An introduction to basic searching of the National Library of Medicine's biomedical database, MEDLINE, using the PubMed interface.
At the completion of this class, the participant will:
- Understand what PubMed is as well as its major subsections (MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE and Publisher Supplied Citations)
- Be familiar with each of the following sections of the PubMed interface: Limits, History, Clipboard, and Details
- Know how to formulate and execute a MEDLINE search
- Be able to sort, print, and save selected citations
- Know the basics of using some of the additional tools that are a part of PubMed (Journal Browser, MeSH Browser, and Single Citation Matcher)
Guides:
Videos:
Searching
- Simple Subject Search (1 min.)
- Searching PubMed by Author and Subject (1 min.)
- Search PubMed for an Author (3 min.)
- Searching PubMed by Author and Subject (1 min.)
- Search for a Journal (3 min.)
- Retrieving Citations from a Journal Issue (1 min.)
Using MeSH
- Searching with the MeSH Database (3 min.)
- Combining MeSH Terms Using the MeSH Database (4 min.)
- Applying Subheadings and Other Features of the MeSH Database (5 min.)
My NCBI
- Saving Searches (4 min.)
- Changing Saved Searches (2 min.)
- Collections (3 min.)
- Editing Collections (3 min.)
- Sharing Collections (2 min.)
- Creating Your NCBI Bibliography (4 min.)
- Filters (3 min.)
- Links to Full Text from Your Library (3 min.)
- Custom Filters (2 min.)
- E-mail Alerts for Articles from Your Favorite Journals (4 min.)