Veterinary & Animal Medicine

To refine the procedure by reducing pain

YOUR TOPIC/SPECIES/OBJECTIVE/PROCEDURE

AND

(("Models, Animal"[Mesh] OR "Animal Experimentation"[Mesh])

AND

("Anesthesia and Analgesia"[Mesh] OR "Animal Welfare"[Mesh] OR “Euthanasia, Animal"[Mesh] OR "pain recognition"[tiab] OR "pain assessment"[tiab] OR "pain control"[tiab] OR "pain relief"[tiab] OR anxiolytic*[tiab] OR analges*[tiab] OR anaesth*[tiab] OR anesth*[tiab] OR tranquili*[tiab] OR sedat*[tiab])

To identify other animal models

YOUR TOPIC/OBJECTIVE/PROCEDURE **don't include your species in this search**

AND

("Animal Testing Alternatives"[Mesh] OR "Animal Use Alternatives"[Mesh] OR "Animal Welfare"[Mesh] OR (replac*[tiab] AND alternative*[tiab])

To identify non-animal models

YOUR TOPIC/OBJECTIVE **don't include your species in this search**

AND

(("Models, Theoretical"[Mesh] OR "Computer Simulation"[Mesh] OR "Cadaver"[Mesh] OR "Culture Techniques"[Mesh] OR "Cells, Cultured"[Mesh] OR "In Vitro Techniques"[Mesh] OR "Tissue Culture Techniques"[Mesh] OR simulat*[tiab])

NOTE

The "*" in a PubMed search is known as a wildcard. Including an * after the beginning of a word will return all words, regardless of length, that begin with those letters. For example, "anesth*" will return the words anesthesia, anesthesiologist, anesthetize, anesthetized, etc.

To refine the procedure by reducing pain

YOUR TOPIC/OBJECTIVE/PROCEDURE

AND

YOUR SPECIES

AND

("animal welfare” OR euthan* OR “pain recognition” OR “pain assessment” OR “pain control” OR “pain relief” OR anxiolytic* OR analges* OR anesth* OR anaesth* OR tranquili* OR sedat*)  

To identify other animal models

YOUR TOPIC/OBJECTIVE/PROCEDURE **don't include your species in this search**

AND

(animal* PRE/3 (alternative OR alternatives)) OR "animal welfare" OR (replac* AND alternative*)

To identify non-animal models

YOUR TOPIC/OBJECTIVE/PROCEDURE **don't include your species in this search**

AND

(computer PRE/2 (simulation* OR model*) OR "in silico" OR cadaver* OR "cell culture*" OR "in vitro" OR "tissue culture*" or "culture technique*" or "cultured cell*")

NOTE

The "*" in a Scopus search is known as a wildcard. Including an * after the beginning of a word will return all words, regardless of length, that begin with those letters. For example, "anesth*" will return the words anesthesia, anesthesiologist, anesthetize, anesthetized, etc.

PRE/n is a proximity operator in Scopus. This searches for a specific word order, with up to n words in between. 

Tips for n Values from Scopus

• To find terms in the same sentence, use 15.
• To find terms in the same paragraph, use 50
• To find adjacent terms, use 0. For example, "computer PRE/0 simulation" returns the same Scopus results as "computer simulation".