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Be PubMed proficient. Take the PubMed Tutorial.
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- Understanding the Vocabulary
- Building the Search
- Managing the Results
- Saving the Search
- Getting the Articles
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
PubMed's MeSH Database
Managing Results
Links to Full Text (My NCBI)Your library may use LinkOut Filters or Outside Tool to link from PubMed to full text articles. Ask your librarian.
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Saving Searches (My NCBI)
Collections and Bibliographies (My NCBI)
Preferences and Filters (My NCBI)
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PubMed Update (25 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2012)
- Search Clinic: Chemicals & Drugs in PubMed (August 2007)
The Basics of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) in MEDLINE®/PubMed® (Instructional Web site)
Branching Out: The MeSH® Vocabulary (Instructional Video)
For additional instruction on using PubMed, see the following resources:
- PubMed Basics (tri-fold handout in PDF)
- Searching PubMed with MeSH (tri-fold handout in PDF)
- My NCBI (tri-fold handout in PDF)
- Full Text and PubMed (tri-fold handout in PDF format)
- Loansome Doc (tri-fold handout in PDF format)
- U.S. National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Non-English Guides to PubMed
These handouts are a U.S. National Network of Libraries of Medicine(NN/LM) resource. - PubMed Training Manual available on the Training Manuals and Resources page.
- PubMed Help
For additional instruction for libraries on using LinkOut, see LinkOut for Libraries Training and Educational Resources.
- Quick Tours require the Adobe Flash™ Player. They were created using Qarbon Viewlet Builder™.
PDF documents require the use of the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader, which can be downloaded from Adobe's Web site at no charge.