Tutorial 1: Browsing

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.

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Tutorial 2: Search

A medical student is trying to understand the role of the t-cell receptor during a viral infection.

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 receptor”, then click on the Search button. The results show a list of books that have the term, along with several figures.

The books are displayed in order of relevance. By clicking on Display Settings, you can change how the books are sorted, and the number of results you see on one page.

Click on Top results for one of the books to find out information about the t-cell receptor.

Tutorial 3: Inside a book

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.

This tutorial will show you how to read our books. Clicking on Browse Titles will show you all the books, but for this example, click on the featured title, GeneReviews.

To find hemochromatosis, click on H, and find HFE-Associated Hereditary Hemochromatosis.

Here is a summary. To skip to another part of the review, Click on Go to, and then Genetic Counseling.

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 on the right side of the page.

Tutorial 4: Using facets

A user needs to narrow results while seeking information on hemoglobin.

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Tutorial 5: Advanced search

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

This tutorial will show you the Bookshelf Advanced search that lets you refine your search term. Click on Advanced, enter “tamoxifen” and click on Add to history. Note there are 1052 results.

Now enter “BRCA” and click on Add to history again. Note there are 303 results.

To combine the two searches, enter “#1 AND #2”. Click on add to history, and then click on the 58 results found.

Alternatively, you can use the search builder. Enter “tamoxifen”, make sure AND is selected from the drop-down list, then on the next row enter “BRCA”. Clicking on Add to history shows the same 58 results again.