A student is just beginning his course in genetics, and his teacher has recommended Bookshelf as a good source of information. The student explores which books are relevant to his studies.

Tutorial 1: Browsing

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This tutorial will show you how to browse through our titles on genetics. Click on Browse Titles. In the filter box, enter "genetics", select "title", and click on Go. There are 3 books with the term "genetics" in their title. To filter by subject rather than book title, click on Reset to clear the filter box and in the subject column click on "More" to see more subjects. Check the box next to "Genetics" and Apply. Scroll down to see the list of 18 books about genetics.

A medical student is trying to understand the T-cell immune deficiency in a patient who has a viral infection.

Tutorial 2: Search

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This tutorial will show you how to do a simple search through Bookshelf. In the search box, enter the term you want to find out more about, in this example, "T-cell immunity" and click on the Search button. The results show a list of books that have the term. Books are ordered by the number of items containing the term. An item refers to a unit of the book, such as a chapter, section, or figure. However, each book is written for a different audience. Click on the results from the book that is relevant to you. Within each book, results are displayed in order of relevance to your search term. Alternatively, you can use the Display Settings panel to switch to View by Relevance. The search results will display the most relevant item to your search at the top. Clicking on a search result will show you information about T-cell immunity.

A genetics counselor is seeking information on hemochromatosis. He visits GeneReviews to learn about how the disease is inherited, and the risk to family members.

Tutorial 3: Inside a book

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This tutorial will show you how to read our books. For the full list, click on See All Titles. In this example, click on the featured title, GeneReviews. To find hemochromatosis, scroll down, click on H, and find HFE-Associated Hereditary Hemochromatosis. Read the summary. Click on Go to, then Genetic Counseling to skip to that part of the review. To read original papers and reviews, click on a citation and then its PubMed link. You can also see related PubMed citations for this article in the top right corner of the page.

A patient has opted to have an amniocentesis. She looks on Bookshelf to find a definition for the procedure.

Tutorial 4: Using limits

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This tutorial will show you the Bookshelf Limits feature, in this example, limiting search results to those found in glossaries. To start, click on Limits. In the search box, enter the term you want defined, in this example, amniocentesis. Check the box for Glossaries and click on the Search button. There are definitions in four books. The first book, Genetics for Surgeons, has three definitions that mention amniocentesis. Click on the first definition and scroll down the page to find the amniocentesis entry. Here is a definition.

A doctor is researching breast cancer. She wants to know about the BRCA gene and the drug tamoxifen.

Tutorial 5: Advanced Search

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This tutorial will show you the Books Advanced Search Builder which lets you refine your search term. Click on Advanced, enter "tamoxifen", and click on Add to history. Note there are 1101 results. Now enter "BRCA" and click on Add to history again. Note there are 214 results. To combine the two searches, type in "#1 AND #2". Click on Add to history, and click on the 34 Items found to see the search results.

Alternatively, you can use the search builder to combine the steps above. Enter "tamoxifen", make sure AND is selected from the drop-down list, then enter "BRCA". Clicking the Add to history button shows the same 34 results.