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MBS Online - Search the MBS - Hint Sheet
Search using ...
- Item Number
- Item Number Range
- Wildcard (*)
- Conjunctions (and or +)
Item Number Search
For example searching for individual MBS item number – 23
- Enter 23 in the ‘Search box’.
- Select the ‘Search on Item Numbers only’ radio button.
- Press [Search >].
Item Number Range Search
For example searching for item numbers – 3, 23, 75009 to 75021(inclusive)
As for ‘Item Number Search’, substituting the item ranges (separated by commas) for the item number.
- Enter 3, 23, 75009-75021 in the ‘Search box’.
- Select the ‘Search on Item Numbers only’ radio button.
- Press [Search >].
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Wildcard (*)
The ‘*’ wildcard can be used as a replacement for a group of letters within a search word. For example searching for – Oesoph*
- Enter oesoph* in the ‘Search box’ (do not use quotes).
- Select the ‘Search all’ radio button.
- Press [Search >].
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Conjunctions (and / or / +)
A search for phrases containing words separated by the conjunction and will return references where all the specified words are present. For example searching for – Ultrasound associated with vascular.
- Enter Ultrasound and vascular in the ‘Search box’ (do not use quotes).
- Select the ‘Search all’ radio button.
- Press [Search >].
Please note: The search system assumes that a space between words substitutes for and. Therefore, in this example, the search entry – Ultrasound vascular, would return the same result as – Ultrasound and vascular, as would the entry - Ultrasound + vascular.
A search for phrases containing words separated by the conjunction or, will return references where either of the specified words are present. For example search for instances where – Ultrasound or vascular are present.
- Enter Ultrasound or vascular in the ‘Search box’ (do not use quotes).
- Select the ‘Search all’ radio button.
- Press [Search >].
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