON JOURNAL TITLES Lou S. Knecht, MEDLARS Management Section, NLM The new SORT capability can alphabetize offprints by Journal title In those databases that cite journal literature. There are two basic nays to request a journal title sort: 1. use the Precoded Sort name JNL, which will always Include the journal title as the first Iten to be sorted; 2. use a Tailored Sort on the data element that Includes the journal title information (this will vary among the databases - TA vs* TJ vs* SO)* Precoded Journal Sort The format for using the Precoded Sort name JNL Is shown In the following lex ample: PROG: SEARCH TITLE, OR NONE USER: SORT * JNL The chart below siroarlzcs how the SORT program will Interpret the •SORT » JNL * Instruction In the named databases: DATABASE ICANING OF JNL BIOETHICS SO A, MI A, 1M A CANCERLIT TA A, TR A, TI A* EPILEPSY....... SO A, YR D HEALTH TA A, DP D, VI D, IP D, F6 A HI STL IKE TA A, VI A, Tl A MEDLINE. MED77... MED7S.. MED72... MED69.. MED66.. TA A, DP D, VI D, IP D, P6 A being evaluated. Note that this Is the only database using a (separate data element for the date where the direction Is ascending rather than descending* NLH TECHNICAL BULLETIN - JUh 1981 DATABASE MEANING OF JNL POPLINE . TJ A, HI A, DP 0, IM A, VI D SDILINE TA A, DP D, VI 0. IP D, P6 A SERLINE TA A TOXLINE T0X74.. T0X65.. SO A A * Ascending direction (A-Z, 0-9) D s Descending direction (9-0, Z-A) The JNL sort format name: 1. Is known across appropriate databases regardless of (a) the data elements that actually contain the journal/source information, and (b) the publication types found in a database; and 2. is recommended for OFFSEARCHes that will be searching dissimilar files. Tailored Journal Sort The format for using a Tailored Sort for journal titles in MEDLINE is shown below: PROG: SEARCH TITLE, OK NONE- USER: SORT « TA Remember that you cannot say *SORT * SO1 in MEDLINE because the MEDLINE Source field is a composite field (i.e., made up of five other data elements). However, for TOXLINE, the instruction would have to be 'SORT * SO* because TOXLINE does not have a TA (Title Abbreviation) field, and its Source field is not a composite field. A Tailored Sort for journal titles: I. must be custom-made for each database, and may not be used across all databases indiscriminately; 2. is useful for an OFFLINE print or OFFSEARCH on similar files where a single data element sort is sufficient for your needs. Remember that any sort is dependent on the data that Is to be alphabetized. For example, the TOXLINE database, which is derived from eleven different secondary sources, does not have a standardized format for Its SO (Source) field. A journal title from one subfile may be abbreviated with periods while another subfile may omit the periods, e.g.: INITIAL ONLINE SERVICES TRAINING COURSE EVALUATION The National Library of Medicine would greatly appreciate your comments, suggestions, criticisms or praise on the following: COURSE CONTENT: PfcEEQUciNCE OF TOPICS: HANDS-ON EXERCISES AND FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSIONS: COURSE EVALUATION PAGE 2 nAND-OUTS, WRITTEN EXERCISES, AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS: INSTRUCTORS: ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: NAME (optional) DATES OF TRAINING COURSE MeSH Hands-On Exercises Initial Training 1. Search for the INTESTINAL FISTULA in the following ways: 1) Find the number of postings. SS 1/C? USER: intestinal fistula PROG: SS (1) PSTG (248) OR SS 1/C? USER: nbr intestinal fistula PROG: POSTINGS 648 INTESTINAL DISEASES (MH) 310 INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC (MH) 248 INTESTINAL FISTULA (MH) 2214 INTESTINAL MUCOSA (MH) UP N OR DOWN N? 659 INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS (MH) 2) Search with the subheading "etiology." SS 1/C? USER: intestinal fistula/et PROG: SS (1) PSTG (123) 3) Find the number of articles cited under this heading in Index Medicus. SS 1/C? USER: The asterisk (*) indicates each heading in Index Medicus under which ♦intestinal fistula PROG: SS (1) PSTG (178) a citation will appear. It can be used by an online searcher to indicate a primary point of an article, thereby limiting retrieval. For both of the last two questions, an alternative method to find postings is to use the NBRDET (neighbor detailed) command. This would appear as follows: SS 1/C? USER: nbrdet intestinal fistula PROG: POSTINGS TERM 3 »INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC/TM (HH) 20 INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC/VE (MH) 248 INTESTINAL FISTULA (HH) 1 INTESTINAL FISTULA/BL (HH) 1 INTESTINAL FISTULA/CI (HH) UP N OR DOWN N? USER; 10 prog; POSTINGS FERN 29 INTESTINAL FISTULA/CO (HH) 4 INTESTINAL FISTULA/DH (HH) 35 INTESTINAL FISTULA/DI (HH) 3 INTESTINAL FISTULA/DT (HH) 123 INTESTINAL FISTULA/ET (HH) 1 INTESTINAL FISTULA/lh (HH) 1 INTESTINAL FISTULA/HE (HH) 2 INTESTINAL FISTULA/M 1 (HH) 7 INTESTINAL FISTULA/H0 (HH) 2 INTESTINAL FISTULA/NU (HH) UP N OR DOWN N? USER: PROG: POSTINGS TERM 1 INTESTINAL FISTULA/OC (HH) 7 INTESTINAL FISTULA/PA (HH) 8 INTESTINAL FISTULA/PC (HH) 3 INTESTINAL FISTULA/PP (HH) I INTESTINAL FISTULA/PS (HH) 24 INTESTINAL FISTULA/RA (HH) 1 INTESTINAL FISTULA/RI (HH) 87 INTESTINAL FISTULA/SU (HH) 35 INTESTINAL FISTULA/TH (HH) 178 INTESTINAL FISTULA (HH) UP N OR DOWN N? USER: 10 PROG: POSTINGS TERM 1 FISTULA/BL (HH) 1 »INTESTINAL FISTULA/CI (HH) 10 INTESTINAL FISTULA/CO (HH) 3 »INTESTINAL FISTULA/DH (HH) 19 FISTLLA/DI (HH) 1 *INTESTINAL FISTULA/DT (HH) 60 *INTESTINAL FISTULA/ET (HH) 1 ♦INTESTINAL FISTULA/IM (HH) 1 *INTESTINAL FISTULA/ME (HH) 2 »INTESTINAL FISTULA/NU (HH) UP N OR DOWN N? USER: 10 PROG: POSTINGS TERM 3 FISTULA/PA (HH) 3 FISTULA/PC (HH) 1 FISTULA/PP (HH) 11 INTESTINAL FISTULA/RA (HH) 1 INTESTINAL FISTULA/RI (HH) 30 FISTULA/SU (HH) 23 *INTESTINAL FISTULA/TH (HH) 1431 INTESTINAL MUCOSA (HH) 22 INTESTINAL MUCOSA/AH (HH) 75 INTESTINAL MUCOSA/AN (HH) UP N OR DOWN N? USER: 2. Retrieve citations on the treatment of basal cell carcinoma in the elderly. SS 1/C? USER: subs apply dh,dt,rt,su,th,nu,rh PROG: SUBHEADINGS ACCEPTED. SS 1/C? USER: exp carcinoma, basal cell PROG: SS (1) PSTG (247) SS 2/C? USER: Subheadings must be cancelled when they no longer apply to a concept. subs cancel PROG: SUBHEADINGS CANCELLED SS 2/C? USER: 1 and aged PROG: SS (2) PSTG (106) SS 3/C? USER: prt ti PROG: (Check some titles to be certain you are retrieving pertinent citations.) NOTE: The concept of treatment cannot be expressed by a single MeSH heading, therefore subheadings must be used. It is not necessary to use all of the subheadings listed above in all searches; use those which apply in each individual case. 3. Retrieve citations on breast neoplasms resulting from mammography. SS 1/C? USER: breast neoplasms/et PROG: SS (1) PSTG (137) SS 2/C? USER: exp mammography/ae PROG: SS (2) PSTG (38) SS 3/C? USER: 1 and 2 PROG: SS (3) PSTG (17) SS 4/C? USER: prt ti NOTE: The relationship of the mammography causing the breast neoplasms is indicated by the use of the subheadings ADVERSE EFFECTS and ETIOLOGY. This is an example of a good use of subheadings to require a certain relationship between the disease and the diagnostic technique. Since mammography is frequently used in the diagnosis of breast neoplasms, searching without subheadings in this case would retrieve numerous citations to articles on the use of mammography in the diagnosis of breast neoplasms; these would be false drops in this search. Use of the subheading ETIOLOGY on the disease and the subheading ADVERSE EFFECTS on the test, expresses the relationship this search requires. 