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About PubMed
PubMed is a free resource supporting the search and retrieval of biomedical and life sciences literature with the aim of improving health–both globally and personally.
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Access Full-text in PubMed
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PubMed This link opens in a new windowProvides access to over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
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.
5:56 minute tutorial
PubMed: Find Articles on a Topic
This tutorial shows you the basics of finding articles by topic in PubMed.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.