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PubMed
AN INTRODUCTION
Purpose of Class
Understand what PubMed is
Know when to use it
Know how to conduct a basic search
Understand how to use MeSH terms
Know how to find full text of an article
What Is PubMed???
PubMed Is…….
A freely available database
Created by the National Library of Medicine
Citations to scholarly literature
Covers fields of biomedicine and health
Big! Contains over 21 million citations, many
with abstracts
PubMed Is….
Includes all of the content from MEDLINE
Also includes citations to articles not yet in
MEDLINE (very old, or very new articles not yet
indexed)
Includes selected articles in fields not covered
by MEDLINE such as astrophysics
Coverage from 1946-Present
Why Should I Use PubMed???
Why Should I Use PubMed???
High quality information; much of content peer-
reviewed
Up-to-date; content added almost daily
Hot-off-the-press citations to articles not yet
published or indexed in MEDLINE
Learn how to use now--most nurses in clinical
settings do not have access to subscription
databases like CINAHL (Dee & Stanley, 2005)
How Do I Get There???
Accessing PubMed…..
Always(!) access through Carroll College library
webpage
Access through Carroll College provides
customized version
Customized version contains links to additional
full-text access for Carroll College users
On campus or off campus access
On Campus Access
On Campus Access
Off Campus Access
How Do I Find Stuff????
Basic Search
Basic Search
Basic Search
Basic Search
Basic Search
Basic Search
Basic Search
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sinus Infections
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sinus Infection
Basic Search
HOW DO I KNOW WHAT TERMS
TO USE?????
MeSH
Medical Subject Headings
Subject terms assigned to articles by PubMed
indexers, specialists who read article
Highly specific—over 26,000 terms
Excellent way to search PubMed
But…MeSH only works for citations that have been
indexed, so you will miss some citations searching
with MeSH
MeSH
MeSH
MeSH
MeSH
Beyond Basic Search
WHAT IF I GET 114,629
RESULTS?
Beyond Basic Search
Advanced Search
Filters
Filters
A Few Extra Search Tricks
Boolean Searching
Based on mathematical logic
Uses the words AND, OR, and NOT to connect
search terms
These words (Boolean operators) can either limit
or expand your search
Boolean Searching Using AND
Rheumatoid
Arthritis
Sinus Infections
Boolean Searching Using OR
Rheumatoid
Arthritis
Sinus Infections
Boolean Searching Using NOT
Rheumatoid
Arthritis
Sinus Infections
Truncation
Shortcut for finding all forms of a word
PubMed uses the asterisk character (*) for truncation
Nurs* would find nurse, nurses, nursing…..
Expands search
Be careful! Truncation turns off automatic term
mapping in simple search—check search details!
Proximity Searching
Searches for words adjacent to each other
PubMed only allows for exact phrase
searching—words next to each other in exact
order
Use quotation marks to enclose search phrase—
”Endonasal activity in WG is associated with”
Additional Search Strategies
Additional Search Strategies
Citation Matcher
Managing Results
I D I D A G R E AT S E A R C H — N O W
W H AT ? ? ?
Managing Results
Finding Full Text of an Article
Finding Full Text of an Article
Finding Full Text of an Article
Finding Full Text of an Article
InterLibrary Loan
If we don’t have full text, we can get it from
another library
InterLibrary Loan (ILL) form is available on
library homepage
Fill in information using PubMed record
Delivery time for articles is often less than a
week (but not always—plan wisely!)
Managing Citations
Managing Citations
Clipboard holds information for 8 hours
Clipboard best for short sessions
My NCBI provides permanent storage of citations
My NCBI has many other helpful personalization
features
My NCBI very useful if use PubMed regularly or for
big projects
HELP!!
HELP!!
A Quick Review
Always access PubMed through the Carroll
College library homepage
On Campus of Off Campus Access
Ensures optimal full text access
A Quick Recap
PubMed is the premier citation database for
biomedical and health fields
Free
PubMed comprised of citations, many with abstracts
Much of content is peer-reviewed
Some citations have link to full text
A Quick Recap
Basic search can be tricky—check Search
Details
Searching with MeSH terms ensures relevant
results
Additional helpful search tools such as filters
and advanced searching
A Quick Recap
Use the Carroll College filter for full text access
Look for the “Full Text” icon with a purple “C”
Many options for managing results with
clipboard (short term) or My NCBI (long term)
Web of Science
AN INTRODUCTION
Web of Science
Citation database
Multidisciplinary content; strong in sciences
Includes citations to over 12,000 peer-reviewed
journals
Strength is citation analysis
Web of Science vs. PubMed
PubMed and WOS contain overlapping coverage,
but each database has unique content
WOS does not have a controlled vocabulary;
relies on keyword searching
WOS allows users to see cited references of an
article as well as how often the article has been
cited in other scholarly works
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science
Web of Science
Peer Reviewed Journals
Peer Reviewed Journals
Peer Reviewed Journals
Peer Reviewed Journals
Peer Reviewed Journals
Finally…..
PubMed and Web of Science are powerful tools
with many more features
Takes some practice
Please ask librarians for help—that’s why we are
here!
Christian Frazza (x4344)
Heather Navratil (x4343)
Terence Kratz (x5450)
Karla Hokit (x4493)
Thanks!!!!
References
Dee, C., & Stanley, E. E. (2005). Information-seeking behavior of nursing students
and clinical nurses: Implications for health sciences librarians. Journal of the
Medical Library Association, 93, 213-222. Retrieved from
http://www.mlanet.org/publications/jmla/
National Center for Biotechnology Information. (2012). PubMed. Retrieved from
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
Thomson Reuters. (2011). Web of Science. Retrieved from
http://thomsonreuters.com/content/science/pdf/Web_of_Science_factsheet.pdf
U.S. National Library of Medicine. (2010). PubMed: MEDLINE retrieval on the World
Wide Web. Retrieved from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/pubmed.html
U.S. National Library of Medicine. (2010). What’s the difference between MEDLINE
and PubMed? Retrieved from
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/dif_med_pub.html
U.S. National Library of Medicine. (2011) Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
Retrieved from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/mesh.html
U.S. National Library of Medicine. (2011). MEDLINE. Retrieved from
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/medline.html
U.S. National Library of Medicine. (2012). Data, news, and update information.
Retrieved from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/revup/revup_pub.html