PubMed for Librarians - Introduction to PubMed
Class Details
PubMed for Librarians: Introduction to PubMed® is a live, online session that includes hands-on exercises. Attend this class to learn about the difference between PubMed and MEDLINE, how to run a basic PubMed search, assess your search results, analyze search details, customize PubMed with My NCBI, search for a known citation; plus, brief introductions to MeSH, automatic term mapping, search tags and subheadings.
Prior to the session: Create a My NCBI account, if you don't already have one, so you can follow along.
A recording from a recent session can be viewed on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/7tr2oEUk9k8
Agenda:
The difference between PubMed and MEDLINE
How to run a basic search
Assess search results
Analyze Search Details
Brief introductions to MeSH, Automatic Term Mapping, search tags and subheadings
Search for a known citation using the Citation Sensor and Title Matcher
Customize PubMed with My NCBI
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Aug 29, 2018
2:00PM - 3:30PM ET