4. Retrieve citations on the occurrence of corneal cancer in young women. SS 1/C? USER: There is no MeSH heading corneal neoplasms, therefore you must coordinate as the indexer did.* exp corneal diseases PROG: SS (1) PSTG (808) SS 2/C? USER: exp C 4.588.364 PROG: One of two tree numbers for EYE NEOPLASMS. Direct use of the number avoids a Multi-Meaning message. EYE NEOPLASMS exists in two tree structures. The SS (2) PSTG (657) SS 3/C? USER: 1 and 2 PROG: same terms are indented underneath EYE NEOPLASMS in both, therefore it does not matter which tree number is exploded. SS (3) PSTG (21) SS 4/C? USER: 3 and female and human PROG: TIME OVFLW: CONT? (Y/N) USER: Y (Searcher may receive more than one time overflow; continue answering "yes.") PROG: SS (4) PSTG (9) SS 5/C? USER: prt ti NOTE: The word "young" is not precise. The searcher would need to get a specific age group or age range from the patron. Also, remember that searching for a specific age might eliminate all retrieval. Perhaps the patron would be satisfied with this search. The subheading OCCURRENCE may be used, but may eliminate all retrieval because this is generally used to express a statistical concept within an article. * If a specific neoplasm term is not available, e.g. CORNEAL NEOPLASMS is not a MeSH heading, the coordination here is between the disease term for the site and the most specific neoplasm term. If there were no term CORNEAL DISEASES, the searcher and indexer would have to use the site name, in this case CORNEA, and coordinate with the neoplasm term, EYE NEOPLASMS. This procedure is followed for all cancer terms for which there is no pre-coordinated MeSH heading. 5. Retrieve citations on the availability of radiologists and pharmacists in Great Britain. SS 1/C? USER: subs apply ma,sd,ut PROG: SUBHEADINGS ACCEPTED. SS 1/C? USER: radiology or pharmacists PROG: SS (1) PSTG (51) SS 2/C? USER: subs cancel PROG: SUBHEADINGS CANCELLED. SS 2/C? USER: 1 and exp great britain PROG: SS (2) PSTG (7) SS 3/C? USER: prt ti MANPOWER indicates the supply of personnel. SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION is used for the the availability of the services. UTILIZATION covers how much the personnel are used. NOTE: The subheading MANPOWER is not allowed by category with PHARMACISTS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION and UTILIZATION are not allowed with RADIOLOGY. This SUBS APPLY command can be used because the subheadings are automatically applied to the appropriate headings. Remember the in a SUBS APPLY command implies an "ORing" of terms. If one of the subheadings is not applicable to a search term, postings will be retrieved because an "OR" will give postings even if only one of the terms, e.g. PHARMACISTS/SD, retrieves postings. Be careful when using this type of SUBS APPLY command: know which subheadings are allowable with each term to be certain of what is searched and what is retrieved. MeSH and Related Tools ANNOTATED MESH Exercise Answers 1. What do the following abbreviations mean? GEN - indicates that the heading is meant to be used for the general concept only. More specific headings exist and are preferred. IM - indicates that the heading is usually given a * by the indexers--so it will usually appear in Index Medicus with citations indexed to the term. NIM coord - means that heading should be used for coordination, but not for printing in Index Medicus. 65 - show that heading came into the system in 1965 as a major descriptor. 70(65) - shows that the heading came into the system in 1965 as a minor descriptor and was raised to major descriptor status in 1970. No qualif - means that no subheadings are allowed with this descriptor. SPEC: SPEC qualif - indicates that the heading is to be used for the concept of the specialty, the field or the practitioner and only the subheadings in the SPEC qualif list on p. LXII are allowed. A 11 qualif - means that only the subheadings in the A 11 qualif list on p. LXII are allowed with the heading. TN - indicates that there is a Technical Note with indexing instructions. The number of the specific Technical Note will accompany this designation. 2. When did "habitual abortion" come into the system? listed in MeSH as an inverted heading, ABORTION, HABITUAL, has no date with it so it has been in the system as a major descriptor since the begi nni ng. 3. Missed abortion is permitted with animals. Is eugenic abortion? Is legal abortion? "Eugenic abortion," listed in MeSH as the inverted heading, ABORTION, EUGENIC, is a heading that may be used to index articles on animals. Although the annotation for this term does not indicate specifically, /vet permitted, this is indicated in the annotation for the term, ABORTION, INDUCED, the major descriptor to which the minor descriptor, ABORTION, EUGENIC "maps." Therefore, /veterinary, may be used in indexing to both terms and in searching both terms in the online system. (NOTE: remember terms indexed to the minor descriptor will appear in Index Medicus under the major descriptor ABORTION, INDUCED/vet. However, online, the minor descriptor, a more specific term, may be directly searched. This is true of any term that has the designation in the annotation "SEE UNDER .") "Legal abortion," listed in MeSH as the inverted heading, ABORTION, LEGAL, may not be used to index articles on animals. The annotation states, "do not use.../vet." 4. How do I index "blood physiology?" "blood physiology" Is a non-MeSH term—BLOOD PHYSIOLOGY (NON MESH) available for "exploding" purposes only in searching the online system but not for indexing or searching by itself. This concept would be indexed, BLOOD/ph or specific element of the blood/ph. 5. What is a synonym for "blister?" A synonym for "blister" is 'bulla' or 'vesication.' This is indicated by the backwards cross references in the annotation for the MeSH term, BLISTER, BLISTER, (X BULLA: X VESICATION). 6. Where is "blood picture" indexed? "Blood picture" is probably indexed as BLOOD CELLS, or BLOOD CELL COUNT according to the annotation at the term, BLOOD. 7. May I search for an article using EXPEDITIONS/manpower? An article should not be searched with main heading/subheading combination, EXPEDITIONS/manpower. The annotation indicates that /history is the only subheading allowed with this main heading. 8. How is "exercise" searched? "Exercise" is searched in Index Medicus using EXERTION. The "see reference" or entry term EXERCISE, PHYSICAL refers you to the term used in Index Medicus. For searching online you may use EXERTION or the entry term, EXERCISE, PHYSICAL (but since EXERTION is shorter, it makes more sense to use this). Either term retrieves the same citations online. The annotation for EXERTION should be checked to determine allowable subheadings, date, etc., however. 9. May I search SNOW/adverse effects for frostbite from walking in the snow? One may not search for SNOW/adverse effects. The annotation for SNOW indicates "no qualif," meaning no subheadings are allowed with SNOW. 10. When did WATER MOVEMENTS come into the system? The heading, WATER MOVEMENTS, came into the system in 1972 as a minor descriptor, and was changed to a major descriptor in 1974. This is indicated in the heading's annotation by the date designation 74(72). 