Remove from ClipboardJournals DatabaseMeSH DatabaseClick additional checkboxes and/or type in changes, change pull-down to correct connector, then click Search PubMed to send altered searchSign in (after quick registration)Use ( ) when connecting with both OR and AND in the same search statement Enclose phrases in “ ” to search for the words as a phrase Last name space 1st&2nd initials (no space between) automatically searches names as authors Alternately (especially if common word like wood or green): author surname space au in square brackets: mcgoon [au] * commands computer to search for all words beginning with letters before the asteriskClick to run search Click this area on any page to return to this main search page page = neither abstract nor full-text available thru PubMed Page with lines = abstract available thru PubMed Green bar = full-text may be available through Publisher icon on PubMed Orange bar = full text IS available through PubMed Summary display format = ° Author name ° Article title ° Journal title, volume, issue and page #s ° PMID (unique article ID #) Adjust # results/page to see or print more/fewer than default 20/page Change order of results: alphabetically by first or last author surname or journal title or reverse chronologically by publication date. PubMed Basics all 6 pages diagramtic 8-06 ns.doc 1MEDLINE display format is needed for export into EndNote, RefWorks, Ref Manager or other bibliography-making software Citation display format includes everything in Abstract format PLUS Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) that summarize primary topics in article DISPLAY FORMATS AbstractPlus shows abstract plus ID info for the 3-5 most closely related articles in PubMed Abstract display format includes everything in Summary format plus abstract (if available) Where applicable, UF HSC Online and/or In Print access buttons appear between journal and article titles in ABSTRACT and CITATION displays. SELECTING ARTICLES for later printing, saving or emailing: Click Links for link to other resources on topic. 1.Click checkbox to left of item # 2.Change Send to pull-down above Results List to save, print, email selected citations one page at a time. Or add citations to Clipboard, a running list of interesting citations for later saving, printing , emailing. Click Related Articles for relevancy-ranked list of citations similar in subject and title words to article cited at left.Select Order to request copy of article NOT available thru UF libraries or at full-text websites. Ordering requires registration. Turnaround time varies, depending on what medical library furnishes the copy.PubMed Basics all 6 pages diagramtic 8-06 ns.doc 2Remove from Clipboard Change Send to pull-down to File, Printer or Email to send Clipboard citations out of PubMed. File Note: To avoid REPLACING old files, create a unique file name for each set of results when saving to File. Email Note 1: Until you know how many citations your email system can handle, print your citation list, then experiment with sending citations with abstracts. (My GroupWise delivers only a dozen complete abstracts, a partial 13th, nothing at all beyond that.) Email Note 2: Emailed results from PubMed will be identify Sender as [email protected] Click on Clipboard tab (* on tab denotes there are items being held in Clipboard) to see list of selected items. Display defaults to Summary. To “prune” your list of selections, click in the checkbox of citations you DON’T want, then set Send to pulldown to Clip Remove. A dialog box gives you a chance to stop the deletion. Use pull-down menus and checkbox to set limits on search results. Click GO at bottom page or up by search box to apply limits. PubMed Basics all 6 pages diagramtic 8-06 ns.doc 3 LIMITS Limits stay on until you unclick Limits checkbox or exit session. Yellow highlighted line beneath Limits tab reminds you of current limitsClick History tab to view already-tried strategies, previously –retrieved results or to HISTORYcombine results from previously-run searches. Click Clear History only if you want to erase ALL searches & results. To see results from previously-run searches click hyperlinked # under Result2 ways to combine previously-run searches: 1. Type in search set numbers with OR, AND or NOT 2. Click on set number and select desired action. To correct bad or incomplete citations, type what you know (or what you remember) in Single Citation Matcher and click Go. PubMed Basics all 6 pages diagramtic 8-06 ns.doc 4Journals Database Click on hyperlinked journal title to retrieve all citations from that journal that have appeared in PubMed.…or type in the full title to get the official National Library of Medicine/MEDLINE/ PubMed journal title abbreviation if required for an article submission. Use PubMed’s Journals Database to discover the full journal title from a title abbreviation … MeSH Database To search for citations on a particular topic using Medical Subject Headings… 2-minute tutorials demonstrate several types of search strategies.Type term in box. Hit ENTER on keyboard or click Go. PubMed Basics all 6 pages diagramtic 8-06 ns.doc 5Click Links, then … - PubMed for citations with your term as a subject heading - PubMed-Major Topic for citations in which the topic is the central focus of all articles retrieved - Clinical Queries for evidence-based studies on this topic. Suggests “similar” terms. Difference between “PubMed” and “PubMed Major Topic”: In Citation Display, you can see the subject headings that have been assigned to a citation. Those with * at the end are the major focus of this article. Those without * are subjects also discussed in article but not the main focus of the article. Select PubMed- Major Topic when searching on broad or common topics (like Cardiovascular Diseases) to limit retrieval to just those articles in which the topic is a main focus of the article. PubMed Basics all 6 pages diagramtic 8-06 ns.doc 6Adding subheadings for more precise search Click on hyperlink of the term that most closely fits concept you have in mind. Click checkboxes of all subheadings you’d like searched. As many or few (including 0) as you wish Click here to limit to Major Topic