Are there short hand codes that can be used to search ProQuest Dialog thesauri in basic, advanced and command line modes?
When searching the thesauri of ProQuest Dialog, the platform will insert the relevant field codes.
However, as can be seen in the example below from MEDLINE, if you wish to manually enter them, they can be long and cumbersome:
MESH.EXACT.EXPLODE("EPILEPSY") or MESH.EXACT("EPILEPSY")
However, with the ProQuest Dialog platform there are short hand codes that can be used for the MEDLINE (MESH); Embase (EMB) and other thesauri (SU)
EXPLODE function
Instead of entering
MESH.EXACT.EXPLODE(term) or MJMESH.EXACT.EXPLODE(Term)
EMB.EXACT.EXPLODE(term) or MJEMB.EXACT.EXPLODE(Term)
SU.EXACT.EXPLODE(term)
You can use:
MESH#(term) or MJMESH#(Term)
EMB#(term) or MJEMB#(Term)
SU#(term)
Where # = .EXACT.EXPLODE
EXACT function
Instead of entering
MESH.EXACT(term) or MJMESH.EXACT(Term)
EMB.EXACT(term)or MJEMB.EXACT(Term)
SU.EXACT(term)
You can use:
MESH.X(term) or MJMESH.X(Term)
EMB.X(term) or MJEMB.X(Term)
SU.X(term)
Where .X = .EXACT