11. Where is "chemical water pollution" searched? The concept "chemical water pollution" is searched as the inverted term, WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL (you might also want to consider WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL.) 12. May a cataloger catalog a book entitled "Chemical Water Pollution in the United States" under WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL/UNITED STATES? A book entitled "Chemical Water Pollution in the United States" may be cataloged under WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL/U.S. Cataloging subheadings allowed are indicated in the annotation. 13. Where was "water-electrolyte imbalance" indexed before 1976? The annotation indicates that before 1976 WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE was a Non-MeSH term. Therefore, it could not be used as a term by itself for indexing, searching Index Medicus, or searching online (it could be "exploded" in an online search only, however). 14. Is WATER/poisoning permitted? Use in indexing or searching of the main heading/subheading combination, WATER/poisoning, is not permitted. In the annotation for the term, WATER, (about half way through), it says "/pois & /tox = WATER INTOXICATION. This is the term that should be used to index and search this concept. 15. How do I search micro-organisms in water? The concept of "micro-organisms in water" is searched using the term, WATER MICROBIOLOGY. The annotation under that term advises that this term be coordinated with the term for the specific microorganism. 16. An article on calcium absorption would be indexed under CALCIUM and ABSORPTION. Is CALCIUM printed in Index Medicus? Is ABSORPTION printed in Index Medicus? Citations indexed to the heading, CALCIUM, a major descriptor, may be printed in Index Medicus. Citations indexed to the heading, ABSORPTION, a major descriptor, would not print in Index Medicus under that term. The annotation indicates "almost never IM;" therefore an indexer would rarely asterisk (*) the term. 17. Why is BIOMETRY wrong for articles on a comparison of the size of men's and women's hands? BIOMETRY is the wrong term for indexing and searching for articles on a comparison of the size of men's and women's hands because the annotation says "for human use probably ANTHROPOMETRY." Also according to TN 10--' on the basis of the Greek source meaning man,' restrict ANTHROPOMETRY to humans. If you need a term for the measurement of animals, BIOMETRY is the better term. ONLINE BOOLEAN LOGIC SEARCHING INITIAL CLASS 1. The effects of cannabis on memory. SS 1/C? USER: cannabi s memory cannabis AND memory 2. The effects of cannabis on memory or thinking. SS 1/C? USER: memory OR thinking /chinking' SS 2/C? USER: 1 AND cannabis memory thinking cannabi s 3. The effects of cannabis or mescaline on memory or on thinking. SS 1/C? USER: cannabi s. /mescal i ne' cannabis OR mescaline SS 2/C? USER: memory OR thinking /memory /thinking' SS 3/C? USER: 1 AND 2 thinking cannakj^ 4j£?caline memory 4. Any effects of cannabis on personality but exclude studies involving students. SS 1/C? USER: cannabi s personality cannabis AND personality SS 2/C? USER: cannabi s personality 1 AND NOT students students 5. English language articles on drug abuse among students. SS 1/C? USER: drug abuse AND students drug abuse students SS 2/C? USER: 1 AND eng (la) drug abuse students English 6. All articles on mescaline but since I've read all the English language Journals, just retrieve the foreign literature. SS 1/C? USER: mescali ne foreign mescaline AND for (la) CHEMICAL ABSTRACT SERVICE (CAS) REGISTRY NUMBER (RN) UNIQUE NUMBER OF UP TO 9 DIGITS ASSIGNED BY CAS SEARCHED AND DISPLAYED IN HYPHENATED FORMAT LEADING ZEROS DROPPED RN FIELD FOR SACCHARIN : RN 81-07-2 OTHER REGISTRY NUMBER (ON) EXAMPLES ON 7085-69-0 (CAS) ON 7653-10-1 (CAS) ON 7085-69-0 (TOXBACK6S) 7085-69-0 PRESENT IN NLM DATABASES 7653-10-1 NOT PRESENT IN NLM DATABASES DOT-DISCONNECT CONVENTION FOR SALTS AND MIXTURES INDIVIDUAL FORMULAS SEPARATED BY A DOT FORMULA WITH HIGHEST CARBON COUNT FIRST MF FIELD FOR SODIUM SACCHARIN: MF C 7—HS—N—O3S. NA FORMULA FRAGMENT EXAMPLE FOR SACCHARIN (MF) C 7 - H5 N 03 S (FF) C 7 Nt 03 SI (SPECIFIC) N o s (GENERIC) FOR MULTIPLE RING SYSTEMS: CL GIVEN IN ORDER OF RING SIZE THEN IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER SEPARATED BY PERIODS CL NCNC3 . NC2NC2 SEARCH STRATEGY DEVELOP THE CHEMICAL CONCEPT: 1, Use CHEMLINE to obtain the Registry Number, synonyms and locators. NBR the name (enter the name as is with multiple terms, hyphens, etc.) 3. If the name is present as SY or Nl, search CHEMLINE with the appropriate qualifier. A. If you can’t locate the chemical, or the name has more than 39 characters use the name fragment (NF) field. Connect each name fragment with AND. Always remember to post qualify single numbers with (NF) or it may refer to a search statement. 5. Obtain the posting for the chemical. Print detail (DL) or full (FU). Check tiie ON field to determine if any of these registry numbers should also be used. Pick out several common synonyms (short words, easy to type names, name without numbers attached, possible names that authors migiit use). If an exhaustive search is required all the synonyms may be used as search terms. DEVELOP THE BIOLOGICAL CONCEPT 1. Identify terms that express the biological concept using MeSH, textwords in abstracts and other known biological synonyms. Continue to add terms by scanning the retrieved citations for important terms. For example some terms for developing tissues would be: embryogenesis, fetus, fetal, development, cell differentiation, angiogenesis, neurogenesis 2. TOXLINE does not have checktags (except the portion from MEDLINE) for the easy retrieval of human or specific animal terms. A hedge must be developed if these terms are routinely needed. 3. To determine how to search for the biological concept, NBR some of the terms selected to determine if truncation is needed. If a term has several suffixes (ex: carcinogen...) then truncation would be used. A. Use of words that are general terms in the file such as adverse effects, poisoning, toxicity, & mammals will retrieve many postings and may give a STORE POSTINGS OVERFLOW. SEARCHING CHEM ICAL/810 LOG ICAL CONCEPTS 1. Search for the chemical concept using the information obtained in CHEMLINE. Always use some synonyms OR'd with registry numbers because the TOXLINE file is not completely indexed with RN’s. 2. Search for the biological concept using the TW qualifier. 3. Combine the chemical & biological concept together. The search can be narrowed further by scanning several citations for additional biological concepts. When there is a small number of citations (not over A 00) STRINGSEARCH can be used to narrow the retrieval to more specific references. STRINGSEARCH both the title and the abstract field. Example: TS :VI NY L#CH LOR IDE : OR :V INYLtCHLOR IDE : (TI) STRINGSEARCH/SENTENCESEARCH EXERCISE 1. Using retrieval from a text word search on Paget's disease, stringsearch for articles in English or German. Create a stringsearch of the Language (LA) data element for the abbrevia- tions ENG and GER- SS 1 /C? USER: (TW) PAGET PROG: SS (1) PSTG (177) SS 2 /C? USER: TS (LA) ENG OR GER Note that in this case, the colons may be placed next to the first and last letters (:ENG:), one space away (: ENG :), or may be omitted entirely; the retrieval in all three will be the same. This is because each occurrence of the language element exist only as a three letter abbreviation. Also, remember that stringsearching directly searchable data elements such as language is only efficient if the retrieval set being stringsearched is less than 200. 