This 60-minute session will introduce advanced search concepts for searching MEDLINE. In this session we will look at developing a complex search strategy, incorporating wildcards and proximity search operators, running freetext and MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) searches, and applying available filters to focus search results. In addition, saving and exporting search results in bibliographic management software, will also be demonstrated.

By the end of this session you will be able to: 

• Plan an appropriate search strategy using the PICO framework
• Perform Title and Abstract searches on EBSCOhost
• Use MeSH headings for authoritative search results
• Combine free-text and subject searches using the Search History in MEDLINE
• Find EBSCO training resources in support of systematic searching