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The PubMed Tutorial is based on the NLM's one-day PubMed training course.

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The following are brief animated tutorials with audio for using PubMed. Running times are rounded to the nearest minute. Click on the link to launch the tour.

Searching PubMed

My NCBI

PubMed's MeSH Database

Search Clinic: PubMed® Update on Automatic Term Mapping, Citation Sensor, and Advanced Search (Recording of Online Instruction, July 2008)

Search Clinic: Chemicals & Drugs in PubMed (Recording of Online Instruction, August 2007)

The Basics of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) (Instructional Web site)

Branching Out: The MeSH® Vocabulary (Instructional Video)

For additional instruction on using PubMed, see the following resources:


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Last reviewed: 18 November 2008
Last updated: 31 March 2009
First published: 04 October 2005
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