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Bibliographic Searching
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Title
allogeneic marrow transplant* in ti
Author Name
miyamura-k* in au
Author Address
dep* internal medicine in ad
Journal/Source Title*
bone marrow transplantation in so or
bone-marrow-transplantation in so
*Use the hyphen to retrieve single-word journal titles; for example, Cell- in so retrieves only those records from the journal Cell and not those from Journal of
Cell Biology.
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Subject Searching
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The Subject Terms field
For BA, use the Subject Terms field (ts) to simultaneously search all the indexing fields (excluding Biosystematic Codes
and Concept Codes).
Example
cancer in ts
(1969 to present)
For BA/RRM, use the Descriptor field (de) prior to 1993 and the Subject Terms field (ts) for 1993 forward.
Use the individual subject fields to search for ambiguous terms. For example, there are a variety of contexts for
the word turkey that you should consider when developing your search strategy.
Example
Organisms field:
turkey in or
(turkey the bird)
or
Geopolitical Location field:
turkey in ge
(Turkey the country)
Individual Descriptor fields:
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Major Concepts
human medicine in mc
Organism Names & Modifiers
adenovirus in or
Chemicals & Biochemicals
ribavirin in cb
CAS Registry Numbers
®
36791-04-5 in rn
Parts, Structures, and Systems of Organisms
spleen in ps
Diseases
hemorrhagic cystitis in ds
Alternate Indexing
lung neoplasm in alt
Sequence Data
genbank in sd
Methods & Equipment
therapeutic-method in mq
Geopolitical Location
(US or USA or United States) in ge
Miscellaneous Descriptors
clinical symptoms in mi
Biosystematic Code (prior to 1993)
BC86215 in bc {hominidae}
Super Taxa (1993 to present)
adenoviridae in st
Taxa Notes (1993 to present)
animal virus in tn
Concept Codes (prior to 1993)
CC12512 in cc
or Concept Name (prior to 1993)
pathology in cc
Searching for Publication Type
BA and BA/RRM databases are unique in integrating a variety of publication types. To view the full list of
publication types, select Index and then select DT-Document Type.
(See BIOSIS FAQs for more information on file availability.)
Searching for meetings
dt=meeting
or meeting in dt
Searching for books
dt=book
or book in dt
Searching for patents
dt=patent
or patent in dt
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