<p> SEARCHING THE MEDICAL LITERATURE</p><p>ASSESSMENT Q1. When is a factual search used?</p><p>Q2. Which of the following hypothetical results is most likely to be retrieved after entering the following search statement? postoperative AND (pneumonia AND development)</p><p>TERMS RESULTS postoperative 3,544 pneumonia 964 development 16,957</p><p> a) less than 1000 b) between 1001 and 5000 c) more than 5001</p><p>Q3. Write a Boolean search statement that will retrieve articles containing all of the following terms: chronic pain, local anaesthetics, toxicity</p><p>Q4. Searching PubMed, for the period 1 March 2003 to 30 September 2003, how many items are found on gene therapy?</p><p>Q5. What layer of knowledge must a searcher have to enter queries as specific search statements?</p><p>Q6. Searching PubMed, how many items are found for the author C. Hu in 2004?</p><p>Q7. Write a Boolean search statement that will retrieve articles containing any of the following terms: anaesthesia, pain management, adults</p><p>Q8. The MeSH subheading, levobupivacaine, was introduced in the PubMed database in 1999. a) True b) False</p><p>Q9. How many language options are available using PubMed’s Limits?</p><p>© 2005 Rosarii Buttimer - 1 - Q10. Does PubMed include the journal, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, in its Journal Database?</p><p>Q11. When would you use the citation pearl growing search strategy?</p><p>Q12. What PubMed field tag is used when searching for a substance?</p><p>Q13. Search PubMed for articles that contain the term ambulatory anaesthesia in the title. How many results are there for the year 1998?</p><p>Q14. Write down an example of a nested search statement containing three terms.</p><p>Q15. On what page does the article assigned PubMed’s 16361440 [PMID] begin?</p><p>Q16. What search strategy can be used to increase a small set of results?</p><p>Q17. Which of the following hypothetical results is most likely to be retrieved after entering the following search statement? (pain management OR (therapy OR treatment))</p><p>TERMS RESULTS pain management 422 therapy 6,489 treatment 7,524</p><p> a) less than 600 b) between 601 and 7,500 c) more than 7,501</p><p>Q18. What option on PubMed’s Features Bar can be used to display previous searches?</p><p>Q19. What is the second step to complete when implementing an effective search methodology?</p><p>Q20. What is PubMed’s Details used for?</p><p>© 2005 Rosarii Buttimer - 2 -</p>