Clinical Key - Searching and Saving

Browsing

Clinical Key is organized into sections including journals, books, practice guidelines, patient education, drugs, CMEs, and multimedia which you can browse through.

The tabs can be found on the top left of the Clinical Key page and can be clicked on to browse for further information. Select the type of content you want to browse and the browse screen for the content type opens e.g. Journals.

• The left panel displays a search box, alphabet filters, and a list of specialties and the number of journals available in each. Typing into the search box or clicking on an alphabet from A-Z narrows down the list of journals. Clicking on the Show more link displays additional specialties.
• The centre panel displays a complete list of journals in Clinical Key, in alphabetical order by name.

Searching

As you start typing into the Clinical Key Search Bar, you will find that the AutoSuggest feature automatically displays a list of relevant search terms. You can continue typing to refine the list or simply click on the best match from the list.

This displays the Search Results page which has three panels. Results are sorted by relevance automatically.

• The left pane enables you to filter your results by Content Type, Specialty, Study Type and Date.

• The centre panel allows you to view search results in order of clinical relevance. You can also select items to print or share via email.
• The right panel has tabs you can use to display additional information for the selected result. Click on the chevron arrowof the selected result to preview its content in the right panel.

If a result displays a PDF icon, you can click on the icon to download the content directly as a PDF document.
Click on the plus sign next to the Saved Searches button at the top of the page to store frequently used search terms for quick access later. You can click on the Saved Searches button to view and manage your saved searches.

Reading and Saving Search Results

Click on a title to open it on the Content Reader and view the full content. The Content Reader also has three panels.

• The left panel displays Outlines or Table of Contents for easy navigation.
• The centre panel displays the full-text content of which sections can be selected from the left panel.
• The right panel includes additional information such as the author(s), references etc.

At the top of the centre panel, there are icons available to help you manage the content.

• Printer - this allows you to print the content.
• Envelope - this allows you to send the content in an email (Recipient must have Clinical Key to view full content).
• PDF - this allows you to download the content as PDF document after which you can save it.
• RSS - this feature is only displayed when you are on an individual journal's landing page or when viewing a journal article. It enables you to view and subscribe to an RSS feed containing all of the journal articles within the most recently published issue of that particular journal plus links to each corresponding article's URL on clinicalkey.com. 

Reading List 

You can use the Clinical Key Reading List to save articles and other content then access them at a later time.

• From the centre panel of the Search Results page, you can check boxes next to articles you want to save to your Reading List.
• Click the + (plus sign) on the right of the Reading List button to add them (a pop-up message will indicate that you added an item to the Reading List).

For a single title, you can drag the chevron arrow to the Reading List button to add it. You can also add an article you are studying in the Content Reader to your Reading List by clicking the + (plus sign) on the right of the Reading List button.

To view or edit your Reading List, click on the Reading List button. Here you can select items from your Reading List to remove, print or share via email.

Presentation Maker

You can use the Presentation Maker to collect and save images to share or present by exporting to PowerPoint.

• From the centre panel of the Search Results page, you can check boxes next to images you want to add to your Presentation Maker.
• Click the + (plus sign) on the right of the Presentation button on the upper right corner of the right panel (a pop-up message will indicate that you added an item to the Presentation Maker).

You can also drag and drop any image from the centre panel of the Search Results page to the Presentation button to add it to your Presentation Maker.
To add images from a book or article you've opened, click on the image and a new window pops up which includes the image, description and citation. Click on the Add to Presentation button at the bottom right of the window to add the image to your Presentation Maker.

Click on the Presentation button to view or edit your Presentation Maker. To export images, click the Export to PowerPoint button at the top left of the Presentation Maker window.

Go to the Clinical Key - a guide Blog for help with troubleshooting and logging in to Clinical Key.