PubMed for the Rest of Us: Searching the Medical Literature for the Non-Expert

Course Description

This class covers basic searching; easy techniques for developing complex search strategies; PubMed's special features, such as Limits and the Clipboard; the Journals Database; the Single Citation Matcher; and MyNCBI. It also covers how to obtain full-text copies of articles. (3 MLA CE)

Objectives

Learn how to search MEDLINE using PubMed. This includes:

Basic Searching
Using Limits and field searching
The Single Citation Matcher and the Journals Database
How to order full-text copies of the article
Save and store searches using MyNCBI

Course Materials

Continuing Education

Upon successful completion of this class, each participant will receive 3 hours of continuing education credit awarded by the Medical Library Association (MLA). This course is on the list of approved courses for the MLA Consumer Health Specialization Program (http://www.mlanet.org/education/chc/index.html).

Midcontinental Region

Dana Abbey, Health Information Literacy Coordinator/Colorado, dana.abbey@ucdenver.edu, 303-724-2110

Barbara Jones, Network Membership and Missouri Liaison, jonesbarb@health.missouri.edu, 573-884-5042

Marty Magee, Nebraska and Education Liaison, mmagee@unmc.edu, 402-559-7076

Middle Atlantic Region

Kate Flewelling, Outreach Coordinator, flewkate@pitt.edu, 412-624-3336

New England Region

Michelle Eberle, Consumer Health Information Coordinator, Michelle.Eberle@umassmed.edu, 508-856-2435

Pacific Northwest Region

Gail Kouame, Consumer Health Outreach Coordinator, gmarie@u.washington.edu, 206-221-3449

Pacific Southwest Region

Kay Deeney, Educational Services Coordinator, kdeeney@library.ucla.edu, 310-206-0525

Kelli Ham, Consumer Health and Technology Coordinator, kkham@library.ucla.edu, 310-825-1984

South Central Region

Ruicha Mishra, Health Professions Coordinator, ruicha.mishra@exch.library.tmc.edu, 713-799-7182

Karen Vargas, Consumer Health Coordinator, karen.vargas@exch.library.tmc.edu, 713-799-7198

Southeastern Atlantic Region

Terri Ottosen, Consumer Health Coordinator, tottosen@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-2855

Sheila Snow-Croft, Outreach Education Coordinator, ssnowcro@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-2855

Author

Jo-Ann Benedetti MA, MLS, AHIP, Manager of Information and Outreach Services at the Upper Hudson Library System in Albany, NY.