The bibliography includes keywords which are specially chosen to aid drug discrimination researchers in locating references that are of interest. These keywords make various distinctions possible. Below is a table of qualifiers for drug names and how they are to be used.
Searching for a drug name without a qualifier may produce incomplete results!
QUALIFIER
EXAMPLE
MEANING
"training"
"cocaine training"
cocaine was used as a training stimulus
"cross-test"
"cocaine cross-test"
cocaine was tested for generalization to a drug other than the training stimulus
"pretreatment"
"naltrexone pretreatment"
naltrexone was tested for its ability to alter the discriminative response to another or even the same substance
Please note that "cocaine cross-test" also matches "norcocaine cross-test".
The keywords enable studies using particular species (e.g., "pigs") or drug classes (e.g., "benzodiazepines training") to be identified. Keywords indicating studies using particular methods or types of articles (e.g., "Drug versus drug training" or "Theoretical or review paper") are also included. Finally, "abstract", "book", "bibliography" and "commentary" keywords identify these types of publications.
BOOLEAN SEARCHING
When entering search terms yourself, separate the terms with a space and click on the appropriate ("AND", "OR") radio button. To find, for example, all of the references where the training drug was COCAINE and included a cross-test of SKF 38393, fill in the KEYWORDS FIELD like this:
FIELD
OPERATOR
SEARCH TERM(S)
Keywords:
"Cocaine Training" "SKF 38393 Cross-Test"
Note that the "OR" and "AND" buttons dictate how search terms will be combined within as well as across fields.
When using our list browser, hold down the command key (MAC) or control key (PC) and click the different terms.
To search for a FIRST AUTHOR, preceed the name with two equal signs "==" and follow with an "*".
(e.g., to find articles with Dave Wessinger as the first author, enter [=="Wessinger, W.D."*] (without the brackets).
We are very interested in receiving feedback on your experiences with this searching interface.
Please send your comments to:Jonathan Kamien (jkamien@BioPsych.com)
