How to use STAT!Ref Online

Search

The simplest way to search STAT!Ref is to enter the search term into the field at the top of the page and click the Search button.

Results

STAT!Ref will look for your search term in every title and searchable resource you subscribe to and present you with a list of the Results found.

Filters

There are five STAT!Ref filters that display under the heading All STAT!Ref Results. They are; Codes, Drug Information, Patient Information, Point of Care and Titles By Discipline.

Filters are pre-defined groupings of titles that logically fit together.

Whether a filter is visible or not depends upon the titles in your subscription and whether or not the filter is relevant to the search.

Titles by Discipline Filter

The Titles By Discipline filter has a number of sub-filters, which are groupings of titles by their primary discipline.

Titles by Discipline Filter

If you are only interested in drug information click on the Drug Information filter. The Results list will change to reflect only those titles that relate to the selected filter. The titles that are associated with a filter display below it.

If you want drug information from a specific source, such as AHFS DI, click on that title and your Results list will change to reflect only AHFS DI.

To return to the original state of your Results just click the All STAT!Ref Results filter.

Additional Resources

STAT!Ref includes results in other resources, such as MedCalc 3000, the National Guideline Clearinghouse and PubMed.

Results for these resources display under Additional Resources.

Click on the resource you are interested in viewing and STAT!Ref will launch that resource in a separate browser window and execute the search for you.

Additional Resources

If you click on the “MedCalc 3000” link, under Additional Resources, it will launch “MedCalc 3000” in a separate browser window with the term (in this case “diabetes mellitus”) already searched.

Related Concepts

A list of the related concepts for the term searched will display under Related Concepts. Related concepts come from the National Library of Medicine’s UMLS Metathesaurus database.

Click on any one of the listed terms to re-execute your search for that specific term.

Result Tile

Each Result displays in its own tile. They are ranked in their order of relevancy.

An excerpt shows the best matching phrase in the document.

Results Options

To get detailed information about the criteria that were used to perform your search click on the “Search Details” link.

To hide or show Excerpts click on the “Excerpts” link.

Each Result tile displays an excerpt (200 characters) of text surrounding the best match found in the document.

To look up your search term in Stedman’s Dictionary click the “Stedman’s Definition” link.

Stedman’s will launch in a separate browser window.

To view all your Results list click on the “Results Page x” link.

A maximum of 100 documents display in the Results list. They are grouped into ten documents per page.

E-mail/Notes

E-mail your search results to yourself, or someone else, and/or make a note about the result(s) in your Preferences.

Results

To view the document click on the Result you want.

Result Title

The title’s name will appear directly above the document.

STAT!Ref Toolbar

To change the document’s font size click on the “Font” link,

To print a document click the “Print” link.

To print a portion of the document, highlight the text you want to print and click the “Print” link. When the Printer Dialogue Box appears choose the “Selection” option.

E-mail/Notes

E-mail your search results to yourself, or someone else, and/or make a note about the result(s) in your Preferences.

To look up a term in Stedman’s Dictionary highlight the term in the document and click the “Stedman’s Look Up” link.

Stedman’s will launch in a separate browser window.

STAT!Ref Toolbar: Email Link

1. Click on the Email Link icon.

2. Fill in your name, the recipient (you or someone else that has access privileges) and an optional message.

3. Click the Send button.

STAT!Ref Toolbar: STAT!Notes

1. Click on the STAT!Notes icon.

2. Choose New from the pop-up menu.

STAT!Ref Toolbar: STAT!Notes(Log in to Preferences to use this feature)

3. Enter your email address.

4. Enter your password and click the OK button.

STAT!Ref Toolbar: STAT!Notes

5. Position the Note near the section you want it to refer you to.

6. Add an optional message (up to 256 characters)

STAT!Ref Toolbar: STAT!NotesRetrieve your saved STAT!Notes

7. Click on the Note List icon to see a list of your STAT!Notes

8. Click the Search icon to perform the same search and go to the STAT!Note.

9. Remember, STAT!Notes are not permanent and there is a maximum of 100.

Advanced Search

Another way to search STAT!Ref is to use Advanced Search settings.

Click on the “Advanced Search” link to the right of the Search button to view your options.

Advanced Search

Using Advanced Search you can configure your search settings before executing a search.

Advanced Search

To use a Search Set click on the “Search Set” drop-down menu and select your search set.

To select one or more titles check the box next to the title(s) you want to search.

To filter the search by text type, click on what type of textual search you want to hone in on.

To include suffixes, click on the check box.

Advanced Search

Once you’ve selected your Advanced settings enter the search term into the field at the top of the page and click the Search button.

Advanced Search

Your Advanced settings will continue to be used for all future searches until you tell STAT!Ref to reset the default settings or until you log out.

To stop using Advanced settings click on the “Reset search to default settings” link that is highlighted in yellow just above the first Result.

Titles

Another way to retrieve a document is to browse the Titles in your subscription.

Titles

Click on the Titles tab to see a list of all of the titles you subscribe to.

You can browse the TOC by clicking on the triangle to the left of the title. Drill down until you find the section, chapter, image, figure, etc. that you are interested in or click on the document icon to the right of the section, chapter, etc. to go directly to the document.

Titles

If the Table of Contents becomes unwieldy you can click on the “Collapse All” link to return it to its collapsed state.

Resources

Click on the Resources tab to view all of your available resources.

Only the resources that you subscribe to will be appear on this page.

Resources

Click on the Resources you are interested in and it will launch in a separate browser window.

Preferences

To customize your personal view of STAT!Ref and to use Notes feature, you must first create a My STAT!Ref account.

To do this, click on the “Preferences” link at the top of the page.

If you do not have a My STAT!Ref account you can create one by selecting the “No, I want to create My STAT!Ref account” option.

If you already have a My STAT!Ref account you can select the “Yes, I have a password” option and enter in your password.

CAVEAT: You may not have this option available to you. Your STAT!Ref Administrator determines whether to turn it on or off for your subscription.

Preferences

If you selected the “No, I want to create My STAT!Ref account” option on the previous page. You must enter in the following information:

•Your e-mail address•Your first name•Your password twice.

STAT!Ref will not share this information with anyone. This information will only be used to keep track of your preferences.

Preferences

If you want to customize the look and behavior of STAT!Ref, log into your My STAT!Ref account. The following display settings are available:

•Show or hide the Left-hand Table of Contents•Change the width of the Left-hand Table of Contents•Define STAT!Ref’s logoff behavior.

Preferences

If you want to create, delete or edit your own My STAT!Ref Search Set click the “Search Set” menu item.

To create a Search Set click the “Add” button.

Preferences

Give the Search Set a name that is meaningful to you and click the “Add” button.

PreferencesMove the titles you want in your new Search Set by highlighting the title(s) and clicking the arrow button. When finished click the “Back to Search Sets” button.

In order for your My STAT!Ref account preference to take effect you must be logged into your My STAT!Ref account.

Thank You!

If you have any questions or comments, please call:

800-901-5494.