If correct, you are set and search will be executed monthly.

If incorrect, do Purgesearch . You cannot edit a Storesearch at this point.

Useful Commands for SDI

The formulation may be up to 25 search statements, and may Include subheadings commands as well as any inverted search. The result of the stored search is the list of documents matching The highest numbered search statement in the series. The search is Given a name; later, when the search has been added to the file, it May be executed online or in offsearch mode by giving its name and Qualifying it by '(sn)', e.g.:

parkinsonism (sn) and review and not less than 740101 (da)

to store a search, type 'storesearch'. The program will ask you For the search name, and for the online response you wish while Storing it. You will then enter *sts* mode, and may enter search Statements, print commands, erasebacks, and any other Function except 'restack', 'print off-line', or 'elements' commands.

when you are finished, enter the command 'finished' to leave *sts* Mode and complete the storesearch command. The program will ask you Whether you wish the search stored or not, or deleted. If you Wish to correct any errors in the search, answer no; then use eraseback And reenter those statements that are to be changed. If you wish to Change the search name at that time, you may re-enter it as follows:

prog: ok? (yes/no/cancel)
user:
- ->searchname = newname
prog: ok? (yes/no/cancel)
user:
yes

the search will be stored that evening and will be available for Use on the following day. To ensure that the search has been stored, Type 'display ----' where the searchname replaces the dashes. Do not Qualify the searchname with the '(sn)' in the 'display' command. the 'storesearch cancel' command, when issued after any 'user:' Cue during the actual storing of a search, will negate the 'storesearch' Command. For instructions on how to cancel a search which is already Stored, type 'explain purgesearch'.

Note for shorthand operation of commands: as with offsearch and offline print, etc., You may enter Any parameters as keywords while being interrogated, or in the Initial command itself, e.g.:

storesearch
prog: searchname?
user:
searchname = abc, onouts = nps
prog: enter search-
-- or even --
storesearch searchname = abc, onouts = none
prog: enter search-
*sts* ss 1/ c?
keywords may not be entered when in actual *sts* mode.

To use the command, type 'purgesearch'. The program will ask you for The searchname, and will ask you for a second verification of the Purge command (since it cannot be withdrawn). Or you may enter the Search name in the command: e.g., 'purgesearch S009 charmethodology'.

prog: enter search-
*sts* ss 1/c?

Type in your search formulation. When you execute the saved search Online later, only the retrieval from the last search statement will Appear. Therefore, all search statements must be logically pulled Together in the last ss number. when you have completed your formulation, type 'finished'. The Program will request a searchname. This name can be up to 30 alpha- Betic and numeric characters long, and may contain no special characters Or logical operators (or words that are meaningful to the program such As command names). to execute a search saved with either command, use the searchname Followed by the qualifier '(sn)': hormone technics (sn) to review the search formulation, use the display command. because saved searches are kept in the unified user specification File (uusf), the 'list' and 'remove' instructions are used to list and To delete your saved searches.

Save List
prog: you now have 2 saved searches
hormone technics
disease states
there is 90% free space in your savesearch area.
user: save hormone technics remove
prog: saved search 'hormone technics' deleted.

The Display command: This command prints the search terms from a saved or stored search, Or one or more search statements from the current session and the Database against which the search(s) have been performed. Multiple Search statements are displayed in increasing numerical order.

user: display
prog: search formulation beginning at ss 1:
(exp pituitary hormones.: (mn) or exp
estrogens.: (mn)) -- 1232 items found in medline.
search formulation beginning at ss 2:
(exp immunologic technics.: (mn))
--2192 items found in back85
no subheadings applied to any search statement

To display the terms of a specific search statement, use its number With the command: display 12 To display a saved or stored search, use the searchname: display hormone technics The number of items found and a database name will not be displayed.

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