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  3.      Here are examples of how you might search MEDLINE using the 
  4.      SilverPlatter workstation:
  5.  
  6.                       FREE TEXT SEARCHING:
  7.  
  8.      FIND:  radiation
  9.                 searches for all records containing the word
  10.                 radiation.
  11.             and injuries
  12.                 narrows the search to records that also include the
  13.                 word injuries anywhere in the record.
  14.  
  15.      SHOW: FIELDS: all                RECORDS: all
  16.                 displays the full record for all records retrieved.
  17.  
  18.  
  19.      Press PgDn to continue
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  22.      Pressing F5 INDEX allows you to browse a list of all the heading/
  23.      subheading combinations that have been used in indexing records in
  24.      the database.
  25.                         INDEX SEARCHING
  26.  
  27.      At the INDEX prompt:    type radiotherapy
  28.                                  to automatically go to the section
  29.                                  of index terms that begin with the word
  30.                                  "radiotherapy"
  31.      Press [PgDn] and
  32.       arrow keys:            to place cursor on the term radiotherapy-
  33.                                  adverse-effects
  34.      Press ENTER:            to select the term
  35.      
  36.      Press F2:               to search for all records containing the term
  37.  
  38.      Press PgDn to continue
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  41.      Use the MeSH Thesaurus (F9) to find a precise MeSH heading, to
  42.      find associated terms and indexing information, or to explode a
  43.      term.
  44.                         THESAURUS SEARCHING
  45.  
  46.      At the THESAURUS prompt:       type the word lung
  47.                                     to browse all the terms that
  48.                                     include "lung", regardless
  49.                                     of word order
  50.      Press [PgDn] and 
  51.      arrow key:                     to place cursor on the term
  52.                                     lung neoplasms Press ENTER
  53.                                     to select the term and call up
  54.                                     the SELECTED TERM DETAIL SCREEN
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  56.  
  57.      Press PgDn to continue
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  60.                   THESAURUS SEARCHING (cont'd)
  61.  
  62.      At the SELECTED TERM       press S to search the single term
  63.       DETAIL screen:            lung neoplasms
  64.  
  65.      In the SUBHEADING          choose the subheadings to be applied
  66.        WINDOW:                  to your selected term by using the
  67.                                 arrow keys (to move cursor) and 
  68.                                 pressing ENTER (to select sub-
  69.                                 headings)
  70.                                 
  71.      Press S:                   to begin searching for records that
  72.                                 have the selected term with those 
  73.                                 subheadings you have chosen.
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  75.