1. BEGIN File 144 to search PASCAL.

2. SELECT terms for the first concept in the English Descriptor (/ED) and the English Title (/ET) fields. The comma acts as OR.

3. SELECT the second concept in the same fields and combine with Search set 1 (S1).

?b 144

   File 144:Pascal 1973-2008/Jul W4
       (c) 2008 INIST/CNRS

      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------

?select robot?/ed,et and surger?/ed,et
           37006  ROBOT?/ED,ET
          441561  SURGER?/ED,ET
      S1     952  ROBOT?/ED,ET AND SURGER?/ED,ET

?select s1 and (cardi? or heart? or aort? or ventric? or coronary)/ed,et
             952  S1
          268705  CARDI?/ED,ET
          256796  HEART?/ED,ET
           59834  AORT?/ED,ET
           70718  VENTRIC?/ED,ET
           94402  CORONARY/ED,ET
      S2      89  S1 AND (CARDI? OR HEART? OR AORT? OR VENTRIC? OR CORONARY)/ED,ET

4. RANK the descriptor field. The RANK command performs statistical analysis on retrieved records.

In this case, we want to know which descriptor terms appeared most in the 89 records in Set 2. We also want to gain insight on ways to structure the search.

5. Follow the RANK menu.

Enter a title for the RANKed list and press Enter to see the highest-ranking 50 terms.

Note the Rank Number, the Items (number of records) and the Terms.

Enter the line number(s) of the terms you wish to save. Dialog will create a temporary SearchSave and store the terms you indicated. The highest 8 terms reappear, followed by instructions on what to do next.

Enter EXIT to leave RANK.

Confirm that you wish to exit RANK.

?.rank de cont

Started processing RANK
Completed Ranking 89 records
Press ENTER to view the TOP 50 terms
   or enter a number N to view the top N terms
   or >N to view terms with more than N items
   or enter ALL to view all terms

Enter title for continuous output or press ENTER for current 
title option
?. descriptor terms for robotic heart surgery

Adding title to results...

DESCRIPTOR TERMS FOR ROBOTIC HEART SURGERY
------------------------------------------
RANK: S3/1-89   Field: /DE  File(s): 144
(Rank fields found in 89 records -- 954 unique terms)

RANK No.  Items  Term
--------  -----  ----
    1       66   CHIRURGIE
    2       66   CIRUGIA
    3       66   SURGERY
    4       59   ROBOTICS
    5       59   ROBOTIQUE
    6       55   ROBOTICA
    7       49   TRAITEMENT
    8       49   TRATAMIENTO
    9       49   TREATMENT
   10       39   APARATO CIRCULATORIO PATOLOGIA
   11       39   CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
   12       38   APPAREIL CIRCULATOIRE PATHOLOGIE
. . . .
   31       18   CORONARY HEART DISEASE
   32       14   AORTOCORONAIRE
   33       14   AORTOCORONARIA
   34       14   AORTOCORONARY
   35       13   GRAFT
   36       13   GREFFE
   37       13   INJERTO
   38       13   ROBOT
. . . .
P =  next page      Pn = Jump to page n
P- = previous page  M =  More Options     Exit = Leave RANK
To view records from RANK, enter VIEW followed by RANK number,
format, and item(s) to display, e.g., VIEW 2/9/ALL.
Enter desired option(s) or enter RANK number(s) to save terms.

?. 4,11
RANK numbers saved: 4,11

DESCRIPTOR TERMS FOR ROBOTIC HEART SURGERY
------------------------------------------

RANK: S3/1-89   Field: /DE  File(s): 144
(Rank fields found in 89 records -- 954 unique terms) 
Page 1 of 120

RANK No.  Items  Term
--------  -----  ----
    1       66   CHIRURGIE
    2       66   CIRUGIA
    3       66   SURGERY
    4       59   ROBOTICS
    5       59   ROBOTIQUE
    6       55   ROBOTICA
    7       49   TRAITEMENT
    8       49   TRATAMIENTO

P =  next page      Pn = Jump to page n
P- = previous page  M =  More Options     Exit = Leave RANK
To view records from RANK, enter VIEW followed by RANK number,
format, and item(s) to display, e.g., VIEW 2/9/ALL.
Enter desired option(s) or enter RANK number(s) to save terms.
?.exit

RANK results will be erased; have you saved all the terms 
of interest?
(YES/NO)
?y

6. EXECUTE the temporary SearchSave created by Dialog in the RANK command.

7. SELECT from the newly created sets. In this case we want records to contain both “robotics” AND “cardiovascular disease” as descriptor terms.

Temp SearchSave "TD627" stored
Creating temporary SearchSave ... TD627
Enter EXS to execute the SearchSave
?exs

Executing TD627
      S3   23031  "ROBOTICS"/DE
      S4  516458  "CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE"/DE
      S5  539418  S3:S4

?s s3 and s4

           23031  S3
          516458  S4
      S6      71  S3 AND S4

8. DISPLAY SETS (DS) to review your search history.

9. To ensure including “heart” words along with the indexed terms robotics and cardiovascular disease, OR the keyword set with the descriptors set.

