Global Index Medicus Help Guide

Items you need to type, click, or press will be displayed in computer code style.

• If you have the option to adjust your screen reader's settings to notify you when there is an HTML tag for "code", that will help to alert you to these items. This is not a typical setting for screen readers, so we have written the guide to clearly signal when text is meant to be clicked or typed (e.g., most example searches are preceded by the term "Example:");
• Searches must be entered exactly as they appear, including all punctuation like quotes and parentheses.
  • Because of this, screen reader users should enable their readers to pronounce punctuation while using this guide and when writing search strings for GIM. Strings can be composed in a text document with punctuation on then run in GIM with punctuation off.
• Boolean operators (like AND, OR, and AND NOT) should be typed in all capitals to ensure the database recognizes them as operators. 

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