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Advanced Full Text Search

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Available within PDR Suite and Herbal Medicines, the Full Text Search method allows you to specify exactly how and where to search for the information you want. The Full Text Search is not limited to the indexes as in the Keyword Search and Browse Keywords; therefore you have the ability to search the complete document text for the term or phrase you enter.

PDR Electronic Library offers you two methods for a Full Text Search: a Simple Search or an Advanced Search.

Use the Advanced Full Text Search when more than one search set and/or multiple search terms or phrases with one or more connecting operators are required. The Advanced Search allows for multiple groupings of search strings and/or one or more Prescribing Category and/or one or more Manufacturer to locate the information.

To create an Advanced Search:

From PDR Suite or Herbal Medicines, click the Full Text Search link, then click Go To Advanced Search.

1. Build the First Search Set:
   Leave the default (Search within the Entire Document) or Select one or more sections of the document to search. Select multiple sections using the Ctrl key.
   
   
   Type the first term or phrase on a single line.
   

   NOTE: You may type partial search terms or phrases by using the ( * ) character to conduct an expanded word search. Search terms must have a minimum of 3 characters, and the word expansion character can only be used in the last (fourth or greater) position of the search term. Example: 'resp*' as a search term will consider the following terms as matches: response, responses, respectively, respiratory, respiration, respirable, responsible, etc.

   
   
   Select one of the Boolean operators from the drop-down list: AND, OR, NEAR, AND NOT. If you select the NEAR operator - Change the definition of "Near" (from within 1 to within 50 words) if the default of within 5 words is not appropriate for your search.
   
   Type the second term or phrase on a single line.
   Add additional lines to further refine your query if needed.
   Continue to define your first search set by defining the terms and operators to be used.
   
   
2. Connect the First Search Set to the Second Search Set using an operator.
   
   
3. Define the Second Search Set using the same method as the first.
   
   
4. Add additional Search Sets: You can add additional search sets if more search sets are necessary.
   
   
5. Select specific Prescribing Categories and/or Select specific Manufacturers if appropriate to define your search.
   
   
6. Click the Search button to begin the Advanced Full Text Search.
   
   
7. Click the product link to open the document.
   
   
8. To navigate directly to the first instance of a search term in the document, click the Go to First Term link in the sidebar. Continue to move throughout the document by instances of the search term(s) by using the left and right arrows.

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Select SEARCH from the navigation bar, then click the "or to conduct searches by product category or topic" link.	From with either PDR SUITE or HERBAL MEDICINES, select the Full Text Search link, then click the Go To Advanced Search link.
1. Type your query using: Word Combination Operators, such as ACCRUE, AND, OR, NEAR, PHRASE, SENTENCE, ANY, etc.; Word Operators, for example: WORD, STEM, TYPO, etc.; Field Operators, as in: =, >, >=, CONTAINS, MATCHES, etc.; or Modifiers such as CASE, MANY, or NOT.	1. Build your First Search Set: Select to search the Entire Document - or - Select one or any combination of document sections listed in the drop-down list. Select more than one section by using the Ctrl key while selecting the document sections. Type the first term or phrase, then select the operator to be used for the search: (AND, OR, NEAR, AND NOT). Type the second term or phrase if appropriate. Note: You may type partial search terms or phrases using the (*) character to conduct an expanded word search. Search terms must have a minimum of 3 characters, and the asterisk can only be used in the last (fourth or greater) position of the search term. If you select the NEAR operator: Change the definition of "Near" if the default (within 5 words) is not appropriate for your search. Add more lines to the first search set, if necessary. To add additional lines: Type the total number of lines required for the search set, then press the lines button.
2. Search the entire document or select one or more of the document sections.	2. Connect the first search set to the second search set with the appropriate operator. 3. Build Additional Search Sets: Type the total number of sets desired in the box, then press the sets button. 4. Narrow your search to specific Prescribing Categories and/or Manufacturers if desired.
3. Click SEARCH. A summary of your search query is displayed at the top of the page. Search results are sorted by hit relevancy.	5. Click the Search button. A summary of your search is displayed under Your Search in the sidebar on the left side of the page. Search results are shown sorted by Relevancy, which means that documents with the most occurrences of the search terms or phrases will appear highest in the list. You can change the sort to Alphabetic (or Reference - PDR Suite only). Documents containing your search terms are shown on the right. Open a document by clicking the product name link.
4. Select a product from the list, or click to link to the additional pages of search results.	6. Navigate directly to the first instance of a search term by clicking the Go to First Term link in the sidebar on the left side of the page. Continue to move from search term to search term using the left and right arrow symbols in the text. The sidebar contains: Navigation to the first occurrence of a search term or phrase using the link. Jump to subsequent terms using the < and > links. Links to jump to specific document sections using the document outline links. A textbox to use to lookup a word using Stedman's Dictionary.