2. Using the original retrieval on Paget's disease, stringsearch for articles that were published in 1981. Three data elements contain year of publication information: the Source (SO), Year (VR), and the Date of Publication (DP) elements. However, because the Source and Year are generated from the citation (i.e., they are not "real" items of data attached to the citation), neither can be stringsearched. That leaves the Date of Publication. Note that the search statement number must be specified- TS 1 (DP) :1981: (remember not to add SS) 3. Articles on PL 93-641. Begin by performing a preliminary Text Word search (TW) PL OR PUBLIC AND LAW Use the NEIGHBOR command to decide whether or not to include PL93 and PL93641 as Text Words. Next stringsearch for the number, bearing in mind that the form could be 93641, 93-641, or 93 641- TS (TI) :93641 : OR :93#641 : OR :93641 : (AB) OR :93#641 : (AB) The colon is placed next to the 9 to allow for PL93...; the colon is placed one space away from the 1 to avoid numbers such as 6415. 4. Hepatic infusion. Limit to human and females. The preliminary Text Word search (TW) HEPATIC AND INFUSION retrieves about 100 citations. Upon browsing, the searcher finds such phrases as "hepatic arterial infusion," "infusion hepatic angiography," and "hepatic arterial redistribution for intraarterial infusion." Noting that the words are not always immediately adjacent in a sentence, and wishing to retrieve citations in which the important words are in the same sentence but not necessarily adjacent, create a sentencesearch instruction. SS 1 /C? USER: (tw)hepatic annd infusion PROG: SS (1) PSTG (189) SS 2 /C? USER: I and human and female PROG: TIME OVFLW: CONT? (Y/N) USER: y PROG: SS (2) PSTG (71) (may be more than one time overflow) SS 3 /C? USER: sens (ti) :hepatic:infusion: or :infusion:hepatic: or PROG: CNT 3 USER: :hepatic:infusion: (ab) or :infusion:hepatic: (ab) PROG: (56) SCHD (19) QUAL; CONT? (Y/N) USER: y PROG: SS (3) PSTG (26) SUGGESTED SEARCH FORMULATIONS FOR CHEMLINE - TOXLINE PRACTICE QUESTIONS In CHEMLINE, find the record for the pesticide DIELDRIN. Print the standard and full formats. RN 60-57-1 ON 3039-00-7 RN FILE LOCATORS: TOXLINE, TOXBACK7A, TOXBACK6S, RTECS, TDB, and MEDLINE ON FILE LOCATOR: TOXBACK6S PURPOSE: To search CHEMLINE and print 2 formats; identify RN, ON and locator fields. SEARCH STRATEGY: FILE CHEM SS 1/C? POSTINGS 1 1 1 1 1 1 NBR DIELDRIN TERM DIELDREX CNF) DIELDREX (SY) DIELDRIN (NF) DIELDRIN (SY) DIELDRIN KETONE (SY) SS 2/C? DIELDRIN (SY) print standard (PRT) and print full (PRT FU) records Find citations in TOXLINE by George D. Ledney, Print out a standard and detailed record of Dr. Ledney’s paper on "Skin wound-enhanced survival and myelocytopoiesis in mice after whole-body irradiation". b. Note the difference in the two print formats. PURPOSE: Do an author search given the full name; search for a specific paper of this author; compare print formats. SEARCH STRATEGY: FILE TOX SS 1/C? NBR LEDNEY GD POSTINGS TERM 1 LEDNEV PI (AU) 1 LEDNEY (TW) 10 LEDNEY GD (AU) 1 LEDNICE (TW) 6 LEDNICER D (AU) SS 1/C? (AU) LEDNEY GD SS 2/C? (TW) MYELOCYTOPOIESIS AND MICE AND 1 PRINT 2 RECORD FORMATS: PRT, PRT DL Using the data from the chemical record for the anti-inflamatory drug NAPROSYN* compare the numbers of retrieved citations when you use only the name given(naprosyn), the CAS Registry Number, and other synonyms. RN 22204-53-1 In TOXLINE: t citations using NAPROSYN # citations using RN # citations using other synonyms OR together these 3 search statements for total PURPOSE: To understand the need for searching with BOTH the RN and synonyms. SEARCH STRATEGY: FILE CHEM SS 1/C? NBR NAPROSYN POSTINGS TERM 1 NAPROPION (NF) 1 NAPROPION (SY) 1 NAPROSYN (NF) 1 NAPROSYN (SY) 7 NAPROXEN (NF) UP N OR DOWN N? USER : FIND NAPROSYN (SY) SS 2/C? PRT FU obtain the RN and SY RN - 22204-53-1 SY - EQUIPROXEN SY - NAPROSYN SY - NAPROXEN SY - D-NAPROXEN FILE TOX SS 1/C? NAPROSYN SS 2/C? 22204-53-1 SS 3/0? EQUIPROXEN OR NAPROXEN SS 4/C? 1 OR 2 OR 3 A requestor has seen the following name in a journal: 5-(3,3-DIMETHYL-1-TRIAZENYL)-IH-IMIDAZOLE-4-CARBOXAMIDE Find its CHEMLINE record. RN 4342-03-4 PURPOSES To be able to find chemicals using name fragments (NF), SEARCH STRATEGY: FILE CHEM SS 1/C? (NF) 5 (NF) AND 3,3 AND DIMETHYL AND 1 (NF) AND TRIAZENYL AND 1H AND IMIDAZOLE AND 4 (NF) AND CARBOXAMIDE PRINT FULL RECORDS (PRT FU); There are 9 answers, the 9th record is the correct answer. Find information in TOXLINE of the effects of mercury on the central nervous system in children. RN 7439-97-6 SY Mercury; Quicksilver PURPOSE: To use CHEMLINE for RN, SY and LO; to search TOXLINE for chemical/biological concepts. SEARCH STRATEGY: FILE CHEM SS 1/C? NBR MERCURY Find Mercury as N1; print full record FILE TOX SS 1/C? 7439-97-6 SS 2/C? (TW) MERCURY OR QUICKSILVER SS 3/C? 1 OR 2 SS 4/C ? (TW) CENTRAL AND NERVOUS AND SYSTEM SS 5/C? (TW) ALL CHILD; SS 6/C ? 4 AND 5 SS 7/C ? 3 AND 6 Notes By using these textword for central nervous system you will retrieve less citations than by the next strategy SS 1/C? 7439-97-6 SS 2/C? (TW) MERCURY OR QUICKSILVER SS 3/C? 1 OR 2 SS 4/C? (TW) ALL NERV; OR CNS OR ALL SPINAL; OR BRAIN SS 5/C? (TW) ALL CHILD: SS 6/C? 4 AND 5 SS 7/C? 3 AND 6 There is a government report in TOXLINE entitled "Health Effects of Synfuels Technology: A Review". You wish to order this document from NTIS. ORDER NUMBER NTIS/ANL/ES-111 PRICE PC AO4/MF AOl SUBFILE TD3 - TOXICOLOGY DOCUMENT & DATA DEPOSITORY PURPOSE: To identify a specific citation by Text Word search and print out the proper data elements for ordering information from NT IS. SEARCH STRATEGY: FILE TOX SS 1/C? (TW) HEALTH AND SYNFUELS AND TECHNOLOGY AND REVIEW SS 2/C ? PRT SI, TI, OD, PR A widely used anti neoplastic agent has the following molecular formula: C 6 Hl2 N3 P S Find the CHEMLINE record. RN 699 37-6; 52-24-4 PURPOSE: Search CHEMLINE with hyphenated molecular formula. SEARCH STRATEGY: FILE CHEM SS 1/C? (MF) C6-Hl2-N3-P-S SS 2/C? PRT FU Note: There are multiple postings since the molecular formula field is not unique. The systematic names, synonyms and locators can be used to determine the proper answer. Find citations in TOXLINE about the irritation effects of ethyl acetate . RN 141-78-6 SYNONYMS USED ethyl acetate; acetiden; acetoxyethane PURPOSE: To search with a multi term phrase and eliminate false drops . SEARCH STRATEGY: FILE CHEM SS 1/C? NBR ETHYL ACETATE FIND ETHYL ACETATE (SY) FILE TOX SS 1/C? 141-78-6 SS 2/C? (TW) ACETIDEN OR ACETOXYETHANE SS 3/C? (TW) ETHYL AND ACETATE Note: False drops can occur when searching multi term chemical names as illustrated in SS 3/C. To eliminate these false drops one can STRINGSEARCH: TS (TI) :ETHYL#ACETATE: OR :ETHYLtACETATE : (AB) SS 4/C? 1 OR 2 OR 3 SS 5/C? (TW) ALL IRRITA: SS 6/C? 4 AND 5 In the TOXBACK74 file» how many citations are there on TIMOLOL? Is there any information on the use of Timolol in cases of angina AND hypertension? What is the Journal Source? b. Is there any newer publications on Timolol by the authors you found in response to question 1 Oa? c. Is there any newer references for angina OR hypertension? in TOXLINE on the use of Timolol PURPOSE: To search the TOXBACK74 and TOXLINE for a chemical/ biological concept. SEARCH STRATEGY: FILE CHEM SS 1/C? TIMOLOL (SY) SS 2/C? PRT FU