99667 Assessment Task 1 Library Class
Using Medline, AMED and Google to find journal articles or for Assessment Task 1
Medline, AMED (OVID)
“Advanced Search” mode
Article Title Searching:
Title or key words from
title
Databases: Medline
Question6
Author Searching:
Author surname, Initial
Databases: Medline
Question6
Author: Bensoussan, A (surname, first name initial), choose bensoussan
Article Title: Risks Associated With the Practice of Traditional Chinese
Medicine
Search terms: risks and traditional Chinese medicine
a.au. then click on “Search for Selected Term”
Publication year: limit the publication year to 2000
Keyword Searching:
 Topic->Main Concepts> keywords->
Synonyms
 Using AND, OR &
Brackets to group the
keywords
 Using truncation mark
Subject Heading
Searching:
Select Keyword and
Tick on "Map Term to
Subject Heading”
Databases: Medline and AMED
Question2 : Adverse events (or effects) of acupuncture treatment
Search terms: (adverse event* or adverse effect*) and acupuncture
Question5
Search terms: Stephania tetrandra and kidney* and Belgium
Medline
Question2 : Adverse events (or effects) of acupuncture treatment
1. Use keyword “ acupuncture treatment” for subject heading
“ Acupuncture Therapy”, then click on “Continue”
2. Choose subheading “Adverse Events/AE”, then click on
“Continue”
3. The results will appear on the screen, then limit the results to
human and for recent 10 years
Question3: Adverse events related to the use of Chinese herbal medicine
1.
2.
Use keyword “Chinese herbal medicine” for subject heading
“ Drugs, Chinese Herbal”, then click on “Continue”
Choose subheading “Adverse Events/AE”, then click on
“Continue” search for results on Drugs, Chinese Herbal/ae
[Adverse Effects]
Question4: Spinal cord puncture by acupuncture
1. Use keyword “ spinal cord puncture” for subject heading
“ Spinal Cord Injuries”, then click on “Continue”
2. then click on “Continue” again for all subheadings
3. Use keyword “ acupuncture” for subject heading “ Acupuncture
Therapy”, then Choose subheading “Adverse Events/AE”
4. Click on “ Search History” on the top of page
5. Select Spinal Cord Injuries/ and Acupuncture/ae [Adverse
Effects] , then choose “Combine selections with AND”
AMED
Question2 : Adverse events (or effects) of acupuncture treatment
1. Use keyword “ acupuncture” for subject heading “ Acupuncture
Therapy”, then click on “Continue”
2. Use keyword “Adverse Events” for subject heading “Adverse
effects” , then click on “Continue”
3. Click on “ Search History” on the top of page
4. Select Acupuncture/ and Adverse effects/, then choose
“Combine selections with AND”
Question3: Adverse events related to the use of Chinese herbal medicine
1.
Use keyword “Chinese herbal medicine” for subject heading
“ Drugs Chinese Herbal”, then click on “Continue”
2.
3.
Click on “ Search History” on the top of page
Select Drugs, Chinese Herbal/ and Adverse effects/, then
choose “Combine selections with AND”
Question4: Spinal cord puncture by acupuncture
1. Use keyword “ spinal cord” for subject heading “ Spinal Cord”,
then click on “Continue”
2. Use keyword “ acupuncture” for subject heading “Acupuncture
Therapy”, then click on “Continue”
3. Click on “ Search History” on the top of page
4. Select Spinal Cord / and Acupuncture/ , then choose
“Combine selections with AND”
Print/Save & Export
Select articles: Tick the articles you need
Print/Save: Click on Print, choose the right options including Search
History, then print or save.
internet search engines
Google
Search examples
Question 1: using article URL to open the article
http://www.google.com.au
http://www.mptalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Review-of-adverseevents-White2004.pdf
Question 7:
1. Do a Google search on “healing crisis”
2. Print the article
3. Copy webpage URL
4. Write reference details in Harvard UTS Style
Referencing: Harvard UTS Style
Eaxample:


site:edu.au
site:gov.au
Journal article :
Author(s) Year of publication, ‘Article title’ (in
single quotes), Journal name (in italics), Volume
and issue numbers, Page numbers.
Webpage:
Author/Organisation Year, Title, Type of Work,
Producer, Place, Date viewed, <URL>.
Weblog
Author Year, ’Article Title ’,Blog Title, Type of
Work, Producer, Date viewed, <URL>.
Rotchford, J.K. 2000, 'Overview: adverse events of
acupuncture', Medical Acupuncture, vol.
11, no. 2, pp. 32-5.
Topics in Chinese Medicine 2011, ‘Healing crisis?’,
Topics in Chinese Medicine Blog, Weblog,
White Pine Healing Arts, viewed 22
December 2011,
<http://whitepinehealingarts.org/topicsbl
og/?p=393>.