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:

PubMed Basics

• PubMed Tutorial (NLM)
• Ovid MEDLINE and PubMed Compared
• How to Find an Article

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.)

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