FILE TOX74 SS 1/C? 26839-75-8 OR TIMOLOL SS 2/C? 1 AND ANGINA AND HYPERTENSION SS 3/C? PRT Note: 2 citations retrieved; they are duplicate records but the TOXBIB record has no abstract. FILE TOX SS 1/C? 26839-75-8 OR TIMOLOL SS 2/C? 1 AND ANGINA OR 1 AND SS 3/C? 1 AND BROGDEN RN: HYPERTENSION Note: A SAVE search could be used here between TOX74 & TOX CLINPROT INDEX TERMS APRIL 1982 The frequencies appearing on the attached list are included to assist you in formulating searches before going online. All terms preceded by an asterisk (*) are broad category terms, which are not used to index records. The frequency number following these terms represents the total number of projects indexed to specific terms indexed under the broad category. You will receive a No Postings message should you enter an asterisk term in CLINPROT. To retrieve protocols using Subject Captions, (SC), the most specific terms must be used. When all protocols within a broad category are desired, one must enter the Hierarchical Subject Code in truncated form. CLINPROT INDEX TERMS CAPTIONS APRIL 1982 PAGE CODES FREQUENCY 0780. Protocols 3088 0780.05 *Cancer Types 1114 L 0780.05.005 t *Leukemia 410 0780.05.005. 10 Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia 159 0780.05.005.20 Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia 173 0780.05.005.23 Acute Undifferent. Leukemia 45 0780.05.005.25 Acute Leukemia-unspecified 69 0780.05.005.30 Chron Lymphocytic Leukemia 27 0780.05.005.U0 Chron Nonlymphocytic Leukemia 49 0780.05.005.50 Chron Leukemia-Blast Crisis 31 0780.05.005.70 Extramedullary Leukemia 33 0780.05.005.97 Leukemia-unspecified 20 0780.05.015 *Lymphoma 269 0780.05.015.10 Hodgkin's Disease 120 0780.05.015.20 *NonHodgkin's Lymphoma 178 0780,05.015.20 .0 10 NHL-diffuse 73 0780.05.015.20 .020 NHL-nodular 52 0780.05.015.20 .030 NHL-unspecified 84 0780,05.015.20 .040 Lymphosarcoma 20 0780.05.015.20 .050 Reticulum Cell Sarcoma 25 0780.05,015.30 Burkitt* s Disease 5 0780.05.0 15.40 Mycosis Fungoides 12 0780.05.015.90 Lymphoma-other 2 0780.05.015.95 Lymphoma-unspecified 36 0780.05.030 Myeloma 71 0780.05.040 Polycythemia Vera 10 0780.05.050 Hematologic Cancer-unspecified 19 0780.05.052 Germ Cell Tumors 29 0780.05.055 Solid Tumors 144 0780.05.055. 10 Wilms* Embryoma 21 0780.05.055.20 Neuroblastoma 55 0780.05.055.30 Retinoblastoma 7 0780.05.055.40 Rhabdomyosarcoma 31 0780.05.055.50 Ewing's Sarcoma 36 0780.05.055.60 Histiocytosis 8 0780.05.055.95 Ped , Solid Tumors-other 9 0780.05.055.97 Ped . Solid Tumors-unspecified 32 0780.05.065 185 0780.05.065.10 Osteogenic Sarcoma 116 0780.05.065.20 Soft Tissue Sarcoma 138 0780.05.070 Ca rcinoid 6 0780.05.080 Solid Tumors-unspecified 78 0780.05.090 Cancer-unspecified 81 0780.07 Parameters 1789 0780.07.010 Metastatic Disease 1150 0780.07.020 Nonmetastatic Disease 236 0780.07,030 Resectable Tumor 231 0780.07.040 Nonresectable Tumor 485 0780.07.050 Recurrent Disease 469 0780.07.995 Disease Parameters-other 3 0780.10 *Body Sites 2149 0780.10.010 Breast 422 0780. 10.020 Nervous System 121 0780.10.020. 10 Brain 118 CLINPROT INDEX TERMS CAPTIONS APRIL 1982 PAGE CODES FREQUENCY 0780.10.020.95 CNS-other 12 0780.10.030 System 19 0780.10.030.10 Adrenal 2 0780. 10.030.20 Endocrine Pancreas 8 0780.10.030.30 Thyroid 9 0780.10,040 System 439 0780. 10.040.10 Esophagus 57 0780.10.040.20 Stomach 110 0780.10.040.30 Pancreas 91 0780. 10.040,40 Liver/Gall Bladder 59 0780.10.040.50 Colorectal 235 0780.10.040.60 Small Intestine 2 0780. 10.040.97 Gastrointestinal-unspecified 31 0780.10.050 System 282 0780.10.050,10 Bladder 93 0780. 10.050.20 Kidney 75 0780.10.050.30 Prostate 79 0780.10.050.40 Testis 75 0780. 10.050.95 Genitourinary-o ther 8 0780.10.050.97 Genitourinary-unspecif ied 13 0780,10.060 System 257 0780. 10.060.10 Cervix 79 0780.10.060.20 Ovary 145 0780.10.060.30 Uterus 41 0780. 10.060.40 Trophoblast 2 0780.10.060.50 Vagina 4 0780.10.060.60 Vulva 7 0780. 10,060.97 Gynecologic-unspecified 16 0780, 10.070 Head & Neck 187 0780.10.075 Mesothelioma 11 0780. 10.080 *Lung 444 0780.10.080.10 Lung-Small Cell (Oat Cell) 162 0780.10.080.20 Lung-Adenocarcinoma 171 0780.10.080.30 Lung-Large Cell 152 0780.10.080.40 Lung-Squamous Cell 172 0780.10.080.97 Lung-unspecified 94 0780. 10.090 *Skin Tumors 230 0780.10.090.05 Melanoma 224 0780.10.090.95 Skin Tumors-other 10 0780. 10.993 Body Sites - Multiple 5 0780.15 Modalities 3088 0780.15.010 Surgery 305 0780. 15.030 *Immunotherapy 49 1 0780.15.030.01 Bacteria/Bacterial Substances 23 0780.15.030.05 Virus/Viral Substances 12 0780.15.030.10 Nonspecific Stimulants 425 0780.15.030.15 Antibody Therapy 3 0780.15.030.20 Tumor Cells/Cell Fractions 47 0780.15.030,30 Other Cells/Cell Fractions 15 0780.15.030.70 Autologous Bone Marrow Therapy 1 0780.15.030.75 Bone Marrow Transplant 1 0780.15.030.80 Interferon 14 0780.15.030,95 Immunotherapy-o ther 2 0780.15.030.97 Immunotherapy -unspecified 4 CLINPROT INDEX TERMS CAPTIONS APRIL 1982 PAGE CODES FREQUENCY 0780.15.0U0 Ch emotherapy 2669 0780.15.0U1 Hyperthermia 13 0780. 15.0UU Radiosensitization U8 0780.15.0U5 7UU 0780.15.0U5.05 High-LET heavy ions 6 0780. 15.0U5.10 High-LET neutrons 28 0780.15.0U5.15 High-LET pions 5 0780.15.0U5.20 Loh-LET Co-60 gamma rays U50 0780.15.0U5.25 Low-LET Implant 31 0780.15.0U5.28 Low-LET electrons 31 0780.15.0U5.30 Low-LET photons 1-U MeV UU8 0780. 15.0U5.35 Low-LET photons above U MeV 390 0780.15.0U5.U0 Mixed High/Low LET 9 0780.15.0U5.U5 Low-LET -unspecified 183 0780. 15.0U5.50 Isotopic Therapy 12 0780.15.050 Therapy 58U 0780.15.050.10 Surgery UO 0780. 15.050. 10 .005 Ovariectomy 20 0780.15.050.10 .010 Adrenalectomy 9 078a.15.050.10 .015 Hypophysectomy 6 0780.15.050.10 .020 0 rchiectomy 11 0780.15.050,10 .995 Ablative Surgery-other 1 0780.15.050.20 Therapy 566 0780. 15.050.20 .010 Antiestrogen Therapy 81 0780.15.050.20 .020 Steroid Therapy 508 0780.15.050.20 .030 Adrenal Blockade 12 0780. 15.050,20 .OUO Replacement Therapy U 0780.15.055 Anticoagulation Therapy 2 0780.15.065 Vitamin Therapy 5 0780.15.080 *Supportive/Preventive Therapy 1U7 0780.15.080.10 Antibiotic Therapy 39 0780.15.080.15 Antiemetic Therapy 10 0780. 15.080,20 Bone Marrow Transplantation 50 0780.15.080.30 Management of Hypercalcemia 1 0780.15.080.UO Neutropenia Attenuation-Li 9 0780.15.080.U5 Nutritional Therapy 21 0780.15.080,60 Protective Environment 26 0780.15.080.70 Radioprotection U 0780. 15,080.80 Transfusion-Blood/Components 21 0780.15.080.90 Vitamin Support 1U 0780.15.080.95 Supportive-other 2 0780. 15.995 Therapy Modalities-other 5 0780.21 Modality Combinations 3058 0780.21.100 *Unimodal Therapies 2393 0780.21.100. 