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Simple Full Text Search

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

To create a Simple Search:

From PDR Suite or Herbal Medicines, click the Full Text Search link.

1. Leave the default (Search within the Entire Document)
   or
   Select a specific section of the document to search by clicking the section name in the list box.
   
   You can select more than one section by using the Ctrl key and clicking the items.
   
   

2. Type the first term or phrase.
   

   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.

   
   

3. Select one of the following operators from the drop-down list: AND, OR, NEAR, AND NOT
   

4. Type the second term or phrase and click Search.
   

5. Select the product from the search results list.

6. 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 (previous and next) arrows.

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1. Select SEARCH from the navigation bar.	1. From within either PDR SUITE or HERBAL MEDICINES, select the Full Text Search link.
2. Search the entire document or select one or more of the document sections by clicking the link to "…conduct searches by product category or topic".	2. Select to search the Entire Document or select one or more of the document sections listed in the list. Select more than one section by using the Ctrl key while selecting the document sections.
3. 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.	3. Type the first term or phrase, then select the operator to be used for the search: (AND, OR, NEAR, AND NOT). The definition of the NEAR operator is within 5 words. 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 asterisk can only be used in the last (fourth or greater) position of the search term.
4. Click SEARCH.	4. Type the second term or phrase, then click Search.
A summary of your search query is displayed at the top of the page. Search results are sorted by hit relevancy.	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 (Reference is available from PDR Suite only).
5. Select a product from the list, or click to link to the additional pages of search results.	5. Select a product from the list, or scroll down the page to view the list of all search results. 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.

Search Within
Operators
Examples
Create a Simple Full Text Search
Search Results

A Simple Full Text Search is a search based on one set of search terms or phrases with one connecting operator. If multiple sets of terms or phrases and operators are required to produce the search results expected, use the Advanced Full Text Search.

Search Within
Use the Simple Search when the query should search either the entire document, or within one or more of the following document 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, use the Advanced Full Text Search.

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:

Simple Full Text Search Examples:

Create a Simple Search:

1. 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

   
   

2. Type the first search term or phrase. A phrase is any string of words on one 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. Searching 'resp' without the * word expansion (wildcard) character will return only documents that contain 'resp' as a full word.

   
   

3. Select one of the following operators from the drop-down list:
   AND, OR, NEAR, AND NOT.
   
   

4. Type the second term or phrase and click SEARCH
   

   
   To remove all search selections and start over, click Clear.
   To go to the Advanced Full Text Search page, click the Go To Advanced Search link.
   
   
5. Search Results

   You will be presented with the Search Results page. The sidebar displays a recap of your query.
   
   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. Click the Sort By: down arrow and select the sort order desired. Click the Sort button to reorder the search results.
   
   Sort by Reference (available only from PDR Suite) displays search results grouped or categorized by the printed publication in which they are published. The following example shows Search Results for products that list both fever and edema within the Adverse Reaction section of the document, grouped by Reference. The sidebar shows 436 documents in Physicians' Desk Reference®, 1 document in PDR for Non-Prescription Drugs and Dietary Supplements™ , and 3 documents in the PDR for Ophthalmic Medicines™. Jump to a specific reference by clicking the publication name link.
   
   

To view the document, select a product by clicking the hypertext link. To go to the first occurrence of your search term in the document, select the Go to First Term link. Go directly to a document topic (i.e., Warnings, Drug Interactions, Adverse Reactions) by clicking the section name in the Document Outline area of the sidebar.