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Article Title
To retrieve a document with specific words in the title, please enter the following syntax in the Article Title field:
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"deep brain stimulation" |
Retrieves documents in which the phrase "deep brain stimulation" appears in the document title. |
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deep brain stimulation |
Retrieves documents in which the terms "deep," "brain," and "stimulation" appear in the document title. |
Author
To retrieve a document written by a particular author, please enter the following syntax in the Author field:
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lozano, andres
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Retrieves documents in which an author is listed as "Lozano, Andres" or "Lozano, Andres M." |
Publication Year
To retrieve a document published within a particular date range, please enter the following syntax in the Publication Year fields:
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2011 |
Retrieves documents published between the years 2000 and 2011.
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Journal Title
To retrieve a document from a particular journal, please enter the following syntax in the Journal Title field:
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"canadian journal of cardiology" |
Retrieves documents from The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. |
Article ID
Article ID allows you to search for articles with a particular identifier.
To retrieve a document associated with a specific Article ID, please enter the following syntax in the Article ID field:
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Digital Object Identifer (DOI) |
10.1093/ageing/afr037 |
Will retrieve the article for which the DOI is 10.1093/ageing/afr037. |
Grant number
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44072 |
Will retrieve all articles with "44072" indexed as an Article ID. |
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PMCID |
3283571 |
Will retrieve all articles with "3283571" indexed as an Article ID. |
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PMID |
16885424 |
Will retrieve all articles with "16885424" indexed as an Article ID. |
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CAMSID |
2217 |
Will retrieve all articles with "2217" indexed as an Article ID. |
Search Builder
Search Builder allows you to combine search syntax using operators to achieve greater granularity of retrieval. Unless otherwise specified, queries entered in the Search Builder box will search the following fields: Abstract, Article ID, Article Title, Author, Journal Title, and author-assigned keywords.
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"major depressive disorder" AND journals:("canadian medical association journal")
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Retrieves documents which contain the phrase "major depressive disorder" from the Canadian Medical Association Journal. |
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title:("deep brain stimulation" OR "DBS") |
Retrieves documents which contain either the phrase “deep brain stimulation" OR the term "DBS" in the document title. |
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"anaphylactic shock" NOT "anaphylaxis" |
Retrieves documents which contain "anaphylactic shock" but NOT "anaphylaxis." |
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mammo* |
Retrieves documents containing the terms "mammogram," "mammography," "mammographic," "mammoplasty," etc. |
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"deep brain stimulation dopamine"~3 |
Retrieves documents containing the phrase “deep brain stimulation” within 3 words of the term “dopamine”. Please note that the order in which the terms are entered is preserved.
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title:("deep brain stimulation") |
Retrieves documents with the phrase "deep brain stimulation" in the Article Title field.
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author:("lozano, andres") |
Retrieves documents in which an author is listed as "Lozano, Andres" or "Lozano, Andres M." |
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year_i:[2000 TO 2010] |
Retrieves documents published between the years 2000 and 2010. |
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journals:("canadian journal of cardiology") |
Retrieves documents published in the Journal of Cardiology. |
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allids:(44072) |
Retrieves documents with "44072" indexed as an Article ID. |
author:("lozano, andres") AND journals:("journal of comparative neurology") AND year_i:[2000 TO 2012]
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Retrieves documents in which an author is listed as which an author is listed as "Lozano, Andres" or "Lozano, Andres M.", published between the years 2000 and 2012, in the Journal of Comparative Neurology. |
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abstract:("patient health questionnaire") |
Retrieves documents in which the phrase "patient health questionnaire" is in the abstract.
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aff:(university of ottawa) |
Retrieves documents in which an author's affiliation is listed as the University of Ottawa. |
Limit to CIHR funded content
Selecting the “Limit to CIHR funded content” checkbox will limit search results to documents with which CIHR grant IDs are associated.
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