10 Mode 1 Chemotherapy 1906 0780.21.100.20 Mode 1 Endocrine Therapy 90 0780.21.100.30 Mode 1 Immunotherapy 172 0780.21.100.UO Mode 1 Radiotherapy 269 0780.21.100.50 Mode 1 Surgery 96 0780.21.100.60 Mode 1 Hyperthermia 3 0780.21.200 *Bimodal Combinations 10 96 0780,21.200.01 Mode 2 Anticancer/Supportive 2 0780.21 .200.05 Mode 2 Chemo/Endo 378 0780.21.200.10 Mode 2 Chemo/Iram 23 1 CLINPHOT INDEX TERMS CAPTIONS APRIL 1982 PAGE CODES FREQUENCY 0780.21.200.15 Mode 2 Chemo/Rad 301 0780.21.200.20 Mode 2 Chemo/Surg 92 0780.21.200.25 Mode 2 Endo/Imm 4 0780.21.200.30 Mode 2 Endo/Rad 12 0780.21.200.35 Mode 2 Endo/Surg 11 0780.21.200.40 Mode 2 Imro/Rad 26 0780.21.200.45 Mode 2 Imm/Surg 27 0780.21.200.50 Mode 2 Rad/Surg 92 0780.21.200.60 Mode 2 Chemo/Hyper 7 0780.21.200.65 Mode 2 Chemo/Antibio 2 0780.21.200.70 Mode 2 Rad/Hype r 5 0780,21.300 *Tr imodal Combinations 339 0780.21.300.05 Mode 3 Chemo/Endo/Imm 43 0780.21.300,10 Mode 3 Chemo/Endo/Rad 144 0780.21.300.15 Mode 3 Chemo/Endo/Surg 15 0780.21.300.20 Mode 3 Chemo/Im m/Had 38 0780.21.300.25 Mode 3 Chemo/Imm/Surg 17 0780.21.300.30 Mode 3 Chemo/Rad/Surg 91 0780.21.300.35 Mode 3 Endo/Imm/Rad 1 0780.21.300.45 Mode 3 Endo/Rad/Surg 4 0780.21.300.50 Mode 3 Imra/Rad/Surg 5 0780.21.400 *Tetramodal Combinations 38 0780.21.400.05 Mode 4 Chemo/Endo/Imm/Rad 12 0780.21.400.10 Mode 4 Chemo/Endo/Imm/Surg 2 0780.21.400,15 Mode 4 Chemo/Endo/Rad/Surg 12 0780.21.400,20 Mode 4 Chemo/Imm/Rad/Surg 14 0780.21.500 *Pentamodal Combinations 2 0780.21.500.05 Mode 5 Chemo/Endo/Irom/Rad/Surg 2 0780.23 Schedules 1398 0780.23.005 Therapy Schedule 122 0780.23.010 Crossover 151 0780.23.015 Cyclic 104 0780.23.020 Intermittent 811 0780.23.025 Sequential 289 0780,23,050 Alternate 101 0780.23.070 Concurrent 134 0780.23.080 Continuous 107 0780.23.995 Therapy Schedules“Other 1 0780.25 Studies 838 0780.25.010 Induction 717 0730.25.013 Intensification 47 0780.25.015 Consolidation 150 0780.25.020 Maintenance 556 0780.25.050 Re inforcement 40 0780.27 Phases 1881 0780.27.010 Phase I 173 0780.27.015 Phase II 1064 0780.27.020 Phase III 43 1 0780.27.030 Adjuvant Studies 319 0780.27.035 Phase IV 10 0780.27.040 Pilot Studies 224 0780.27.050 Ancillary Studies 19 0780.27.060 Master Protocol 34 0780.29 505 CLINPROT INDEX TERMS CAPTIONS APRIL 1982 PAGE CODES FREQUENCY 0780.29.010 *Age of Population 476 0780.29.010. 10 Adult 217 0780.29.010. 20 Child 263 0780.29.010. 30 Elderly 2 0780.29.015 *Sex of Population 30 0780,29.0 15, 10 Female 19 0780.29.015. 20 Hale 13 0780.31 *Stratification Parameters 2083 0780.31.010 Age 214 0780.3 1,015 Sex 97 0780.31.020 Blood Counts 34 0780,31.022 Prognostic Risk 102 0780.31.023 Immune Status 40 0780.31.030 Cardiac Status 22 0780.31.032 Bone Marrow Status 81 0780.31.035 CHS Involvement 24 0780,31.038 Diagnosis to Entry Interval 12 0780.3 1.040 Disease Stage 356 0780.31.041 Duration of Response 5 0780.31.045 Estrogen Levels 11 0780.31.047 Endocrine Status 24 0780.31.048 Renal Function 17 0780.31.049 Hepatic Function 13 0780.31.050 Hepatic Involvement 32 0780.31.055 Histologic Grade 150 0780.31.057 Hormone Receptor Status 22 0780.31.060 Menopausal Status 84 0780.31.065 Morphologic Subtypes 356 0780.31.070 Nodal Status 128 0780.31.075 Participating Institutions 1391 0780,31.080 Performance Status 397 0780.31.085 Prior Chemotherapy 230 0780.31.086 Prior Endocrine Therapy 13 0780.3 1.087 Prior Immunotherapy 4 0780.31.090 Prior Radiotherapy 159 0780,31.093 Prior Therapy-unspecifled 103 0780.31.095 Prior Surgery 145 0780.31.103 Extent of Tumor 25 2 0780.31.104 Residual Tumor 8 0780.31.105 Site of Primary Tumor 300 0780.31.106 Site of Metastases 156 0780.31.107 Extent of Metastases 97 0780.31.109 Drug Tolerance 13 0780.31.995 Stratification-other 238 0780.33 Agents 2608 0780.33.001 Chemotherapeutic Agents -one 818 0780.33.002 Chemotherapeutic Agents -two 438 0780.33.003 Chemotherapeutic Agents -three 492 0780.33.004 Chemotherapeutic Agents -four 391 0780,33.005 Chemotherapeutic Agents -five 199 0780.33.006 Chemotherapeutic Agents -six 123 0780.33.007 Chemotherapeutic Agents -seven 89 0780.33.008 Chemotherapeutic Agents -eight 28 0780.33.009 Chemotherapeutic Agents -nine 18 PAGE CODES CLINPROT INDEX TERMS CAPTIONS APRIL 1982 FREQUENCY 0780.33.010 Chemotherapeutic Agents -ten 8 0780.33.995 Chemotherapeutic Agents -other 6 0780.35 *Route of Drug Administration 1801 0780.35.005 Arterial U6 0780.35.010 Implantation 8 0780.35.015 Intradermal 6U 0780.35.020 Intrathecal 151 0780,35.023 Intramuscular 96 0780.35.030 In travenous 1350 0780.35.033 Intravesicular 15 0780.35.035 Oral 670 0780.35.0U0 Subcutaneous 72 0780.35.0U5 Topical 8 0780.35.050 Localized Perfusion 12 0780.35.060 Percutaneous 22 0780,35.065 Intralymphatic 1 0780.35.070 Intratumoral 9 0780.35.080 In trapleural 11 0780.35.090 Intraperitoneal 11 0780.35.995 Houte-other 8 0780.U0 *Drugs 2921 0780.UO.002 AAFC 3 0780.UO.003 Acetaminophen 1 0780.UO.006 Aclacinomycin 17 0780.UO,007 Acivicin 2 0780.UO.010 ACTH 2 0780,UO.020 Actinomycin-d 122 0780.UO.023 AD-32 1 0780.U0.02U ADC 18 0780.UO.025 Adriamycin 87U 0780.U0.026 Adriamycin-DHA Complex 5 0780.UO.027 J.- Alanosine 6 0780.UO.028 Allopurinol 23 0780.UO.029 Aminoglutethimide 13 0780,UO.030 Amino pterin 2 0780 .UO.031 AMSA 88 0780.UO.032 Amphotericin-b 8 0780.U0.03U Amikacin 3 0780.UO.035 Aniline Mustard 1 0780.U0.037 Anguidine 13 0780.UO.038 Antibiotics 20 0780.UO.039 APD 1 0780.U0.0U0 Cytosine Arabinoside 213 0780.U0.0U5 Asaley 1 0780.UC.0U7 L-asparaginase 87 0780.U0.0U8 Aspirin U 0780.UO.050 Azacytidine 35 0780.UO.060 Azapicyl 1 0780.UO.063 Azaribine 1 0780.UO.065 Azaserine 1 0780.UO.067 Azathioprine 3 0780.UO.075 Azauridine 1 0780.UO.079 Azimexon 2 0780.UO.081 Azlocillin 1 CLINPROT INDEX TERMS CAPTIONS APRIL 1982 PAGE CODES FREQUENCY 0780.UO.082 AZQ UO 0780.UO.085 Bakers Antifol UO 0780.UO.089 Beg-Cell Wall Skeleton 2 0780.UO.090 Connaught-bcg 33 0780.UO.093 Bcg-glaxo 16 0780.U0.09U Bcg-H.1 .V. 1 0780,40,095 Her Beg 67 0780.UO.TOO Pasteur Beg 37 0780.UO.101 Institut Armand Trappier BCG 1 0780.UO.102 Bcg-Lilly 1 0780.UO.103 Bcg-Trudeau 1 0780.UO.105 Tice Beg 56 0780.UO.106 Beg-unspecified 52 0780.UO.107 BCNU 138 0780.UO.108 Benadry1 6 0780.UO.109 Besta tin 3 0780.UO.110 Bleomycin 2 50 0780.UO.111 Betadine 1 0780.UO.115 5-bromodeoxyuridine 1 0780,UO,117 Bruceantin U 0780.UO.120 Busulfan 11 0780.UO.125 Butocin 1 0780.UO.128 Calcium Gluconate 2 0780.UO.130 Calusterone U 0780.UO.135 Camptothecin 2 0780.U0.1U2 Ca rminomycin 5 0780.U0.1U5 CCNU 168 0780.U0.1U7 Cefotaxime 1 0780.UO.150 Chlorambucil U5 0780.UO.152 Chlorozotocin 33 0780.UO.155 Chromomycin A3 6 0780.UO.158 Cimetidine 1 0780.UO.160 Cisclomiphene 1 0780.UO.165 Cis-platinum U 12 0780.UO.167 Citrovorum Factor 17U 0780.UO.169 Coenzyme-Q 2 0780.UO.170 Colchicine 2 0780.UO.175 C, Parvum Burroughs 55 0780.UO.180 C. Parvum Merieux 7 0780.UO.181 C. Parvum unspecified 18 0780.UO.185 Co rtisone 3 0780.UO.186 Cortisone acetate 1 0780.UO.195 Cyclocytidine 10 0780.UO.200 Cy do leucine U 0780.UO.205 Cyclophosphamide 890 0780.UO.206 Cyclosporin A 1 0780 .UO.2 10 Cytembena 2 0780.UO.213 Cyproterone Acetate 1 0780 .U0.21U Danazol 2 0780.UO.215 ' Daunomycin 93 0780,UO.216 Daunomycin-DNA complex 2 0780.UO.219 DD«P 3 0780 .UO.220 Deazauridine 2 0780.UO.222 Dehydroemetine 2 CLINPHOT INDEX TERMS CAPTIONS APRIL 1982 PAGE CODES FREQUENCY 0780.H0.227 2-Deoxycoformycin 1 0780.UO.232 Detorubicin 2 0780.UO.233 Dexamethasone U6 0780.UO.235 DHEA Mustard 1 0780.U0.2U0 Dianhydrogalactitol 38 0780.U0.2U5 Dibromoduleitol 55 0780.UO.260 Dichioromethotrexate 7 0780.UO.265 Diethylstilbestrol 17 0780.UO,270 Diglycoaldehyde 7 0780.UO,272 Dihydroxyanthracenedione U5 0780.UO.275 DimethyIsulfoxide 2 0780.UO.276 Dinitrofluorobenzene 1 0780.UO.278 DON 1 0780.UO.279 DNCB 2 0780.UO.286 Dromostanolone Propionate 1 0780.UO.288 Droperidol 1 0780.UO.290 DTIC 155 0780,UO.292 Duborimycin 1 0780.UO.293 Dipyridamole 2 0780.UO.298 Epody1 1 0780.UO.300 Estracyt 13 0780.UO.305 Estradiol 1 0780.UO.317 Estrogens, conjugated 2 0780.UO.323 Ethinyl Estradiol 1 0780.U0.32U Etidronate disodium 1 0780.UO.328 F3tdr 2 0780.UO.330 FIuorodeoxyuridine 11 0780.UO.331 Florinef 2 0780.UO.336 Fludrocortisone 2 0780.U0.3U0 5“fluorouracil U93 0780 .U0.3U9 Flurbiprofen 1 0780.UO,3 50 Fluoxymesterone 21 0780.UO.351 Freund's Complete Adjuvant 5 0780.UO,353 Furosemide 11 0780.UO.355 Ftorafur 28 0780.UO.357 Gallium Nitrate 8 0780.UO.358 Gentamicin 2 0780.UO.359 Glutaminase-Asparaginase 