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GenETHX Search Tips
About This Database
The Ethics & Human Genetics Database is comprised of a subset records focusing on genetics (NRC classification scheme 15.+) or cloning (14.5) from the monographic and journal bibliographic databases at the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature (NRC).
Search Operators
| Any of These = | OR |
| All Words = | AND |
| Exact Phrase = | ADJ (Note: placing quotes around a name (e.g. "American Medical Association") or a term (e.g. "HIV infection") is the same as selecting the Exact Phrase operator.) |
| Truncation / Wild Card symbol = | + (Note: truncation does not work within quoted phrases or the subject phrases.) |
| Fields | Formats | Searching | |
| Author | Corporate Authors | The full name of an agency, a commission, or other government body; part of the name can be entered in quotes or the Exact Phrase operator can be selected | |
| Personal Author | Enter lastname, firstname spelled out fully (not case-sensitive) | ||
| Single author | Enter author's first and last names and select All Words (e.g. leroy walters) | ||
| Coauthors | Enter author names in quotes in lastname firstname format and select All Words (e.g. "walters leroy" "juengst eric") | ||
| Various authors | Enter author names in quotes in lastname firstname format and select Any of These (e.g. "walters leroy" "juengst eric") | ||
| Truncated author name search | If not sure of the spelling of a personal or corporate name, enter the term with a plus sign at the end (e.g. walters l+), at the beginning (+alters), or in the middle (e.g. wa+ers) and select All Words. | ||
| Title: | No format required | Free-text searchable | |
| Journal Title or Book Publisher: | While journal and publisher names are spelled out fully in the database, parts of journal titles or names can be entered for retrieval purposes | ||
| Thesaurus Keywords |
Controlled vocabulary from the Bioethics Thesaurus for Genetics (Note: the Thesaurus document will open in a new tab or window.) |
Click on Browse Bioethics Thesaurus for Genetics and enter the keyword into the query box. More than one term can be entered in the box at a time and the retrieval will contain cites with either of the terms. To find a term that is either a major (*) term or general term, use the truncation symbol (+) before the word.
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| Subject: | NRC classification scheme numbers or subject terms | One or more of the classification scheme numbers or terms can be entered in the query box. Since all citations in the test file are related to genetics or cloning, you can simply search for a non-genetics classification number to get everything in the database on a selected topic, e.g. search 9.4 to see literature on genetics and resource allocation, or 9.3.2 for genetics and managed care. | |
Limits:
| Languages: | Defaults to all languages (NOTE: Diacritics are not used in this database) |
| Dates: | Defaults to all dates |
| Plurals: | Defaults to off |
| Search only content available online: | When checked, will limit retrieval to those citations with links to electronic sites where individual articles can be retrieved through the site's search engine |
| Display: Documents Per page: | Defaults to 20; the maximum number is 200; for saving and printing larger retrievals, set the display to the maximum |
General Searching Tips
To modify a search, click on your browser's Back button.
To clear the query boxes, click on the Reset button on the query screen.
To return to the search
screen from within a retrieval display, click on the magnifying glass icon 
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Saving Retrieval Results:
You can check the citations you wish to save within each display page and save them to your local computer by clicking on the "Save Checked" box. To save all citations within the display page, click on the "Save All" box. NOTE: Citations must be saved before going to the next page of results. For large retrieval results, set the display to the maximum number of cites (200). Retrieval results larger than 200 can be saved/printed 200 citations at a time.
To Print results, use your browser's Print function.
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