The USE application allows Medical Director users to rapidly navigate and search across the Medical Library and Knowledge Resources available through hcn.com.au:

• Harrisons
• Cochrane Library
• MEDLINE (PubMed)
• Patient Information
• Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDRO)
• BMJ, MJA, Annals of Internal Medicine, and over 50 other Full Text Journals

What is USE?

The Unified Search Environment USE), developed by Health Communication Network, logically organises and searches a variety of content groups in an efficient and integrated manner. USE provides a global overview through a searching system and a browsing system.

The searching system presents a clinician with an easy-to-use search interface supporting simple keyword and more complex queries (eg. Boolean searches). The browsing system presents a hierarchy of topics allowing users to navigate, to a desired topic or to locate related subjects to a given topic. A Go Direct drop down list is also available to provide direct access to individual Knowledge Resources. Once users are in an individual resource, they can continue navigating and searching within the resource, or return to the USE.

For more information refer to the USE Help Guide.

Searching with USE

1. Enter your search terms:
    Join two or more terms using AND or OR
    Use exact phrase match by typing a word sequence separated by a space

2. Select a content group in USE from:
    Overview
    Drugs/Guidelines
    Textbooks
    EBM
    Citations/E-journals

The USE shows results of your search in groups of 10 at a time. All the databases, eg Medline provide a link to all the search results from that database.