Tip#65: Search String Theory - Applying pairwise combinatorics to PubMed searches

Tip#65: Search String Theory - Applying pairwise combinatorics to PubMed searches #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." h/t @marijanewhite.bsky.social uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2026/03/tip6...

The MLA User Experience and Systematic Review Caucuses regret that we will have to cancel the planned Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions: Database Tips Lightning Round that was scheduled for Thursday, March 5, 2026. Thank you to those who submitted proposals. While we unfortunately will not be able to feature any new tips, we encourage searching enthusiasts to check out the lightning rounds from October 2024 and February 2025 and to keep an eye out for possible future events of this kind. Thank you for your understanding!

#MLAUXCaucus #SystematicReviews #medlibs ‼️3/5 EVENT CANCELLATION: Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions: Database Tips Lightning Round ‼️

Tip #58: Exporting a Random Set of Citations from Ovid Databases to Avoid Bias

I have used many of the tips on this blog. Today, I used the instructions (and tool mentioned) in this post (uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/04/tip-...) to generate two sets of records from a draft Ovid Medline search, so the research team can do some sampling. #MLAUXCaucus #MedLibs #CanMedLibs

Tip #64: Resource links for EBSCOhost's new UI: roadmaps and release notes and help files, oh my!

Tip #64: Resource links for EBSCOhost's new UI: roadmaps and release notes and help files, oh my! #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2026/02/tip-...

Tip #63: Customization of the new EBSCOhost UI: turning on EBSCOhost's Advanced Search Results Page

Tip #63: Customization of the new EBSCOhost UI: turning on EBSCOhost's Advanced Search Results Page #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2026/02/tip-...

Tip #62: EBSCOhost Idea Exchange: A Synthesis of Reported Issues

Tip #62: EBSCOhost Idea Exchange: A Synthesis of Reported Issues #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2026/01/tip-...

Doing the lord's work! Thanks #MLAUXCaucus!

EBSCOhost Idea Exchange: A synthesis of reported issues EBSCOhost Idea Exchange A synthesis of reported issues Produced in December 2025 by the Medical Library Association's User Experience (UX) Caucus. Chair: Michele McGinnis (mcginnis.michele@mayo.edu),...

The #MLAUXCaucus hosted the EBSCOhost Idea Exchange to discuss outstanding issues, solutions, and suggested enhancements in the new UI. We’ve synthesized feedback from the nearly 400 attendees into one resource. DM me if you need a PDF #medlibs #EvidenceSynthesis go.brown.edu/ebscohost-ex...

Tip #60: Controlled vocabulary field codes and their discontents in EBSCOhost APA PsycInfo

Tip #60: Controlled vocabulary field codes and their discontents in EBSCOhost APA PsycInfo
#MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/11/tip-...

Tip #61: Mismatched MeSH in EBSCOhost APA PsycInfo

Tip #61: Mismatched MeSH in EBSCOhost APA PsycInfo
#MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/11/tip-...

Sometimes the apple does fall far from the tree: a case study on automatic indexing precision errors in PubMed | Journal of the Medical Library Association

Great case study by @potterynerd-8.bsky.social ! "Sometimes the apple does fall far from the tree: a case study on automatic indexing precision errors in PubMed" #medlibs #MLAUXCaucus #ExpertSearching #EvidenceSynthesis jmla.mlanet.org/ojs/jmla/art...

Tip #53: "Smart Quotes" aren't so in ClinicalTrials.gov

"Tip #53: "Smart Quotes" aren't so in ClinicalTrials "
For October's National Medical Librarians Month, we will be sharing some of our favorite #MLAUXCaucus Database Tips blog posts every day this month! #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2024/12/tip-...

Tip #56: Tricky Truncation in ProQuest Databases

"Tip #56: Tricky Truncation in ProQuest Databases "
To celebrate October's National Medical Librarians Month, we will be sharing some of our favorite #MLAUXCaucus Database Tips blog posts every day this month! #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/02/tip-...

Tip #57: Using Quotes Around Single-Word Terms in PubMed + Other Databases

"Tip #57: Using Quotes Around Single-Word Terms in PubMed + Other Databases" #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/03/tip-...

Tip #28: Exploding MeSH - PubMed vs. Ovid MEDLINE

"Tip #28: Exploding MeSH - PubMed vs. Ovid MEDLINE"
To celebrate October's National Medical Librarians Month, we will be sharing some of our favorite #MLAUXCaucus Database Tips blog posts every day this month! #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2022/10/tip-...

Tip #59: Getting Up Close and Personal with Database Proximity Syntax

Tip #59: Getting Up Close and Personal with Database Proximity Syntax #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReview #MLAUXCaucus uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/07/tip-...

Tip #55: How and why to search previous indexing of MeSH terms in PubMed, plus the alphabet soup of PubMed's date fields

Tip #55: How and why to search previous indexing of MeSH terms in PubMed, plus the alphabet soup of PubMed's date fields #MLAUXCaucus #ExpertSearching #SystematicReview #medlibs uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/02/tip-...

Tip #10: Testing for Key Article Inclusion in PubMed

Tip #10: Testing for Key Article Inclusion in PubMed #MLAUXCaucus #ExpertSearching #SystematicReview #medlibs Tip shared by @carrieprice.bsky.social uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2022/03/tip-...

Tip #23: PubMed's [tiab] vs. [tw]

Tip #23: PubMed's [tiab] vs. [tw] #MLAUXCaucus #ExpertSearching #SystematicReview #medlibs uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2022/07/tip-...

Tip #1: Bulk export from Google Scholar

To celebrate October's National Medical Librarians Month, we will be sharing some of our favorite #MLAUXCaucus Database Tips blog posts every day this month! Tip #1: Bulk export from Google Scholar #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews
uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2022/01/tip-...

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Tip #59: Getting Up Close and Personal with Database Proximity Syntax

Tip #59: Getting Up Close and Personal with Database Proximity Syntax #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/07/tip-...

#MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews
kateさんがまだポストされていらっしゃらないようなので念のためタグ🏷️付けました🙇‍♀️

Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions: A (Second) Database Tips Lightning Round: View the recording!

Recordings: Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions: Database Tips Lightning Rounds #MLAUXCaucus uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/05/favo...

Tip #58: Exporting a Random Set of Citations from Ovid Databases to Avoid Bias

Tip #58: Exporting a Random Set of Citations from Ovid Databases to Avoid Bias #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/04/tip-...

Tip #57: Using Quotes Around Single-Word Terms in PubMed + Other Databases

Tip #57: Using Quotes Around Single-Word Terms in PubMed + Other Databases #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/03/tip-...

Tip #56: Tricky Truncation in ProQuest Databases

Tip #56: Tricky Truncation in ProQuest Databases #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/02/tip-...

#medlibs #MLAUXCaucus How long has Scopus had a delete search history button?! How am I just seeing it now?! ✨🎉

Tip #55: How and why to search previous indexing of MeSH terms in PubMed, plus the alphabet soup of PubMed's date fields You probably know that Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) evolve over time; you can read more about why and how in the Introduction to MeSH , u...

Tip #55: How and why to search previous indexing of MeSH terms in PubMed, plus the alphabet soup of PubMed's date fields #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/02/tip-...

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