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Clinical Key – SmartSearch



Clinical Key includes SmartSearch technology to help you to find information fast.

Login
You will need a UHNM Athens username to access Clinical Key. Use the link on the Healthcare Resources page or click the OpenAthens link on the Clinical Key login page.

Searching
To run a search, simply type your keywords into the search box. SmartSearch technology will offer you a range of suggestions an related terms for the text that you type – you can select one of the suggestions or run the search for your text.
You can run the search against all the content within Clinical Key or focus on a particular set of source types:
Books
First Consult
Journals
Medline
Clinical trials
Multimedia
Guidelines
Procedures Consult
Patient Education


Screen-shot of Smartsearch options
Results
Results are returned in relevance order. You can filter your results further by source type, study type, specialty, or publication date.

Topic Page
Some search terms will offer a topic page. This will present you with a concise overview of the topic as detailed in a trusted source.
Screen-shot of Search Results
Medline Search
Clinical Key also offers you the ability to run a medline search – simple select Medline from the source type list. You can check whether we have access to the full-text of the articles returned in the results list by clicking the Full text @ link.
Screen-shot of Medline Results

Try It
Why don’t you try a search based on a recent case you have dealt with?

Watch the Video
This short video will give you an overview of the search features.


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