Easy Searching in PubMed

Updated Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Presented by

Mark D. PuterbaughInformation Services Librarian

And

Malinda ShannonResearch Assistant

Warner Memorial LibraryEastern University

St. Davids, PA 19087

We are searching for article information about distance education and

nursing.

The results list provides over 5,000 hits.

Searching in PubMed

Choosing the Limits link provides one

means of reducing this number to a manageable and

relevant size.

We can select articles from nursing journals and in English to set a limit on the results.

Setting Limits and Searching in PubMed

The limiters reduced the number of results

on our list to reflect articles from only nursing journals.

Setting Limits and Searching in PubMed

A list of suggested searches is presented

to the right of the results list.

Working with Results in PubMed

Select a title to view the article information.

Working with Results in PubMed

Once selected an abstract of the article appears.

To the right of the abstract, related articles are suggested. Some of these are links to full-text available on the Internet or PubMed Central.

Working with Results in PubMed

Results with full-text available through PubMed Central provide a link to the article.

If you choose to look at the article information another link is provided to the full-text on the information page.

Working with Results in PubMed

Selecting the link will display options for the available article.

Working with Results in PubMed

Working with Results in PubMed

When full-text is not available check the Library’s A to Z Journal List on the website. The Library may own the journal in paper or in electronic format.

Can’t find the article in the Library or

Online then use Inter-library Loan. A form is available on the Library’s website.

Working with Results in PubMed

The Librarians can request the article through FirstSearch, Rapid ILL or through Docline. Be sure to have the journal title, article title, and

the author’s name. Any other information is useful, but these are the basics that the Library must have to request an article.