28 Why Perform a Keyword Search?
Search for Indexed records completed
The search you’ve just performed will only retrieve indexed records (MEDLINE records). MEDLINE records are the only records that contain:
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- medical subject headings
- assigned subject characteristics (age, gender, human/animal)
- assigned publication types.
Searching for Unindexed Records
It’s now time to search for unindexed records. To search for unindexed records, you must use keywords, words you think the author may have used in the title or abstract, and you must avoid use of indexer-dependent filters.