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DataStar
Dialog
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SilverPlatter
STN
Field
tag
(field name)
Controlled
Vocabulary
(Authority
File)
Search
example
Display
example
Notes
HLA; ribavirin: antiviral-drug
HLA; ribavirin--antiviral-drug
HLA; ribavirin: antiviral-drug
HLA-; ribavirin-: antiviral-drug
HLA; ribavirin: antiviral-drug
.DE. (Descriptors)
.CB. (Chemicals & Biochemicals)
/DE (Descriptors)
NA= (Chemical Name)
or
SY= (Chemical Name)
.KW. (Keywords)
.CB. (Chemicals & Biochemicals)
TS=or in TS (Subject Terms)
CB=or in CB (Chemicals &
Biochemicals)
/IT (Index Terms)
/(L)IT.CB/FA (Chemicals &
Biochemicals)
Search "drug modifiers" in the
BIAF file to locate controlled
drug modifiers.
E (drug modifiers) to view the
complete list of controlled drug
modifiers.
Use Tools, select the Tree
display and type "Drug
Modifiers" to view a complete
list of controlled drug modifiers.
Use the "Thesaurus" to view
the complete list by typing
"drug modifiers".
Expand Drug
Modifiers+NT/CT for a list of
controlled drug modifiers.
Use the WITH operator to link
a chemical name to its modifier
to reduce irrelevancy (If more
than one chemical is indexed
in this field, the use of WITH
will eliminate records where
other chemicals are linked to
the relevant modifier).
Use the (L) operator to link a
chemical name to its modifier
to reduce irrelevancy (If more
than one chemical is indexed
in this field, the use of (L) will
eliminate records where other
chemicals are linked to the
relevant modifier).
Link a chemical name to its
modifier by searching the terms
as a phrase to reduce irrelevancy
If more than one chemical is
indexed in this field, the will
eliminate records where other
chemicals are linked to the
relevant modifier. For example:
nedocromil sodium antiasthmatic
drug
Use the NEAR operator to link
a chemical name to its modifier
to reduce irrelevancy. If more
than one chemical is indexed
in this field the use of NEAR
will eliminate records where
other chemicals are linked to
the relevant modifier.
Use the (S) operator to link a
chemical name to its modifier
to reduce irrelevancy (If more
than one chemical is indexed
in this field, the use of (S) will
eliminate records where other
chemicals are linked to the
relevant modifier).
hla.DE.
hla.CB.
S hla/DE
S NA= hla
S SY=hla
hla.KW.
hla.CB.
hla in TS
hla in CB
S hla/IT
S hla(L)IT.CB/FA