1 0780.UO.360 Guana zole 3 0780.UO.368 Haloperidol 1 0780.UO.370 Hexamethylmelamine 92 0780 .UO.381 Hycanthone Mesylate 3 0780.UO,385 Hydrocortisone 38 0780,UO,386 Hydrocortisone Na Succinate 1 0780.UO.390 Hydroxyurea 71 0780.UO.391 Hyperbaric Oxygen 2 0780.UO.392 Interferon 1U 0780.UO.393 ICRF- 159 31 0780.U0.39U Idoxuridine 1 0780.UO.395 Indieine-H-oxide U 0780.UO.396 Imidazole Mustard 1 0780.UO.399 Isoniazid 13 0780.UO.UOO Ifosfamide 30 0780.U0.U01 ICRF- 18 7 U DNCB DTIC CLINPROT INDEX TERMS CAPTIONS APRIL 1982 PAGE CODES FREQUENCY 0780.40.U02 Isoprinosine 1 0780.40.412 Levonantradol 2 0780.40.4 13 Le vamisole 77 0780.40.414 Lithium Carbonate 10 0780.40.415 Maytansine 21 0780.40.417 Medroxyprogesterone Acetate 31 0780.40.418 Megestrol Acetate 10 0780.40.419 Mannitol 79 0730.40.420 Helphalan 134 0780.40.421 MBEH 1 0780.40.425 6-mercaptopurine 98 0780.40.426 6-mercaptopurine riboside 1 0780.40.435 Methotrexate 664 0780.40.440 Me thy1-CCNU 122 0780.40 .445 Me thy 1-GAG 44 0780.40.447 MethyIprednisolone 7 0780.40.452 Me toelopramide 1 0780.40.453 Metronidazole 2 0780.40.454 Misonidazole 45 0780,40.455 Mithramycin 1 0780.40.456 Mezlocillin 1 0780.40.460 Mitomycin-C 126 0780.40.463 Mitotane 2 0780.40.464 Moxalactam 2 0780.40.465 Na foxidine 1 0780.40.467 Naloxone 1 0780.40.470 Neocarzinostatin 12 0780.40.475 Nitrogen Mustard 57 0780.40.476 Nystatin 1 0780.40.477 Norethisterone Acetate 1 0780.40.479 Nutritional Support 1 0780,40,481 OK”432 5 0780.40.483 Ox ymetholone 2 0780.40.484 Peptichemio 6 0780.40.485 Phenestrin 1 0780.40.486 Papaverine 2 0780.40.487 PALA 29 0780.40.488 PCNU 18 0780.40.489 Penbe rol 1 0780.40.491 Pepleomycin 1 0780.40.492 Pentamethylmelamine 1 0780.40.493 Phosphorus-32 9 0780.40.494 Piperacillin 2 0780.40.495 Piperazinedione 16 0780.40.496 Placebo 22 0780.40.499 Poly AU 1 0780.40.500 Poly IC 2 0780.40.501 Poly ICLC 8 0780.40.509 Prednimustine 6 0780.40.510 Prednisolone 23 0780.40.511 Prednisolone sodium succinate 3 0780.40.515 Prednisone 387 0780.40.520 Procarbazine 129 0780.40.522 Prochlorper azine 2 PCNU CLINPBOT INDEX TERMS CAPTIONS APRIL 1982 PAGE CODES FREQUENCY 0780 .40,524 Promethazine 1 0780.40.525 Progesterone 2 0780.U0.526 POTABA 1 0780.aO.528 Psk 2 0780.UO.535 Pyrazofurin 9 0780.UO.537 Py rimethamine 1 0780.40.538 Quelamycin 1 0780.aO.539 Betinoids 1 0780.ao.sa i Rubidazone 23 0780.a0.5a2 Rifampin 1 0780.a0.5a3 Shionogi 1 0780.ao.saa Sodium Fluoride 1 0780.UO.546 Sodium Butyrate 1 0780.40.548 Spirogermanium 7 0780.40.550 Spironolactone 1 0780.40.552 Stanozolol 4 0780.40.555 Streptonigrin 7 0780.40.557 Stilphostrol 2 0780.40.560 Streptozotocin 46 0780.40.561 Sulfamethoxazole 6 0780.40.563 Tamoxifen 79 0780.40.565 Testolactone 2 0780.40.575 Testosterone Enanthate 3 0780.40.583 Tetrahydrocannabinol 6 0780.40.587 Tetrahydrouridine 1 0780.40.595 Beta Tgdr 10 0780.40.600 Thalicarpine 1 0780.40.604 Th iabendazole 1 0780.40.607 Thiazolidine carboxylic acid 1 0780.40.610 Thioguanine 91 0780.40.620 Thiotepa 22 0780.40.622 Thymidine 6 0780.40.623 Thymosin 12 0780.40.625 Ticarcillin 4 0780.40.630 Tmca 1 0780.40.631 Treosulfan 1 0780.40,632 Triiodothyronine 1 0780.40.636 Trim©thopr im 6 0780.40.637 Trofosfamid 1 0780.40.638 Trioxifene mesylate 1 0780.40.639 Tobramycin 2 0780.40.640 Tubercidin 1 0780.40.642 Urokinase 1 0780.40.644 Vancomycin 2 0780.40.645 Vinblastine 147 0780.40.650 Vincristine 720 0780.40.651 DAVA 55 0780.40,653 Vitamin-D 3 0780.40.655 VM -26 68 0780.40.660 VP-16 199 0780.40.665 Yoshi-864 7 0780.40.670 Vitamin-A 5 0780.40.675 Vitamin-B 7 0780.40.680 Vitamin-c 10 PAGE CLINPROT INDEX TERMS APRIL 1982 CODES CAPTIONS FREQUENCY 0780.aO,688 Ha rfarin 3 0780.aO.690 HR-27 21 1 0780.as *Drug Combinations 53a 0780.as.001 Abcm 1 0780.as.005 Abvd 7 0780.as.006 Acfucy 1 0780.as.009 AC 3 0780.as.on Ace 2 0780.as.012 Ace-II 1 0780.as.013 AO 1 0780.as.oia Acop a 0780.as.015 Acopp i 0780.as.016 ACT i 0780.as.017 AD 3 0780.as.018 AP S 0780.as.019 Aim 1 0780.as.020 Adconfu 3 0780,as.022 Adoap 5 0780,as.023 Alomad 2 0780.as.025 Bacon 1 0780.as.026 AV 10 0780.as.027 Baco 1 0780.as.028 Avp 2 0780.as.030 Bacop 2 0780.as.031 Bap 1 0780.as.032 Bamon 1 0780.as.033 Bavip 2 0780.as.035 Bcop 2 0780.as.oao Be vp 2 0780.as.oas Bcvpp a 0780.as.oa6 BEP i 0780.as.055 Bhd 5 0780.as.057 Bhd-v 1 0780.as.061 CAFTH 1 0780.as.063 Cavp- 16 1 0780.as.06a BVP 1 0780.as.066 Bleo-MOPP 2 0780.as,067 Bleo-CVPP 1 0780,as.068 Bffi p 1 0780.as.069 Bomb 1 0780.as.070 Caf 12 0780.as.071 Ca-bop 1 0780.as.072 Cad 2 0780.as.073 Cameleon 1 0780.as.o?a Caf vp 6 0780.as.075 Calasp 1 0780.as.076 Cam 2 0780.as.077 Camp a 0780.as.079 Cap-i 3 0780 .as.080 Cap 27 0780.as.081 Cap-ii 3 0780.as.083 Ca vp 1 0780 .as.osa Ccm 6 0780.as.085 Cat a PAGE CODES CIIKPROT INDEX TERMS CAPTIONS APRIL 1982 FREQUENCY 0780.45.086 Ccnu-op 1 0780.45.087 Cho 3 0780.45.090 Chop 20 0780.45.091 Chad 3 0780.45.092 Ccv 2 0780.45.093 Ccvv 1 0780,45.094 Cf p 3 0780.45.095 Chopbleo 9 0780.45.096 Ccvvp 1 0780.45.097 Cca vv 1 0780.45.098 Ce p 1 0780.45.099 Chd~r 1 0780.45.101 Cia 2 0780.45,102 Chvp 1 0780.45.103 C~mopp 3 0780.45.104 Cics 1 0780.45.105 Ciaf 58 0780.45.107 Cm f v 1 0780.45.108 Cm f“bleo 1 0780.45.109 Cfflfp 14 0780.45.110 Coap 12 0780.45,111 Cob 1 0780.45.112 Com 1 0780.45.113 CMF (P) TH 2 0780.45.115 Comf 2 0780.45.116 CHFPT 2 0780.45.117 Comb 3 0780.45.118 Conpadri”! 2 0780.45.119 Ciaf p~va 1 0780,45.120 Cop 15 0780.45.121 Coma-a 1 0780.45.122 Cfflf vp 3 0780.45.125 Copa 4 0780.45.126 Copac 1 0780.45,127 CHHOP 1 0780.45.128 CHIPS 1 0780.45.130 Copb 2 0780.45.135 Copp 5 0780.45.136 Cy taBOf! 1 0780.45.140 CP 3 0780.45.144 Cropam 1 0780.45.145 Cpob 1 0780.45.146 Crop 2 0780.45.147 Cvpp 4 0780.45.148 Cva 1 0780.45.149 Cy ~va~dic 4 0780.45.150 Cvm 3 0780,45,151 Cvp 6 0780.45.152 Cy-va-dact 1 0780.45.154 DVB 1 0780.45.155 Damp 3 0780 .45.158 Dap-ii 1 0780.45.159 DAT 2 0780,45.160 Dccmp 1 PAGE CLINPROT INDEX TERMS APRIL 1982 CODES CAPTIONS FREQUENCY 0780.as.161 DAVTH 1 0780.aS.162 DAVTHML 1 0780.U5.163 Dv 1 0780.as.16a Dvlp 1 0780,as.165 Dzapo 1 0780.as.166 Ebap 1 0780.as.167 Echo 3 0780.as.168 DMFP 1 0780.as.169 Facp a 0780.as.170 Fac 21 0780.as.171 Fac-bcg 2 0780.as.172 Faro 16 0780.as.173 Fame a 0780,as.i?a Fap a 0780.as.177 Fime i 0780.as.180 Furo 2 0780.as.181 Furam i 0730.as.182 FOAM 2 0780 .as.isa Hoap 3 0780.as.186 L- am 1 0780.as.187 Lapoca 2 0780.as.188 Lvvp 1 0780.as.191 Macc 7 0780.as.192 MIME 1 0780.as.193 MF 1 0780.as.19a Mcbp 1 0780.as.196 H-bacod 1 0780.as.197 Mopp 35 0780.as.198 Hop 1 0780.as.200 Nac 1 0780.as.201 Kvpp 1 0780.as.203 HAD 1 0780.as.20a Mait 2 0780.as.205 Gap 9 0780.as.206 Mif a 1 0780.as.207 Mof 5 0780.as.208 Ora ad 1 0780.as.209 Lffif 2 0780.as.210 Opal 2 0780.as,211 Pa tco 1 0780.as.212 Pep 1 0780.as.213 PF 1 0780 ,as.2ia Pc V 1 0780.as.215 PAF 1 0780.as.216 Pip 1 0780 .as.218 Poca 3 0780.as,219 Pocc 2 0780.as.220 Pomp ia 0780.as.221 Roap 6 0780.as.222 Rubidic 1 0780 .as.22a Sm £ a 0780.as.225 Tad a 0780.as.227 T-coap i 0780.as.228 T-mop i PAGE CODES CLINPROT INDEX TERMS CAPTIONS APRIL 1982 FREQUENCY 07805,229 TA 1 0780.45.230 Vab 1 0780,45,232 Va b-ii 1 0780.45,235 Vab-iii 1 0780,45.236 Vab-v 2 0780.45.240 Vac 18 0780,45.244 Vadrc 6 0780.45,245 Vacar 1 0780.45.246 Vap 6 0780,45.248 Vaf ac 1 0780.45.249 Vath 2 0780.45.250 Vbap 5 0780.45.251 Vbp 6 0780.45,253 VAPE 1 0780.45.254 Yarn 4 0780.45,257 Va v 1 0780.45.258 Vbfficp 1 0780.45,259 Vcap-i 1 0780.45.260 Vcap 5 0780.45.261 Ycf 1 0780.45.262 Yep 2 0780,45.263 Yep-1 1 0780.45.264 Yemp 1 0780.45.267 Vlp 2 0780.45.269 VffiC 1 