Skip to Main Content

University Library

LibGuides

Research & Publication in Medicine & Health

About

PubMed

PubMed is a biomedical database that includes over 37 million citations in the fields of biomedicine and health. PubMed includes citations to scholarly books, articles, data and more. In addition to covering biomedical and health fields, PubMed includes citations on adjacent disciplines: life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering.

PubMed Overview. (August 15, 2023). National Institute of Health, National Library of Medicine, PubMed. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/about/

Access Full-text in PubMed

PubMed Search Tutorials

What is PubMed?

This tutorial describes the sources you will find in PubMed as well as how journals are reviewed and evaluated to ensure that they meet quality guidelines.

What is PubMed? linked tutorial

5:56 minute tutorial


PubMed: Find Articles on a Topic

This tutorial shows you the basics of finding articles by topic in PubMed.

Find Articles on a Topic PubMed linked tutorial

0.44 minute tutorial


PubMed Subject Search: How It Works

This tutorial describes how PubMed interprets your search terms and phrases including mapping to Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).

PubMed Subject Search: How It Works linked tutorial

4:04 minute tutorial


PubMed: Using the Advanced Search Builder

Learn how to use the advanced search builder to build and refine your PubMed searches.

PubMed: Using the Advanced Search Builder linked tutorial

3:17 minute tutorial


Proximity Searching in PubMed

Learn how to use proximity searching to find variations of a phrase and build your search query.

Proximity Searching in PubMed linked tutorial

4:03 minute tutorial


Find Articles from a Citation

Learn how to find an article in PubMed using it's citation information like the article title, author, journal name, and date of publication.

Find Articles from a Citation linked tutorial

1:13 minute tutorial


Save Searches and Set Email Alerts

Learn how to save PubMed searches and set email alerts to be notified when there are new results found by your searches. 

Save Searches and Set Email Alerts linked tutorial

2:27 minute tutorial


Further Resources

Topic Searching in PubMed®: Using the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®)

This is a four module course providing training on constructing in-depth searches in PubMed.