This sampling of searches can guide you in creating your own searches. Along with each application is a step-by-step strategy for running the search.

 
Application Search strategy
Are there any new health insurance options available to small businesses?
  • Go to Easy Search
  • Type health insurance and small business* (by using the * wildcard you can match business and businesses
  • Select Keyword Search.
  • Click Search.
  • How are aspirin sales impacted by the ongoing introduction of new pain relievers?
  • Go to Easy Search
  • Type aspirin and sales
  • Select Keyword Search
  • Click Search
  • What marketing programs have other companies used for medical test kits?
  • Go to Easy Search
  • Type medical test kits
  • Select Topic Search
  • Click Search
  • Click sub-topics
  • Click on Marketing
  • My editor has asked me to write an article about a vaccine for Chickenpox. I don’t know what it’s called or anything about it. Where do I start?
  • Go to Easy Search
  • Type chickenpox and vaccine
  • Select Keyword Search
  • Click Search
  • I am considering starting a wellness program for my company. What employee-related and financial benefits can I expect?
  • Go to Easy Search
  • Type wellness programs
  • Select Topic Search
  • Click Search
  • Click the heading for Wellness Programs
  • What products have been introduced in 1996 to relieve asthma?
  • Go to Advanced Search
  • Type asthm* in Words Anywhere (by using the * wildcard you can match asthma or asthmatic)
  • Type product introduction in the Topic field
  • In the Publication Date field, click the radio button next to From and enter 01011996
  • Click Search
  • Are the number of AIDS cases continuing to increase?
  • Go to Easy Search
  • Type AIDS
  • Select Topic Search
  • Click search
  • Click on sub-topics
  • Click on statistics
  • How can I find the text of an article I heard about on the radio? It was a report on teenagers and measles covered in JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association.
  • Go to Advanced Search
  • In the Publication Name field type JAMA
  • In the Words Anywhere field type measles and teenagers
  • Click Search
  • My doctor has advised a low-fat diet for me. How can I find low-fat recipes?
    • Go to Easy Search
    • Type low-fat diet
    • Select Topic Search
    • Click Search
    • Click on sub-topics
    • Select menus and recipes
     
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