EMBASE

Embase has a variety of search options. You can access all of the search types by selecting "Search" in the top bar, then the search type of interest in the search options bar.

Each type is suited for different applications:

• Quick Search is designed for performing quick and easy searches using keywords and phrases. Simply type in a word or phrase and select "Show # Results."
• PICO Search is meant to help you create a search based on the PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, and Study Design) framework.
• PV Wizard is a search builder in Embase designed to help you construct pharmacovigilance search strategies successfully.
• Medical Device is a stepwise framework for building complex medical device searches. 
• Advanced Search allows you to limit your search to a more specific set of results. For example, you can limit your search to a specific range of years or focus on particular subject areas. 
• Drug Search has the option "Drug fields," which lists the field codes specific to drug searches, and "Drug subheadings," which contains limits such as "Adverse drug reaction" and "Drug concentration." You can add these subheadings to focus your search on particular aspects of the available drug information. The Drug Search form also includes an option called "Routes," which contains subheadings for every route of administration for drugs.
• Disease Search offers the option "Disease subheadings," which includes a selection of subheadings applicable to diseases in general. This is not a list of diseases or disease families, but rather a set of terms that most frequently come up in association with disease information searches, such as "Complication," "Disease management," and "Side effect."
• Device Search offers two options: "Device fields," which lists field codes specific to medical device searches, and "Device subheadings," which contain a selection of subheadings applicable to medical devices.
• Citation Information helps you track down articles based on author, article, or journal information.
• Query Translator allows you to input a PubMed search query, and Embase will translate the search to Embase terms

1. For Broad searches, type terms in the search line. For phrases, use a single or double quote around the phrase. Use Boolean operators AND, NOT, and OR to add concepts to the search.
2. As you type, you’ll see suggested matching terms from Emtree.
3. Add additional search fields, like journal and author names, with this option.
4. Limit your search to publication years or record types associated with evidence-based medicine with this option.
5. Click here for more search tips.

1. You can edit and/or re-run the currently selected search in this field.
2. Your search History for your current session is shown here. Click on any search in your history to recall the results. Use the top bar to save, delete, prepare for printing, export or share via email. Hover over any search to set an email alert, RSS feed, or edit.
3. Use the Results Filters to refine your search by selecting sources, drug or device trade names, diseases, subheadings, and more.
4. Review the number of results that will be returned by applying a given filter. Export filtered data by clicking at the bottom. 
5. Select Results using the checkboxes in the result line or selecting number of items.
6. Use these options to print or export your selection or send it as an email. You can also add it to your Clipboard.
7. Set an Email Alert to stay informed on your topic of interest.

1. In the top navigation, click Emtree to open the Emtree thesaurus and see index terms in context. Click Journals to access the list of journals indexed in Embase.
2. Click on the Journals tab to see the list of Journals.
3. Click Results to open the results page if you have performed any searches during this session. For saved searches, alerts, and other features, click "My Tools."
4. To access Embase training materials in the Support Center, click the following link. symbol.
5. Click on the login details to see the settings of your account.

      F. Navigate between dedicated search forms using these options:

PICO for systematic reviews

PV Wizard for adverse event-focused searches

Medical device for clinical evaluation and post-market surveillance searches

Advanced for more limitation and subheading options than Quick Search

Drug, Disease, and Device for drug-, disease-, and device-focused advanced searches, respectively

Citation information for article- and author-focused searches

Use the filter options available in the left sidebar of the search results page to narrow and focus your search.

Embase offers many Results Filters you can use to focus your search results on the most useful or important citations. To add one or more filters, click on the category, select the filter option(s) you want, then click Apply. 

Sources: This filter indicates which results are available in MEDLINE (also accessible via PubMed through NLM) and which are unique to Embase. 

Drugs: This filter allows you to limit by specific drug aspects and options. For instance, with the Naproxen search, the drug filter options include limiting to only studies with a placebo and limiting to studies that include a specific comparison intervention (e.g., ibuprofen or paracetamol).

Diseases: This filter lets you limit the search by a specific disease or condition, which might be the condition your intervention of interest is treating or an adverse effect or outcome. 

Devices: This filter limits the search to only studies that include a specific medical device. 

Floating Subheadings: This filter narrows a search that includes a subject heading to only search one or more aspects of that subject heading, such as only Adverse Drug Reactions with Naproxen. 

Age and Gender: These filters both let you specify aspects of studies' populations in your search results and limit to, for example, only studies looking at children or women.  

Study Types: This filter limits your search results by type of research study methodology. 

Publication Types: This filter limits your search to specific types of publications, such as articles or conference papers. 

Authors: This filter displays the authors with the most publications in your search and allows you to filter by one or more of them. 

Conference Abstracts: This filter lists the conference names associated with the most publications in your search and lets you filter by one or more of them.

Drug Trade Names & Drug Manufacturers: These filters limit your search by a specific drug name or company. 

Device Trade Names & Device Manufacturers: Similarly, these filters limit your search by a specific medical device name or company.