How to use STATRef Online

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How to use STAT!Ref Online
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Search
The simplest way to search STAT!Ref is to enter
the search term into the field at the top of the
page and click the Search button.
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Results
STAT!Ref will look for your search term in every
title and searchable resource you subscribe to
and present you with a list of the Results found.
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Filters
There are five STAT!Ref filters that display
under the heading All STAT!Ref Results. They are
Codes, Drug Information, Patient Information,
Point of Care and Titles By Discipline.
Filters are pre-defined groupings of titles
that logically fit together. Whether a filter is
visible or not depends upon the titles in your
subscription and whether or not the filter is
relevant to the search.
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Titles by Discipline Filter
The Titles By Discipline filter has a number of
sub-filters, which are groupings of titles by
their primary discipline.
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Titles by Discipline Filter
If you are only interested in drug information
click on the Drug Information filter. The Results
list will change to reflect only those titles
that relate to the selected filter. The titles
that are associated with a filter display below
it. If you want drug information from a
specific source, such as AHFS DI, click on that
title and your Results list will change to
reflect only AHFS DI. To return to the original
state of your Results just click the All STAT!Ref
Results filter.
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Additional Resources
STAT!Ref includes results in other resources,
such as MedCalc 3000, the National Guideline
Clearinghouse and PubMed. Results for these
resources display under Additional
Resources. Click on the resource you are
interested in viewing and STAT!Ref will launch
that resource in a separate browser window and
execute the search for you.
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Additional Resources
If you click on the MedCalc 3000 link, under
Additional Resources, it will launch MedCalc
3000 in a separate browser window with the term
(in this case diabetes mellitus) already
searched.
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Related Concepts
A list of the related concepts for the term
searched will display under Related Concepts.
Related concepts come from the National Library
of Medicines UMLS Metathesaurus database.
Click on any one of the listed terms to
re-execute your search for that specific term.

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Result Tile
Each Result displays in its own tile. They are
ranked in their order of relevancy. An excerpt
shows the best matching phrase in the document.
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To get detailed information about the criteria
that were used to perform your search click on
the Search Details link.
Results Options
E-mail/Notes E-mail your search results to
yourself, or someone else, and/or make a note
about the result(s) in your Preferences.
To view all your Results list click on the
Results Page x link. A maximum of 100
documents display in the Results list. They are
grouped into ten documents per page.
To look up your search term in Stedmans
Dictionary click the Stedmans Definition
link. Stedmans will launch in a separate
browser window.
To hide or show Excerpts click on the Excerpts
link. Each Result tile displays an excerpt
(200 characters) of text surrounding the best
match found in the document.
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Results
To view the document click on the Result you
want.
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Result Title
The titles name will appear directly above the
document.
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E-mail/Notes E-mail your search results to
yourself, or someone else, and/or make a note
about the result(s) in your Preferences.
STAT!Ref Toolbar
To print a document click the Print link.
To print a portion of the document, highlight
the text you want to print and click the Print
link. When the Printer Dialogue Box appears
choose the Selection option.
To change the documents font size click on the
Font link,
To look up a term in Stedmans Dictionary
highlight the term in the document and click
the Stedmans Look Up link. Stedmans will
launch in a separate browser window.
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STAT!Ref Toolbar Email Link
2. Fill in your name, the recipient (you or
someone else that has access privileges) and an
optional message.
1. Click on the Email Link icon.
3. Click the Send button.
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STAT!Ref Toolbar STAT!Notes
2. Choose New from the pop-up menu.
1. Click on the STAT!Notes icon.
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STAT!Ref Toolbar STAT!Notes
(Log in to Preferences to use this feature)
3. Enter your email address.
4. Enter your password and click the OK button.
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STAT!Ref Toolbar STAT!Notes
5. Position the Note near the section you want it
to refer you to.
6. Add an optional message (up to 256 characters)
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STAT!Ref Toolbar STAT!Notes
Retrieve your saved STAT!Notes
7. Click on the Note List icon to see a list of
your STAT!Notes
8. Click the Search icon to perform the same
search and go to the STAT!Note.
9. Remember, STAT!Notes are not permanent and
there is a maximum of 100.
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Advanced Search
Another way to search STAT!Ref is to use Advanced
Search settings. Click on the Advanced
Search link to the right of the Search button to
view your options.
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Advanced Search
Using Advanced Search you can configure your
search settings before executing a search.
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Advanced Search
To filter the search by text type, click on what
type of textual search you want to hone in on.
To include suffixes, click on the check box.
To select one or more titles check the box next
to the title(s) you want to search.
To use a Search Set click on the Search Set
drop-down menu and select your search set.
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Advanced Search
Once youve selected your Advanced settings enter
the search term into the field at the top of the
page and click the Search button.
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Advanced Search
Your Advanced settings will continue to be used
for all future searches until you tell STAT!Ref
to reset the default settings or until you log
out. To stop using Advanced settings click on
the Reset search to default settings link that
is highlighted in yellow just above the first
Result.
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Titles
Another way to retrieve a document is to browse
the Titles in your subscription.
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Titles
Click on the Titles tab to see a list of all of
the titles you subscribe to. You can browse
the TOC by clicking on the triangle to the left
of the title. Drill down until you find the
section, chapter, image, figure, etc. that you
are interested in or click on the document icon
to the right of the section, chapter, etc. to
go directly to the document.
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Titles
If the Table of Contents becomes unwieldy you can
click on the Collapse All link to return it to
its collapsed state.
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Resources
Click on the Resources tab to view all of your
available resources. Only the resources that
you subscribe to will be appear on this page.
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Resources
Click on the Resources you are interested in and
it will launch in a separate browser window.
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Preferences
To customize your personal view of STAT!Ref and
to use Notes feature, you must first create a My
STAT!Ref account. To do this, click on the
Preferences link at the top of the page. If
you do not have a My STAT!Ref account you can
create one by selecting the No, I want to create
My STAT!Ref account option. If you already have
a My STAT!Ref account you can select the Yes, I
have a password option and enter in your
password. CAVEAT You may not have this option
available to you. Your STAT!Ref Administrator
determines whether to turn it on or off for your
subscription.
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Preferences

• If you selected the No, I want to create My
  STAT!Ref account option on the previous page.
  You must enter in the following information
• Your e-mail address
• Your first name
• Your password twice.
• STAT!Ref will not share this information with
  anyone. This information will only be used to
  keep track of your preferences.

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Preferences

• If you want to customize the look and behavior of
  STAT!Ref, log into your My STAT!Ref account. The
  following display settings are available
• Show or hide the Left-hand Table of Contents
• Change the width of the Left-hand Table of
  Contents
• Define STAT!Refs logoff behavior.

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Preferences
If you want to create, delete or edit your own
My STAT!Ref Search Set click the Search Set
menu item. To create a Search Set click the
Add button.
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Preferences
Give the Search Set a name that is meaningful to
you and click the Add button.
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Preferences
Move the titles you want in your new Search Set
by highlighting the title(s) and clicking the
arrow ? button. When finished click the Back to
Search Sets button. In order for your My
STAT!Ref account preference to take effect you
must be logged into your My STAT!Ref account.
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