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:

1. The Basics: Simple Searching and Viewing Results
2. Setting Limits
3. Combining Searches Using History
4. Viewing Full-Text Documents
5. Saving, Emailing, and Printing Items 
6. MyNCBI: Saving Searches
7. Using MeSH Subject Headings
8. EBM/Clinical Queries
9. The Single Citation Matcher
10. Getting More Help

Special thanks to the Health Science Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, for granting permission to use their idea and adapt their content for this resource.

For more information about PubMed, email nihlibrary@nih.gov or call Reference & Information Services at 301-496-1080.

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