Learning Tools

Cheat Sheets

Click here to view the latest addition to the EMBASE.com range of learning tools. The sheets are designed to give easy to access tips on conducting efficient biomedical searches and retrieving the best results.

QRG

A handy desktop tool to assist you in navigating and searching on EMBASE.com.

Online Learning Tutorials

How is EMBASE indexed?

This tutorial explains the EMBASE indexing procedures.

Computer Based Training

View the CBT online in flash format, by clicking on the sections listed below. Update your Flash™ Player here.

The Essential EMBASE.com Guide and Supplement

The Essential Guide contains everything you could possibly need to know about EMBASE.com. The use of screen shots help the user to relate the information directly to the product. Please click on the Supplement for  examples of several common types of search that can easily be done on EMBASE.com and for practical approaches to using this database product for biomedical literature searching. 

Indexing Guide

An explanatory guide to the indexing policy for EMBASE, the biomedical and pharmacological database.

Search Tips

	Command-line Searching: Searchable Fields. This document (pdf) contains a summary of command-line search syntax Search case: vitamin c and heart failure (1980-2002), limited to English (pdf) Search case: major EBM articles on side effects / toxicology of any drug or drug group (pdf) Japanese Search Examples (pdf) Japanese Search Manual (pdf) Saving Searches (in French) (pdf)

Presentations

	EMBASE.com - A brief introduction How to find clinical trials on specific drugs in EMBASE.com