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Bibliographic Searching
Title
allogeneic ADJ marrow ADJ transplant$.TI.
Author Name
miyamura-k$.AU.
Author Affiliation
Journal/Source Title
bone ADJ marrow ADJ transplantation.SO.
bone-marrow-transplantation.SO. (hyphenate whole journal titles)
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Subject Searching
The Descriptor field
Use the Descriptor field (.DE.) to simultaneously search all the indexing fields (recommended) excluding
Biosystematic Codes and Concept Codes.
Example
ribavirin.DE.
Use the specific descriptor fields to search for ambiguous terms. For example, there are a variety of contexts
for the word turkey which you should consider when developing your search strategy.
Example
Organisms field:
turkey.OR.
(turkey the bird)
or
or
Geographic Area field:
turkey.GA.
(Turkey the country)
Individual Descriptor fields:
Major Concepts
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human-medicine.MC.
Organism Names, Classifiers (Super Taxa) & Modifiers
1
adenovirus.OR.
hominidae.OR.
Biosystematic Codes
86215.BC.
Super Taxa (Taxa Notes)
1,2
chordates#
Chemical Name
1
ribavirin.CB.
CAS Registry Numbers
® 4
36791-04-5
Gene Name (2001-)
escherichia-coli-lac-z-alpha-gene.GN.
Organism Parts, Structures & Systems
1
spleen.PS.
Diseases
1
hemorrhagic ADJ cystitis.DS.
Alternate Indexing
lung ADJ neoplasm$.AI.
Sequence Data
1
genbank.SD.
Methods & Equipment
therapeutic ADJ method$.MQ.
Geographic Area
1
France.GA.
Miscellaneous Descriptors
clinical ADJ symptom$.MI.
Concept Codes
3
12512.CC.
125#
therapy.CC.
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Controlled Vocabulary lists (Authority file) are available for terms in these fields.
2
To search for Super Taxa terms, use a pound sign (#) following the term.
3
To search for Concept Code groups (broader terms), use the first 3 digits followed by a pound sign (#); the field tag is not necessary.
4
The field tag is not needed when searching for CAS Registry Numbers.
Searching for Publication Type
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..root PT=a (for DataStarWeb, enter PT=? in the search box, or use the list in the Advanced Search). To locate specific
publication types, use "PT=". The .PT. notation can be used to locate words anywhere within the Publication Type field:
Searching for all meeting related material (Meetings, Meeting-papers, Meeting-abstracts etc.)
Meeting.PT.
Searching for all book related material (books, book-chapters etc.)
Book.PT.
Searching for book chapters
PT=book-chapter
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PT=patent
