1. Make a list of keywords related to your topic. Are there broader or narrower terms?
2. Create a search strategy using the Boolean operators, AND; OR. For example, venous thrombosis OR DVT OR deep vein thrombosis
3. To search for case reports in Fusion, this strategy works well: "case study" OR "case studies" OR "case report" OR "case reports". In PubMed, you can easily limit a search to "Case Report".
4. Remember to use the appropriate limits (e.g. peer-reviewed, date range, English language, study type, etc.) in the databases. The limits may be somewhat different, depending on what database(s) you search.
Sonography journals and other relevant medical journals are indexed in several databases. The following list shows the differences between journal coverage in PubMed and Web of Science. Note: The list doesn't include all sonography journals -- just a few to illustrate the difference. In the examples that are listed, you will see the differences between PubMed and Web of Science. After you graduate, you will still be able to access PubMed since it is a free database. Web of Science is a subscription database, so you will not have access to it after you graduate.
Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Journal of Vascular Surgery
Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Sonography (published by Wiley; started in 2014; Australasian Sonographers Association)