Have you ever wondered how to selectively remove answers from your L-number answer set?
By combining STN's browsing, tagging, and sorting options, you can create a new L-number that contains only answers of interest. Simply follow these steps:
- Review the answer set by using DISPLAY BROWSE.
- "TAG" the answers you wish to retain.
- Exit DISPLAY BROWSE.
- Use SORT TAG to create a new answer set that includes only the "tagged" answers.
- DISPLAY or SAVE the new answer set.
Since this process requires you to review each record individually, it is not practical for large answer sets. However, once you have used other refining methods to narrow your answers to a viable number, you can easily use this process to selectively tag and keep only answers of interest.
1. Review the answer set by using DISPLAY BROWSE.
Set the titles of the records as the default display by entering *TI at the colon prompt (:).
L3 169 MITRAL VALVE REPAIR? AND 2008/PY
=> D BRO
:*TI
2. "TAG" the answers you wish to retain.
Enter the number for the record you wish to display. As you review the titles, enter TAG for those you wish to keep in the new answer set. Continue to display and tag the titles of interest.
:1
L3 ANSWER 1 OF 169 EMBASE COPYRIGHT (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All
rights reserved on STN
TI Surgical treatment for heart failure in ischemic cardiomyopathy.
:TAG
ANSWER 1 TAGGED
:2
L3 ANSWER 2 OF 169 EMBASE COPYRIGHT (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All
rights reserved on STN
TI Concealed Neo-Aortic Incompetence and New Right Ventricular Outflow
Tract Obstruction After Arterial Switch Operation in a Late Presenter.
:3
L3 ANSWER 3 OF 169 EMBASE COPYRIGHT (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All
rights reserved on STN
TI Early and long-term outcome of mitral valve repair with a cosgrove
band combined with coronary revascularization in patients with
ischemic cardiomyopathy and moderate-severe mitral regurgitation.
:TAG
ANSWER 3 TAGGED
...
:167
L3 ANSWER 167 OF 169 EMBASE COPYRIGHT (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All
rights reserved on STN
TI Reply to the Editor.
:168
L3 ANSWER 168 OF 169 EMBASE COPYRIGHT (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All
rights reserved on STN
TI Ensuring proper leaflet apposition during mitral valve repair.
:TAG
ANSWER 168 TAGGED
:169
L3 ANSWER 169 OF 169 EMBASE COPYRIGHT (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All
rights reserved on STN
TI Biventricular repair in children with complete atrioventricular
septal defect and a small left ventricle.
For quicker review of an answer set, you can display and tag multiple records at once. For example:
=> D BRO
:*TI
:1-169
...
:TAG 1, 3, 168
3. Exit DISPLAY BROWSE.
Once you have tagged all the records that you want to retain, type END.
:END
4. Use SORT TAG to create a new answer set that includes only the "tagged" answers.
For example, use the Entry Date (ED) as the sort field for the new L-number. The default sort direction (ascending) need not be specified. The answer set created by the sorting operation contains only the answers that you tagged.
=> SORT L3 TAG
ENTER SORT FIELDS AND SORT DIRECTION (?):ED
PROCESSING COMPLETED FOR L3
L4 114 SORT L3 TAG ED
5. DISPLAY or SAVE the new answer set.
=> D L4
L4 ANSWER 1 OF 114 EMBASE COPYRIGHT (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All
rights reserved on STN
AN 2008005864 EMBASE
TI Ensuring proper leaflet apposition during mitral valve repair.
AU Lawrie, Gerald M., Dr. (correspondence)
AU Lawrie, Gerald M., Dr. (correspondence)
CS Houston, Tex, United States.
SO Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, (Jan 2008) Vol.
135, No. 1, pp. 228.
Refs: 3
ISSN: 0022-5223 CODEN: JTCSAQ
PUI S 0022-5223(07)01596-6
CY United States
DT Journal; Letter
FS 018 Cardiovascular Diseases and Cardiovascular Surgery
027 Biophysics, Bioengineering and Medical Instrumentation
LA English
ED Entered STN: 23 Jan 2008
Last Updated on STN: 23 Jan 2008
Additional resources
For more information, enter HELP DISPLAY BROWSE or HELP SORT at an arrow prompt (=>).
Updated: 9/24/2008 1:47:18 PM
