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OVID Medline

  • Consider using the ED field - https://ospguides.ovid.com/OSPguides/medline.htm#ED
  • There's also the DT field - https://ospguides.ovid.com/OSPguides/medline.htm#DT
  • ED (Entry Date) - YYYYMMDD
  • DT (Create Date) - YYYYMMDD
  • Example
    • limit 7 to ed=20210501-20211214
    • limit 7 to dt=20210501-20211214
    • retrieves records added May 1, 2021 to Dec 14, 2021

EMBASE - Elsevier

  • Entry Date (since date) - DD-MM-YYYY
  • Example
    • #7 AND [06-05-2021]/sd
    • retrieves records added since May 6th 2021

Scopus - Elsevier

  • Load Date or Original Load Date - YYYYMMDD
  • Example
    • #7 AND LOAD-DATE AFT 20210505
    • #7 AND ORIG-LOAD-DATE AFT 20210505
    • I found that Load Date pulled back too many records that were older but had been recently touched
    • Original Load date only pulls records that were originally loaded after a certain date. [Much better results]

CINAHL - EBSCOHost

  • EM = Entry Date - YYYMMDD
  • ZD "in process"
  • Example
    • S6 AND EM 20190101-20230321
    • S6 AND EM 20190101-
    • S6 AND (EM 20190101- OR  ZD "in process")

PsycInfo - ProQuest

  • UD - YYYYMMDD
  • Example
    • UD( 20210501-20211214)
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