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We recommend that you view Module one: Getting Started, before starting your search in Embase.
You can begin your search immediately using the Quick form on the home page or you can access the other specialized search forms in Embase. You can choose any section from the options on the top menu bar: Search, Emtree, Journals, Authors, or Help. You can start to search without logging in but if you would like to set up an email alert or save a search, then you may Login or Register from the upper-right part of the screen.
Note: if you are outside your institution IP range, you will first be directed to the info site before accessing the Embase Home page. For more information on remote access, please see Login section.
Search Forms
Search is at the core of Embase and all search forms are designed to allow you to look for biomedical and pharmaceutical clinical and research information easily and quickly, whether you are a new or experienced searcher. The Embase search engine allows Boolean searching with wildcard and truncation features, as well as many predefined search limits.
Search is divided into five options: Quick, Advanced, Drug, Disease and Article. Quick lets you perform easy yet powerful searches without having to learn a complex search language. It is perfect if you are starting your research and looking for an overview of the literature or good terms to include in your search strategy. Autocomplete will help you to search using the bext terminology. Advanced incorporates options from Emtree term mapping including explosion searching for maximum precision in subject searching (see Emtree) and Drug and Disease provide access to specialized features useful to search these topics, such as 'Adverse Drug Reaction''Drug Combination'. Generally speaking, drug searches are best carried out in the Drug form, diseases in the Disease form and non-drug and disease searches in the Advanced form. Article allows you to pinpoint individual articles.
Please refer to the Search Hints section for detailed information on search syntax and the Embase Quick User Guide for searching guidelines.