Catalogues - Searches books, journals and other document types from Medvik catalogues
BMČ – articles - Searches articles in the Bibliografia medica čechoslovaca database (BMC)
All - Searches both books and journals from Medvik catalogues and articles from the BMC database
Search tips:
All fields are searched. You can enter keywords either in Czech or in English.
If you enter two or more keywords, they are automatically connected by the AND operator.
You can use also OR and NOT operators, but they must be explicitly stated in the query.
It is possible to use * for truncation, e.g. lumb* finds lumbal, lumbago, lumbalgia etc.
For searching a phrase use inverted commas, e.g. "low back pain".
If you want to search for a particular author, journal, subject (MeSH heading, keyword) or conference, use the specific form fields on the Introduction page.
Title - retrieves publications with requested title or words in the title.
If you enter two or more keywords, they are automatically connected by the AND operator. You can use also OR and NOT operators, they must be explicitly stated in the query. It is possible to use * for truncation, e.g. lumb* finds lumbal, lumbago, lumbalgia etc. Phrases are put into inverted commas, e.g. "low back pain".
Journal - retrieves all journals with requested keyword or ISSN anywhere in the record.
Subject- retrieves adequate MeSH headings, keywords or NLM Subject. The query can be entered both in English and Czech, as the system searches both versions of MeSH.
You can use * for both left and right truncation, e.g. laparo* retrieves laparoscopy and cholecystectomy, laparoscopic, *scopy retrieves angioscopy, arthroscopy etc.
Author - displays names from the author index according to requested criteria.
Enter you query in the form Surname, First name, e.g. Smith, Austin. If you do not know whole name, you can use only initials, e.g. Smith, A or surname only, e.g. Smith.
Event - retrieves proceedings from conferences, workshops etc., whose title contains requested keywords.
Library - retrieves library records from library directory.
