LS250 - PubMed: Understanding the Basics

Description:

Use PubMed to find articles on your research topic in biomedical and scientific journals. PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine and preclinical sciences, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine and the health care system. It includes journal article citations and abstracts from MEDLINE and other sources. Many of the citations lead to full-text articles available online through NIH Library subscription agreements.

Objectives:

Students will learn to:

• Learn to search by text words, author and journal
• Apply language, age and publication type limits
• Identify search terms using the Medical Subject Headings, MeSH, for precise retrieval

Benefits:

• Pinpoint retrieval with extensive limits and MeSH terms
• Access full-text articles online
• Use document delivery to order articles not available online
• Save complicated search strategies to run again later

Reasonable Accommodations

Individuals who need reasonable accommodation to participate in CIT Training courses should let CIT Training know at least 5 days prior to the class. For interpreting services, please request them from the ORS Interpreting Services by completing the form at Interpreting Services Form or calling (301) 402-8180 or TTY (301) 435-1908 at least 5 days before the start of the class.

Who should attend:

NIH staff interested in a basic introduction to PubMed. If you would like individualized or advanced training, please use the Request a Tutorial form (http://nihlibrary.nih.gov/RequestTutorial.htm) to schedule a personal or group tutorial.

Instructor(s):

NIH Library Staff

Time Required:

2 Hours

Sections Available: