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PubMed

PubMed. An introduction. Purpose of Class. Understand what PubMed is Know when to use it Know how to conduct a basic search Understand how to use MeSH terms Know how to find full text of an article. What Is PubMed???. PubMed Is……. A freely available database

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  1. PubMed An introduction

  2. Purpose of Class • Understand what PubMed is • Know when to use it • Know how to conduct a basic search • Understand how to use MeSH terms • Know how to find full text of an article

  3. What Is PubMed???

  4. PubMed Is……. • A freely available database • Created by the National Library of Medicine • Citations to scholarly literature • Covers fields of biomedicine and health • Big! Contains over 21 million citations, many with abstracts

  5. PubMed Is…. • Includes all of the content from MEDLINE • Also includes citations to articles not yet in MEDLINE (very old, or very new articles not yet indexed) • Includes selected articles in fields not covered by MEDLINE such as astrophysics • Coverage from 1946-Present

  6. Why Should I Use PubMed???

  7. Why Should I Use PubMed??? • High quality information; much of content peer-reviewed • Up-to-date; content added almost daily • Hot-off-the-press citations to articles not yet published or indexed in MEDLINE • Learn how to use now--most nurses in clinical settings do not have access to subscription databases like CINAHL (Dee & Stanley, 2005)

  8. How Do I Get There???

  9. Accessing PubMed….. • Always(!) access through Carroll College library webpage • Access through Carroll College provides customized version • Customized version contains links to additional full-text access for Carroll College users • On campus or off campus access

  10. On Campus Access

  11. On Campus Access

  12. Off Campus Access

  13. How Do I Find Stuff????

  14. Basic Search

  15. Basic Search

  16. Basic Search

  17. Basic Search

  18. Basic Search

  19. Basic Search

  20. Basic Search Rheumatoid Arthritis Sinus Infections Rheumatoid Arthritis Sinus Infection

  21. Basic Search How do I know what terms to use?????

  22. MeSH • Medical Subject Headings • Subject terms assigned to articles by PubMed indexers, specialists who read article • Highly specific—over 26,000 terms • Excellent way to search PubMed • But…MeSH only works for citations that have been indexed, so you will miss some citations searching with MeSH

  23. MeSH

  24. MeSH

  25. MeSH

  26. MeSH

  27. Beyond Basic Search What if I get 114,629 results?

  28. Beyond Basic Search

  29. Advanced Search

  30. Filters

  31. Filters

  32. A Few Extra Search Tricks

  33. Boolean Searching • Based on mathematical logic • Uses the words AND, OR, and NOT to connect search terms • These words (Boolean operators) can either limit or expand your search

  34. Boolean Searching Using AND

  35. Boolean Searching Using OR

  36. Boolean Searching Using NOT

  37. Truncation • Shortcut for finding all forms of a word • PubMed uses the asterisk character (*) for truncation • Nurs* would find nurse, nurses, nursing….. • Expands search • Be careful! Truncation turns off automatic term mapping in simple search—check search details!

  38. Proximity Searching • Searches for words adjacent to each other • PubMed only allows for exact phrase searching—words next to each other in exact order • Use quotation marks to enclose search phrase—”Endonasal activity in WG is associated with”

  39. Additional Search Strategies

  40. Additional Search Strategies

  41. Citation Matcher

  42. Managing Results I did a great search—now what???

  43. Managing Results

  44. Finding Full Text of an Article

  45. Finding Full Text of an Article

  46. Finding Full Text of an Article

  47. Finding Full Text of an Article

  48. InterLibrary Loan • If we don’t have full text, we can get it from another library • InterLibrary Loan (ILL) form is available on library homepage • Fill in information using PubMed record • Delivery time for articles is often less than a week (but not always—plan wisely!)

  49. Managing Citations

  50. Managing Citations • Clipboard holds information for 8 hours • Clipboard best for short sessions • My NCBI provides permanent storage of citations • My NCBI has many other helpful personalization features • My NCBI very useful if use PubMed regularly or for big projects

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