Health Management Database: Sample Searches

Please note that the links below will only work if you are authenticated to Health Management Database. For alternative methods of authentication and links to Health Management Database. please see the documents in the Additional Materials page.

Basic Search      

You are looking for recent information about Alzheimer's disease.

• Type Alzheimer AND disease into the Basic Search box or use the widget on the left.  
• Based on the large amount of results that are retrieved, it is a good idea to refine your results using the Narrow results by feature.
• From the Narrow results by, go to the Publication Date limit and select the last bar in the chart to choose items published this decade.
• Go to the top of the results page to the Sort results by pull-down menu (just above the Narrow results by) and re-sort your items by Publication date (most recent first) and click Sort.
• To begin reviewing your results, hover over the Preview link available on each record to view the major fields of the record.
• For additional record details, select the Abstract/Details link under each record to view the full record.

Advanced Search

 You are looking for recent full-text articles about any research conducted on Lactose intolerance in adults. 

• From the Advanced Search page and the first row, type lactose AND intolerance and then select Abstract from the first pull-down menu.
  • In the second row, type adult OR middle age
• Select the box Full text  
• Click Search.
• At the Results page go to Narrow results and then to Publication Date limit. Select the last bar in the chart to choose items published this decade.
• To begin reviewing your results, hover over the Preview link available on each record to view the major fields of the record.
• For additional record details, select the Abstract/Details link under each record to view the full record.
• Mark any records that interest you to save, print, email, cite, export, save to your My Research account, or to view selected items later.
• From the top of the results page (under the search box) select Create alert to receive an email when new results are loaded into Health Management Database that meet your search criteria.
• Enter your email address, choose the email format, and schedule your alert based on when you would like to receive an email of your results and how long you would like the alert to last.
• Click create alert.