Search Within
Operators
Examples
Create an Advanced Full Text Search
Search Results

Search Within
The default is to conduct the search on the entire document. You can leave the default to search the entire document, or select one or any combination of the available document sections. Select multiple document sections by using the Ctrl key while selecting the specific sections.

If your search requires that some terms or phrases should search specific sections, and other terms or phrases should search either the entire document or a different set of document sections, the Advanced Full Text Search is the best method to use.

Operators
Operators (also known as Boolean operators) are special words used to designate a search rule or parameter. Use the operators to find word combinations: within a document, within a specific document section, within a sentence, or within a specified number of words. The following operators can be used when building your Simple Full Text Search:

Examples of usage of Boolean Operators:

Advanced Full Text Search Examples:

1. Searching for products indicated for Epilepsy and Trigeminal Neuralgia with Aplastic Anemia as a possible Adverse Reaction:

2. Searching the entire document for Thyroid or Iodine and the Contraindications Section for Thyrotoxicosis by the Synthetic T3 Prescribing Category:

Create an Advanced Search:

1. Build the First Search Set:
   Leave the default (Search within the Entire Document)
   or
   Select one or more specific sections of the document to search by clicking the section name in the list. Select multiple document sections using the Ctrl key while clicking the section name.
   
   

   Search Within:
   PDR SUITE			HERBAL MEDICINES
   Entire Document	Drug Interactions		Entire Document
   Adverse Reactions	How Supplied		Actions & Pharmacology
   Animal Pharmacology	Indications		Contraindications
   Chemical Structure	Overdosage		Dosage
   Clinical Pharmacology	Patient Package Insert		Indications
   Clinical Studies	Precautions		Literature
   Contraindications	Product Overview		Overdosage
   Description	Product Photo		Precautions & Adverse Reactions
   Dosage & Administration	References		Product Photo
   Drug Abuse & Dependence	Warnings

   
   Type the first search term or phrase. A phrase is any string of words on one line.
   
   Select one of the following operators from the drop-down list:
   AND, OR, NEAR, AND NOT. If you select the NEAR operator - Change the definition of "Near" (from within 1 to within 50 words) if the default of within 5 words is not appropriate for your search.
   Type the second term or phrase.
   Show n lines: Add additional lines if needed to further refine your query. Type the number of additional lines required, then click the lines button.
   Continue to define your first search set by defining the terms and operators to be used.
   
   
2. Connect the First Search Set to the Second Search Set Click the down arrow and select the appropriate operator to be used.
   
   
3. Define the Second Search Set
   Select to search the entire document or specific section(s).
   Type the first term or phrase.
   Select an operator.
   Type the second term or phrase.
   Add additional lines to this search set if necessary.
   
   Add additional Search Sets You can add additional search sets if more search sets are necessary. Type the number of additional sets needed, then click the sets button.
   
   
4. Select specific Prescribing Categories
   You can narrow your search to specific prescribing categories. Select more than one category by using the Ctrl key while clicking the categories.
   
   Select specific Manufacturers
   You can narrow your search to specific manufacturers. Select more than one manufacturer by using the Ctrl key while clicking the manufacturers.
   
   
5. Click the Search button to begin the Advanced Full Text Search.
   
   

Search Results

The sidebar shows a summary of your search parameters.

Search Results are displayed sorted by Relevancy (number of occurrences of the search terms) by default.

You can change the sort to Alphabetical or Reference Category (sort by Reference Category is available in PDR Suite only).

Sort by Reference Category displays search results grouped or categorized by the printed publication in which they are published.

The following example shows Search Results for:

• Fever within the Entire Document;
• or Cough and Congestion within Indications;
• From the Analgesics, Antituberculosis Agents, or Antivirals - Prescribing Categories;
• available from the following Manufacturers: Bayer, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Novartis, and Pfizer
• Search Results have been sorted by Reference Category

To view the document, select a product by clicking the hypertext link.

Search Term Navigation: Go to the first occurrence of a search term or phrase by clicking the Go to First Term link. Jump directly to next and previous occurrences in the document by clicking the right arrow (next occurrence) and left arrow (previous occurrence) links.

Stedman's Dictionary: Search for definitions from Stedman's Dictionary by typing the word in the box, then clicking the Search button.

Document Outline: Go directly to a document topic (i.e., Warnings, Description, Chemical Structure) by clicking the section name in the Document Outline area of the sidebar.