Find Current Research on your Molecule with Library One Search
Follow these steps below to search OneSearch
- Type your molecule name into the search box below and click Search. If your molecule is more than one word, use quotation marks to search the words together.
- The image below shows that a search of the molecule ibuprofen returns over 90,000 sources.
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- Refine your search.
- From the results page, click on Advanced Search to the right of the search bar. You can focus your search results by adding an additional keyword, such as a field of medicine or medical issue.
- Check the box in the left menu for scholarly peer-reviewed journals to limit your search to research articles.
- You can scroll down and set a date limit to find current sources.
- Browse articles to find a useful source.
- Click on a title that sounds relevant. Scroll down the page to read the abstract, which is a summary of the article, to decide if you want to read through the whole article.
- Click on View Online or use the database link to find the full text of the article.
- The image below illustrates a refined search for ibuprofen AND "orthopedic surgery". Note the first article from 2018 on pain management following minor pediatric orthopedic surgery.
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