The NTCC Educational Clearinghouse Database contains great training resources related to PubMed.
For PubMed information in other languages visit: Non-English Guides to PubMed Resources.

Fact Sheets and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

• Fact Sheet: Errata, Retraction, Duplicate Publication, Comment, Update and Patient Summary Policy for MEDLINE®
  National Library of Medicine
• Fact Sheet: Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®)
  National Library of Medicine
• Fact Sheet: MEDLINE
  National Library of Medicine
• Fact Sheet: MEDLINE Journal Selection
  National Library of Medicine
• Fact Sheet: PubMed: MEDLINE Retrieval on the World Wide Web
  National Library of Medicine
• Fact Sheet: What's the Difference Between MEDLINE and PubMed?
  National Library of Medicine
• FAQ: Journal Selection for MEDLINE Indexing at NLM
  National Library of Medicine
• FAQ: MEDLINE/PubMed and Other Databases
  National Library of Medicine
• FAQ: MEDLINE Citations Prior to 1950
  National Library of Medicine
• OLDMEDLINE Data
  National Library of Medicine
• PubMed FAQs
  National Library of Medicine

Guides, Manuals and Articles

• Articles About PubMed from the Technical Bulletin
  National Library of Medicine
• MEDLINE/PubMed Resources Guide
  National Library of Medicine
• NLM Training Manuals and Resources - PubMed 1-day class
  National Training Center & Clearinghouse
• PubMed Basic Boolean Search Hints
  National Library of Medicine
• PubMed Help - Online Manual
  National Center for Biotechnology Information

Downloadable Brochures and Resource Handouts

• Advanced PubMed Searching Resource Packet (tri-fold brochure, 442 kb, rev: Mar 14, 2008)
  (including MeSH subheading abbreviations, subset codes, publication types and stop words)
  National Network of Libraries of Medicine
• Full Text and PubMed - Save and open in Adobe Reader to customize for your library
  (tri-fold brochure, 89 kb, rev: Jan 22, 2008)
• PubMed Basics (tri-fold brochure, 86 kb, rev: Jun 21, 2007)
  National Network of Libraries of Medicine
• PubMed My NCBI (tri-fold brochure, 206 kb, rev: Apr 8, 2008)
  National Library of Medicine
• PubMed Search Tags & Field Qualifiers Guide (flyer, 57 kb, rev: Apr 11, 2007)
  This guide is intended to be customized with your library's logo and contact information, folded in half, and laminated.
  National Network of Libraries of Medicine
• Searching PubMed with MeSH (tri-fold brochure, 71 kb, rev: Jan 24, 2008)
  National Library of Medicine

Tutorials

• The Basics of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) (2007)
  National Library of Medicine
• Branching Out: The MeSH Vocabulary , 12-minute video (2007)
  National Library of Medicine
• PubMed Online Training (2007) - with links to tutorials, Quick Tours and additional resources
  National Library of Medicine
• Quick Tours are short videos (1-5 minutes) which focus on:
  • Searching PubMed
    titles include: Search for an Author , Searching by Author and Subject , Simple Subject Search , Search for a Journal , and Retrieving Citations from a Journal Issue
  • My NCBI
    titles include: Getting Started with My NCBI , Customizing PubMed's Display of Single Citations , Editing Collections in My NCBI , E-mail Alerts for Articles about Adverse Effects , E-mail Alerts for Articles from Your Favorite Journals , Filters , LinkOut Filters , Library LinkOut Filters , Saving Citations in My NCBI Collections , and Saving Searches
  • PubMed's MeSH® Database
    titles include: Searching with the MeSH Database , Combining MeSH Terms Using the MeSH Database and Applying Subheadings and Other Features of the MeSH Database
  National Library of Medicine

Classes and Courses

• Getting Started with LinkOut (2.0 or 4.0 MLA CE)
  National Network of Libraries of Medicine
• Keeping Up With NLM's PubMed (4.0 MLA CE)
  National Network of Libraries of Medicine
• Making PubMed Work for You (2.5 or 3.5 MLA CE)
  National Network of Libraries of Medicine
• PubMed (7.5 MLA CE)
  National Training Center & Clearinghouse
• PubMed for Experts (2.5 or 3.5 MLA CE)
  National Network of Libraries of Medicine
• Additional courses through the MLA Continuing Education Clearinghouse
  Medical Library Association
• Additional resources through NN/LM Educational Resources including classes
  National Network of Libraries of Medicine

Electronic Updates

• PubMed New and Noteworthy (RRS feed available)
  National Library of Medicine
• NLM Email Lists
  National Library of Medicine
• NLM RSS Feeds and Podcasts
  National Library of Medicine
• NLM Technical Bulletin (bimonthly issues, RRS feed available)
  National Library of Medicine