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1. novo|seek Unleashing the power of novo|seek New biomedical search engine

2. Table of Content Presentation of novoseek, thebiomedicalsearchengine Understandthelayout of thesearchengine Discoverthedifferentfunctions Learnhowtoperformeffectivesearches (case study)

3. Presentation of novoseek Discover what is novo|seek and why it is different to the other search engines

6. You can use the advanced search page (as detailed in page 21)

7. You can use shortcuts in you search to consult what you need to read faster. For instance by using the square brackets [ ] (as detailed in page 22) and specifying what you want to consult.

9. 2 Understandthelayout of thesearchengine / main page HELP ADVANCED SEARCH & PREF MAIN SEARCH BOX INFORMATION NEWS & TOOLS BOX

10. 2 Understandthelayout of thesearchengine / results page POP UP BARS TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE RESULTS FILTERS RELATED TO SEARCH OPTIONS TO CHOSE VISUALIZATION OF RESULTS CHOICE OF DATABASE RESULTS

11. 2 Understandthelayout of thesearchengine / articledetails POP UP BARS TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE RESULTS LINK TO JOURNAL PRINT ARTICLE DETAILS

12. 2 Understandthelayout of thesearchengine / conceptdetails PRINT NEW SEARCH CONCEPT DETAILS

13. Discover the different functions Get an in-depth knowledge of the different functions available

15. pharmacologicalsubstances

16. genes & proteins

17. signs & symptoms

18. chemicalsubstances

19. Organisms

20. organs & bodyparts

21. Tissues

22. cellcomponents

23. biologicalfunctions

24. procedure/techniquesThe bar indicatestherelevanceof theconcept accordingtothecurrentsearch. The “i” iconallowstoaddtheconcept tothecurrentsearchorsee more informationonthisconcept

26. Addtheconcept as a filtertothecurrentsearch Thesearchisrefined and there are lessresults

27. Excludethebiotentityfromthesearchresults.

30. 3 Discoverthedifferentfunctions / Choice of database DATABASES By default, thesearchengine looks forresults in MEDLINE database. Simplybyclicking “Full Text” of “Grants”, theresultswillbelookedintothesedatabasesaccordingly. Thenumberbetweenbracketssimplyindicatestheamount of resultsin thosedatabases.

31. 3 Discoverthedifferentfunctions / Visualization of results SORT RESULTS DATABASES snippets sentences complete By default, theresultsdetails are shownwithsnippets, butyou can clickthewindowstoviewonly “title”, or “sentences” or “complete description” By default, theresults are sortedby date (newestfirst) butyou can clickthelist and chosetosortthemby date (oldestfirst) orbyrelevance. Theprinticon opens a new windowwheretheresultstoyoursearch are readyforprinting.

32. 3 Discoverthedifferentfunctions / Results page By default, there are 10 resultsby page, butyou can easilychangeyourpreferences (see page 24) and set itto 20, 30, 40 or 50. Theresultsshownabove are in Medline, whenthefull textversionisavailable, a direct link toitisshown so you can consultitdireclty

33. 3 Discoverthedifferentfunctions / Articledetails TITLE LINK TO JOURNAL PRINT ArticlesDetails: Date / PMID / Authors / Journals

35. Links tootherdatabases

37. Selectfields. Thisoptionallowsyoutoselectthefieldsyouwantyoursearchtobeperformed in:

38. Select the option thatbestmatchesyourneedorcombine several of them tomakeyoursearcheven more precise.

39. Youjusthavetotype in whatyou are lookingfor. Theauto complete functionwillhelpyou. You can add as many boxes as youneed

41. [disease], [dis]: DiseasesorSyndromes

42. [chemical], [chem], [chm]: Chemicalsubstances

43. [gene, [gen], [protein]: Genes and Proteins

44. [organism], [species]: Organisms

45. [symptom], [sym]: Signs and Symptoms

46. [drug]: Pharmacologicalsubstances

47. [tissue]: Tissues

48. [organ]: Organs and Bodyparts

49. [author], [authorname], [auth], [au]: Authornames

50. [journal], [jour], [jo]: Journaltitles

51. [mesh]: MeSHtermsCheckexample Checkexample Checkexample

54. 3 Discoverthedifferentfunctions / Set up preferences Set thenumber of relatedelementsto showto 20 (by default), 50 or 100 Set thenumber of documentsto show oneach page to 10 (by default), 20, 30, 40 or 50

55. Learn to perform effective searches Case study: Asperger Syndrome and Bipolar disorder in autism

57. Since Aperger syndrome is a disease, I have to click on the “more” link just next to disease in the left column.

58. This allows to see all the diseases related to the current search for autism. In this case the seventh one is ”Asperger syndrome”.

61. Contact Info ValentinVivier Marketing Department vvivier@bioalma.com Phone: +34 91 141 71 50