Third search -- Assignment

If your group has not done so already, elect a group member to turn in your group's work on search 3. Tthe un-elected, group members should send their e-mail to Cindy Schmidt (cmschmidt@unmc.edu) now, if they haven't aleady done so. Check the sent message and attachments to make sure the attachments are readable. If not, ask for help.

All group members should work together to complete the three-part assignment for search 3 (#1, #2, and #3 below). However, only the elected group member should submit the assignment. Be sure all attending-group-member's names appear on the document submitted for search 3.

1. Copy and paste your search history into a Word document .
   1. Click on the "Advanced " link.
   2. If the entire search history for your second search is not already visible, click the "More History " button to make it visible.
   3. Drag your cursor over the search history. Start at the words "search history" and include all rows that contain search statements that are part of your third search. After you have highlighted the third search history. Copy the history by holding down the Ctl button and the C button simultaneously.
   4. Paste your search history into the Word document that contains the MeSH heading definitions and introduction dates. To paste, place your cursor in the desired location and hold down the Ctl button and the V button simultaneously.
      
      
2. Dates of Introduction
   
   1. Under the search history in your Word document, type a list of the headings and supplementary concepts you've used (format is not important).
   2. Use the MeSH database to quickly look up the introduction dates for each.
   3. Record each introduction date next to the corresponding heading/supplementary concept
   4. If no introduction date is listed, the heading is probably as old as MEDLINE and you can type "none" next to the heading.
      
      As an example, the MeSH database entry for celecoxib is shown below. The celecoxib supplementary concept was introduced in 1997
      
3. Based on the heading introduction dates, what is the oldest PubMed record that your search can be trusted to retrieve?
   Type "oldest record" and your answer to this question below your list of headings and introduction dates.
   
   Example:
   
   celecoxib June 3, 1997
   pyrazoles none
   sulfonamides SULFONAMIDE MIXTURES was heading 1963-1979
   skin diseases 1965
   Oldest date: 1997
   
   
4. Save the Word document as "search 3 ".
5. Attach the "search 3 " document to your draft e-mail and send your e-mail to Cindy Schmidt:
   1. Attach the "search 3 " document to the draft e-mail "MEDLINE lab assignment" message that already includes the "search 1" and "search 2" documents.
   2. If you are happy with your assignment and ready to submit it, click the "Send" button (send to cmschmidt@unmc.edu). If you would like to take some more time to think about the assignment before submitting it, click the "Save as draft" button.
   3. Before leaving lab, please open the draft or sent e-mail and check all three of the attached documents to be sure they are readable and have not been corrupted in some way.
   4. This third assignment is the final assignment of today's lab. Please, feel free to ask questions about any aspect of the MeSH lab.
   5. If you have time, please fill out the tutorial evaluation.

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