Textword searching works best when there is not a MeSH term that describes your specific search concept. When browsing citations from the textword set, look at the Medical Subject Heading field for relevant terms that may enhance your search strategy. The second method is to enter a word or phrase at the Subject line. If you are not satisfied with the MeSH term you are mapped to, you may then select the Textword button at the bottom of the screen. It is always good to consider the singular, plural, British and American spellings when doing a Textword search.
Truncation is used to ensure retrieval of all possible variations of a word root.
To limit to a specific number of characters, enter a number after the dollar sign. Once you have existing search sets, whether from an author,MeSH or Textword search, you may apply further limits to your retrieval by simply highlighting the sets you want limited and using the Limit Button at the bottom of the screen. This will bring up a Limit Menu. If you hit the View Set Button it will automatically default to the last set unless you choose to highlight another one. Once you are in the Document Display screen, you may scroll through the full document or select the Titles Button to view an abbreviated citation that includes author, title and source fields.