NARRATOR: Welcome to this introduction to EMBASE. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to access the database and I'll give you a brief overview of its functions.
Access Embase from the Taubman Health Sciences Library web page. I'm going to start with a simple search for the brand name drug frisium. Embase suggests words automatically including the preferred term for frisium which is clobazam. Note that the extensive search box is checked. This means Embase will search for preferred terms and include synonyms as well. If I leave this box unchecked I'll retrieve a smaller number of articles and I'll miss appropriate results as well.
Use quotation marks to search by phrases. If I search for the phrase, side effects, without quotes I'll get a very large and unfocused set of results, because Embase searched for the individual words not the phrase. When I search for side effects in quotes I get a more precise set of results. My previous searches show up at the top of the page and I can click the View link to access those results again.
I can combine my searches using "and" or "or". I'll refine my search to find articles on the side effects of frisium by combining previous searches using and. I can limit my search further by clicking the edit link. I'll limit my search by date. I'll uncheck all years and choose the dates that I want. There are many limits to choose from including evidence based medicine. I'll choose randomized controlled trial then click Search. I've narrowed my results to two recent randomized controlled trials on the side effects of frisium.
In the next video, I'll show you more advanced features of Embase and as always if you need more help, please contact the Taubman Health Sciences Library.