0780.45.270 Vmcp 6 0780.45.271 Vffi V 1 0780.45.273 Vp 1 0780.45.274 Vocap 2 0780.45.275 Vpcsnf 1 0780.45.276 Voca 1 0780.45.277 YMF 1 0780.45.278 VP B 1 0780.45,300 VPH 1 0780.45.404 Abex 1 0780.45.405 ab-dic 2 0780.45.406 Abdv 2 0780.45.408 AMDDP 1 0780.45.409 APVV 1 0780.45.411 Atop 1 0780.45.413 AY EC 1 0780.45.414 AMY 1 0780.45.415 Av m 1 0780.45.416 Avp”16 1 0780.45.418 BCD 1 0780.45.419 BY DD 1 0780.45.420 Bop 1 0780.45.421 CA 3 0780.45.422 CD 1 0780.45.423 C0Ad/C0-5 1 0780.45.424 CO Ad/COB-5P 1 0780.45.425 CAP-BOP 1 0780.45.426 C0-5P 1 0780,45.427 CF 1 CLINPROT INDEX TERMS CAPTIONS APRIL 1982 PAGE CODES FREQUENCY 0780.45.U32 CM V 1 0780.U5.U35 BT 1 0780.U5.U39 Caf p 1 0780.U5.UU0 Ca v 8 0780.U5.UU5 Camf 1 0780,U5.UU9 CH ex-UP 1 0780.U5.U50 Cv 1 0780.U5.U51 CHEXM 2 0780.U5.U52 Compadri-V 1 0780.U5.U53 Chap-5 2 0780 .U5.U5U Cmc 3 0780.U5.U55 Fa U 0780.U5.U56 Fac-S 1 0780.U5.U57 Facvp 1 0780.U5.U58 Caf f i 1 0780.U5.U59 Fam-S 1 0780.U5.U60 FAM-I 1 0780.U5.U6 1 FAMP 1 0780.U5.U62 FAT 1 0780.U5.U65 Fomi 1 0780.U5.U66 FA CV 1 0780.U5.5U0 Hac 1 0780.U5.5U1 Had 1 0780.U5.5U3 HC 1 0780.U5.5UU Ham 2 0780.U5.5U5 Ham-ii 1 0780.U5.5U7 Heap 1 0780.U5.5U9 Hop 2 0780.U5,550 Hp 1 0780,U5.551 Hexa-caf 1 0780.U5,552 HMVlb 1 0780.U5.553 Hexa-FAM 1 0780.U5.55U Hexa-CAP 1 0780.U5.555 Hexa-VAC 1 0780.U5.562 Ihop 1 0780.U5.565 IMVP - 16 1 0780.U5.575 LEMP 1 0780.U5.6U0 Ma 1 0780.U5.6U1 MiCH 1 0780.U5.6U2 Mac 3 0780.U5.6U3 MEPH 1 0780.U5.6UU Map 1 0780.U5.6U5 MACO 1 0780.U5.6U6 Hoad 1 0780.U5.6U7 Mef a 1 0780 .U5.6U9 Mp 1 0780.U5.651 Mo f-S tr ep U 0780.U5.65U MVP 6 0780.U5.655 Mvpd-26 1 0780 .U5.678 Oap-BLEO 1 0780.U5.680 Oca 5 0780.U5.681 Odap 1 0780 ,U5.685 Opp 1 0780.U5.700 PACT 1 CIINPROT INDEX TERMS CAPTIONS APRIL 1982 PAGE CODES FREQUENCY 0780.45.701 PACCO 1 0780.45.702 PAC 2 0780,45,703 Pace 1 0780.45,704 Pee 1 0780.45.705 PFT 1 0780.45.706 Poach 1 0780.45,707 Pomp-24 1 0780.45.708 PentaCOP t 0780.45.710 Prime 1 0780.45.714 ProMACE 5 0780.45.716 Pvb 5 0780.45.719 PVBV 2 0780.45.740 Sam 2 0780.45.770 Scab 1 0780,45.780 TAP 1 0780,45.781 T-cap 3 0780.45.784 TsAVbTH 1 0780,45.790 VBD 1 0780.45.795 VBM-L 1 0780.45.798 VC 1 0780.45.800 Vdp 2 0780.45.803 Vf am 1 0780.50 Groups 2755 0780.50.003 Cancer & Leukemia Group B 133 0780.50.007 Breast Cancer Task Force 5 0780.50.008 Baltimore Cancer Res,Center 72 0780.50.009 Brain Tumor Research Center 8 0780.50.010 Brain Tumor Study Grp 6 0780.50.015 Central Oncology Grp 31 0780.50.020 Childrens Cancer Study Grp 88 0780.50.021 Children's Hosp.Oncol.Center 9 0780.50.023 Children's Hosp,Philadelphia 7 0780.50.025 Coop Breast Cancer Grp 8 0780.50.027 Comprehen. Cancer Ctr.-Florida 20 0780.50.030 Eastern Coop Oncology Group 20 2 0780.50.031 EORTC 100 0780.50.032 GI Tumor Study Group 25 0780.50,033 GATLA 14 0780.50.034 Georgetown Univ. Med, Oncology 25 0780.50.035 Gynecologic Oncology Grp 66 0780.50.036 Inti,Group Study of Melanoma 3 0780.50.037 Natl.Tumor Institute of Italy 11 0780.50.038 FNCLCC 4 0780.50.039 Lung Cancer Study Group 6 0780.50.040 Malignant Melanoma Grp 1 0780.50.042 Mayo Clinic 162 0780,50.047 MD Anderson 406 0780.50.051 Melanoma Clinical Coop Grp 1 0780.50.052 Midwest Child,Cancer Ctr 1 0780,50.053 Mount Sinai School of Medicine 9 0780.50.055 Head & Neck Contracts Program 1 0780.50.059 NCI-Cancer Center Program 221 0780.50.060 NCI-Clinical Oncology Program 81 0780.50.06 1 Natl,Bladder Cancer Project 3 CLINPROT INDEX TERMS CAPTIONS APRIL 1982 PAGE CODES FREQUENCY 0780.50.062 Natl,Bladder Cancer Coll,Grp A 7 0780,50.063 No .Calif.Oncology Group 54 0780.50.064 No.Central Cancer Therapy Grp 21 0780.50.066 Natl,Cancer Inst,of Canada 22 0780.50.100 Natl..Prostatic Cancer Project 15 0780.50.101 Natl.Wilms* Tumor Study Grp 3 0780.50.102 OSITC 4 0780.50.103 Ovarian Cancer Study Group 4 0780.50.105 Polycythemia Vera study Grp 12 0780.50.107 Pediatric Oncology Group 81 0780.50.110 Natl,Surg,Adj,Breast Project 13 0780.50.115 Radiation Therapy Oncology Grp 97 0780.50.120 Radiother.Hodgkins Disease Grp 1 0780.50.123 Swiss Grp for Clin,Cancer Res, 17 0780.50.125 Roswell Park Memorial Inst. 24 0780.50.130 Southeastern Cancer Study Grp 134 0780.50.135 Sidney Farber Cancer Inst. 42 0780.50.137 SIOP 4 0780.50.140 Sloan-Kettering 85 0780.50.143 St,Jude Children's Res.Hosp, 34 0780.50.144 St,Vincent's Hosp.# New York 1 0780.50.145 Southwest Oncology Group 245 0780,50.146 Univ,Ariz.-Tucson 4 0780.50.147 Univ.Calif,-Los Angeles 11 0780.50.149 Univ,Calif,-San Diego 2 0780.50.150 OICC 154 0780.50.151 Univ,Calif.-San Francisco 1 0780.50.152 Uro-oncology Res.Grp 3 0780.50.153 Univ.Michigan 10 0780.50.154 Univ,Texas-San Antonio 1 0780,50.155 VA Lung Cancer Study Grp 5 0780.50.161 VA Surg .Oncology Group 12 0780,50.162 Wisconsin Clin.Cancer Ctr 31 0780.50.163 Wake Forest Univ,-Bowman Gray 38 0780.50.165 Wayne State University 48 0780.50.170 Western Cancer Study Group 48 0780.50.180 Working Party for Lung Tumors 15 0780.50.183 Yale University 33 0780,50.185 Yorkshire Regional Chemo Grp 2 0780.60 Countries 577 0780.60.010 Argentina 50 0780.60.015 Australia 31 0780,60.030 Belgium 46 0780.60.035 Brazil 13 0780.60.040 Canada 40 0780.60.044 Chile 7 0780.60.046 Colombia 3 0780.60.047 Costa Rica 4 0780,60.048 Czechoslovakia 3 0780.60.050 Denmark 7 0780.60.070 France 82 0780.60.080 West Germany 20 0780.60.090 Greece 1 0780,60.095 Hungary 1 CLINPROT INDEX TERMS CAPTIONS APBIL 1982 PAGE CODES FREQUENCY 0780.60,100 India 1 0780.60,115 Is rael 3 0780.60,120 Italy 65 0780.60.130 Japan 18 0780.60.1U5 Lebanon 7 0780,60,155 Malaysia 1 0780,60.160 Mexico 3 0780,60,170 Netherlands 26 0780,60,175 New Zealand 3 0780,60.180 Norway 2 0780.60.188 Peru 7 0780.60.190 Poland 10 0780.60.205 South Africa 1a 0780.60.207 Spain 6 0780.60.210 Sweden 6 0780.60.220 Sw itzerland 30 0780.60.240 United Kingdom 93 0780.60.250 Uruguay 12 0780.60.255 Venezuela 1 0780.60,260 Yugoslavia 2 0780.70 Status 3088 0780.70.010 Protocol Status Active 1304 0780,70.050 Protocol Status-Closed 1326 0780,70.060 Protocol Status Not Available 92 0780.70.090 Protocol Status-Terminated 366 TOTAL HO 0 OF INDEX POINTS 96,297 1 1 CONTENT i 1 ABSTRACTS OF PUBLISHED 1 LITERTURE APPEARING IN; JOURNALS BOOKS REPORTS DISSERTATIONS, ETC- DESCRIPTIONS OF CANCER RESEARCH PROJECTS TAKING PLACE IN THE USA AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES- ■■ ! _ SUMMARIES OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF ANTI- CANCER AGENTS OR CANCER TREATMENT MODALITIES- i i j COVERAGE - 1 1053 TO PRESENT . MOST RECENT 2"3 YEARS PROTOCOLS ACTIVATED SINCE 1976: ACTIVE, CLOSED, TERMINATED DATE FREQUENCY 1 ' EVERY MONTH EVERY 3 MONTHS EVERY 3 MONTHS i PRESENT NUMBER 1 I 303,808 L 21,117 3,088 ' l ■ ... a CANCERLIT CANCERLINE DATABASES CANCERPROJ CLINPROT BASIC COMMANDS/PROGRAM MESSAGES 1. Which authors are filed alphabetically around your name? Type the NEIGHBOR command (can be abbreviated NBR), a space, your last name, another space, and one or two initials. For example: SS 1 /C? USER: NBR HILL L To limit to authors' names, type (AU) after the name: NBR HILL L (AU) 2. Using the NBR or FIND command, find the number of postings for the term BRAIN CHEMISTRY. Type the command or its abbreviation preceding the term. For example: SS 1 /C? USER: FIND BRAIN CHEMISTRY (also NBR BRAIN CHEMISTRY) 3. Cause a *NONE message to appear by using two terms with the AND logical operator. Use the AND logical operator to combine two terms. For example SS 2 /C? USER: HILL L AND BRAIN CHEMISTRY 4. 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