10. Use database LIMIT options to restrict retrieval to original documents in English and a publication year range. The colon ORs the years in the range. This is an optional step.

?ds

Set     Items   Description

S1        952   ROBOT?/ED,ET AND SURGER?/ED,ET
S2         89   S1 AND (CARDI? OR HEART? OR AORT? OR VENTRIC? 
                OR CORONARY)-/ED,ET
S3      23031   "ROBOTICS"/DE
S4     516458   "CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE"/DE
S5     539418   S4:S5
S6         71   S3 AND S4

?s s2 or s6
              89  S2
              71  S6
      S7     135  S2 OR S6

?s s7/eng,2006:2008
             125  S7/ENG
         1121797  PY=2006 : PY=2008
      S8      42  S7/ENG,2006:2008

11. TYPE a few records in Format 8 to browse titles and descriptors and check for relevancy.

To select the appropriate record number, look at the range of records in the TYPE command (e.g., 8/8/2).

Notice that in addition to English Descriptors PASCAL indexes Broad Descriptors (/BT). Cardiovascular disease is a Broad Descriptor term. That is why it is important to combine keywords with indexed terminology in PASCAL.

Note: Some records are omitted from this display.

?t s8/8/1-3

8/8/1
DIALOG(R)File 144: Pascal
(c) 2008 INIST/CNRS. All rights reserved.

  18724883   PASCAL No.: 08-0322006

  Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Using a Robotic Catheter 
Remote Control System : Initial Human Experience and Long-Term 
Follow-Up Results.

Commentary
  2008

English Descriptors: Atrial fibrillation; Ablation; Robotics; 
  Catheter; Control system; Human; Prognosis; Long term; Follow up 
  study; Circulatory system; Cardiology
Broad Descriptors: Cardiovascular disease; Heart disease; 
  Excitability disorder; Arrhythmia; Pathologie de l'appareil 
  circulatoire; Cardiopathie; Trouble de l'excitabilite; Trouble du 
  rythme cardiaque; Aparato circulatorio patologia; Cardiopatia; 
  Trastorno excitabilidad; Arritmia
French Descriptors: Fibrillation auriculaire; Ablation; Robotique; 
  Catheter; Systeme commande; Homme; Pronostic; Long terme; Etude 
  longitudinale; Appareil circulatoire; Cardiologie

Classification Codes: 002B12A02
 Copyright (c) 2008 INIST-CNRS. All rights reserved.

8/8/2
DIALOG(R)File 144: Pascal
(c) 2008 INIST/CNRS. All rights reserved.

  18709777   PASCAL No.: 08-0305556

  Effects of visual force feedback on robot-assisted surgical task
performance
  2008

English Descriptors: Force; Feedback; Robot; Surgery; Performance
  evaluation; Performance; Anesthesia; Circulatory system; 
  Cardiology;Treatment
French Descriptors: Force; Boucle reaction; Robot; Chirurgie; 
  Evaluation performance; Performance; Anesthesie; Appareil 
  circulatoire; Cardiologie; Traitement

Classification Codes: 002B11; 002B12; 002B27
 Copyright (c) 2008 INIST-CNRS. All rights reserved.
. . . .

12. TYPE desired records in Format 7, which displays the bibliographic citation and the abstract.

Notice the Dialog eLink link displayed at the top of the first record. Searchers who have taken advantage of Dialog’s free eLinks service and have had their accounts enabled for eLinks can click on the publisher link and go directly to their electronic journal subscriptions.

Users with eLinks save lots of time by starting off with a precision Dialog search to get to the relevant fulltext documents they need on biotechnology topics.

Note: Part of the record is omitted from this display.

?t s8/7/1

 8/7/1
   Fulltext available through:   HighWire Press
Pascal
(c) 2008 INIST/CNRS. All rights reserved.

  18724883   PASCAL No.: 08-0322006

  Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Using a Robotic Catheter Remote Control System : Initial Human Experience and Long-Term Follow-Up Results.
Commentary

  SALIBA Walid; REDDY Vivek Y; WAZNI Oussama; CUMMINGS Jennifer E; BURKHARDT J David; HAISSAGUERRE Michel; KAUTZNER Josef; PEICHL Petr; NEUZIL Petr; SCHIBGILLA Volker; NOELKER Georg; BRACHMANN Johannes; DI BIASE Luigi; BARRETT Conor; JAIS Pierre; NATALE Andrea; CALLANS David J comment

  Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing, Department of
Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, United States; Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Hopital Cardiologique du Haut-Leveque and the Universite Victor Segalen Bordeaux II, Bordeaux, France; Department of Cardiology IKEM-Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic; Cardiology Department, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Cardiology, Klinikum Coburg II, Medizinische Klinik, Coburg, Germany; Department of Cardiology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy; Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas, United States; Division of Cardiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States; Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Journal: Journal of the American College of Cardiology,  2008, 51 (25) 2407-2413. . . .