Exercise

1. Select a topic to research. Use what you learned about searching organization websites to perform a search on the Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse website or the Canadian Health Network website.

2. Use what you learned about search engines and try your search on 3 different search engines, including one meta-search engine, one Canadian search engine, and Vivisimo where you can narrow a broad topic down. Compare your results.

3. Use the PubMed website: (Use PubMed's tutorial.)
a. Find references about shingles and facial paralysis. Display the records in the format that shows the abstract and the MeSH headings. How does PubMed map the term "shingles"?
b. Find references about hypertension and a nosebleed. How does PubMed map the term "nosebleed"? Display all of the retrieved records on one Web page.
c. Find references about injuries from backpacks or backpacking. Save this search strategy so the search can be run again at a later date.
d. Find references about genetically modified food. Display the retrieved records in the format where you display the abstract but not the MeSH headings.