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Database Search
CancerEducation.com’s Database Search Engine, is available at the bottom of each page of the Patient and Family Center and the Professional Center.
The Database Search function permits you to choose the specific database to search, to avoid search results that do not fit within your search objectives.
To start a search you need to type the keyword and select a specific database by clicking on its radio button. Click GO. Occasionally, you'll type in a keyword and the system will tell you that there is no match for it in the database you're searching. Be sure you spelled the keyword correctly; if not, correct it, re-enter it and click GO
Tips for searching two or more keywords
It will help you to understand the use of the words and, or, and not. These are the rules you should follow:
| House barn car |
Would find all records that contain any or all of those words |
| House and barn |
Would find only the records that contain all the words. |
| Barn or car |
Would find all the records that contain either of the key words |
| House Not barn |
Would find all the records that contain House and do not contain Barn |
The operators can be combined in an effective way to pinpoint your search |
| House and car not barn |
Would find all records that contain House and car but not barn
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Description of the databases
MedClips library – Our proprietary database containing streaming video medical and health-related educational presentations currently being produced around the Country at major medical centers, government agencies and patient advocacy groups.
The Patient and Family Center – The engine will search within the entire Center, e.g. databases like the MedClips, Medical Links that make up this Center.
The Professional Center - The engine will search within the entire Center, e.g. databases like the MedClips, Professional Medical Resources that make up this Center.
Patient and Family Bulletin Boards – This database is made up of the various discussion topics in which Patient and Family Members are actively engaged.
Professional Bulletin Boards – This database is made up of the various discussion topics in which Professional Members are actively engaged. These discussions are available solely to our Professional Members.
Drug Information (Professional Center), searches the PDR (Physician’s Desk Reference)™ For healthcare professionals use only, it contains comprehensive data on over 4,000 drugs by brand and generic name (both in the same convenient index), manufacturer and product category. The PDR also provides usage information and warnings, drug interactions, dosages, contraindications and all other FDA required information.
Drug Information (Patient and Family Center), currently searches an internet resource maintained by the British Columbia Cancer Agency. Their website provides a comprehensive alphabetical index of the most commonly prescribed oncology drugs.
Merriam Webster’s Medical Dictionary™ is America's foremost publisher of language-related reference works.
The World-Wide-Web is searched utilizing the AltaVista engine. AltaVista is committed to delivering best-of-breed results to its key audiences, by integrating content and functionality from both within the AltaVista network and/or through external partners. Alta Vista is the fastest search service available (0.4 - 0.5 seconds average response time, most comprehensive index (140 million page index), with the most up-to-date content (refreshed every 28 days).
MEDLINE™ (MEDlars onLINE) is the National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. The MEDLINE file contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from approximately 3,900 current biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 foreign countries. The PREMEDLINE database provides basic citation information and abstracts before the full records are prepared and added to MEDLINE. New records are added to PREMEDLINE daily.
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