Abstract

With a hands-on approach, this class will show attendees how to use the features of PubMed effectively. Attendees will be able to describe the contents of PubMed; formulate basic search strategies; display, print, and save results in various formats; revise and refine searches; and use special features such as Related Articles, Link to journals, Citation Matcher, and Clinical Queries. The instructor will demonstrate online searches and students, at computers connected to the Internet, will be invited to follow along. Time for individual practice will be provided.

Objectives

Participants will be able to:

1. Understand how PubMed constructs a query.
2. Develop and refine search strategies using components of PubMed's Features Bar.
3. Use Links (including LinkOut) to move to internal and external resources.
4. Build controlled vocabulary searches using PubMed's MeSH browser.
5. Use the MyNCBI feature to personalize PubMed and store searches.
6. Use the other tools on PubMed's Sidebar, including the Journals Database, Single Citation Matcher and Clinical Queries.

Course Materials

• PubMed Manual
  Word Version
  PDF Version
  

Continuing Education

This course has been approved for 4 hours of Medical Library Association Continuing Education Units.

Greater Midwest Region

Holly Ann Burt, Outreach and Exhibits Coordinator, haburt@uic.edu, 312-996-2464

Middle Atlantic Region

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

New England Region

Lauri Fennell, Education and Outreach Coordinator, lauri.fennell@umassmed.edu, 508-856-5962

Pacific Northwest Region

Patricia Devine, Network Outreach Coordinator, devine@u.washington.edu, 206-543-8275

Pacific Southwest Region

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

South Central Region

Michelle Malizia, Associate Director, michelle.malizia@exch.library.tmc.edu, 713-799-7880

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

Cheryl Rowan, Public Health Coordinator, cheryl.rowan@exch.library.tmc.edu, 713-799-7107

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

Southeastern Atlantic Region

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

Developer

Sheila Snow-Croft is Outreach/Education Coordinator for the NN/LM Southeastern Atlantic Region.