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About PubMed

PubMed is a biomedical database that includes over 38 million citations in biomedicine,  health and related fields. PubMed includes citations to scholarly and peer-reviewed articles and books, data and more.

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See below links and information for

  1. Brief PubMed search tutorials

  2. In-depth PubMed search training modules

  3. Further guidance and handouts 

 

Contact the Medical librarian for individualized expert guidance.

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 an in-depth four module course providing training on constructing in-depth searches in PubMed.