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Phrase search

Enclose words in quotation marks to find terms next to each other, in the order specified e.g. "multiple sclerosis"

NOTE – truncation does not work within a phrase search


Truncation

Find terms containing a common word stem e.g. cancer* - to find cancer, cancers, cancerous

NOTE – truncation does not work within a phrase search


Combining terms

  • and finds records that contain both/all terms entered e.g. cancer and lung
  • or finds records that contain any of the terms entered e.g. spine or vertebrae
  • Note that these terms are not case-sensitive, so 'cancer AND lung' will retrieve the same results as 'cancer and lung'.


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  • click on individual record titles to see the full critical appraisal and ROBIS assessment



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