PubMed is a very powerful but not always fully intuitive search system. While you are always welcome to attend a class or request a one-on-one tutorial (see the NIH Library Resource Training page), you may want to use Ten Tips for PubMed for self-study or as a reference. The ten tips are:
- The Basics: Simple Searching and Viewing Results
- Setting Limits
- Combining Searches Using History
- Viewing Full-Text Documents
- Saving, Emailing, and Printing Items
- MyNCBI: Saving Searches
- Using MeSH Subject Headings
- EBM/Clinical Queries
- The Single Citation Matcher
- Getting More Help
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For more information about PubMed, email nihlibrary@nih.gov or call Reference & Information Services at 301-496-1080.