Entering search terms

Each search term should be entered separately.

Entering terms separately also means you can adjust the search strategy without re-entering each search term.

Concept 1 Colorectal Cancer

 

Enter colorectal cancer in the search box and click on Search

Mapping Display

OVIDSP will help you search by mapping the word you entered to a Medical Subject Heading.

The number of headings that appear depends on how closely your word matches existing headings in Medline

Colorectal cancer is mapped to the subject heading Colorectal Neoplasms and the term as you entered it is now listed as colorectal cancer.mp (keyword search)

 

Why would we choose a subject heading search over a keyword search?