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Searching for the Evidence: PubMed (Medline) Susan Fowler, MLIS Medical Librarian [email protected] 3143628092 pg: 3143601069
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Searching for the Evidence:PubMed (Medline)

Susan Fowler, MLIS

Medical Librarian

[email protected]

314‐362‐8092

pg: 314‐360‐1069

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PubMed (Medline)

• Free resource developed and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

• 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. 

– 5,400 worldwide journals in 60 languages

• Covers 1947 to the present with some older material.

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AccessBe sure to access PubMed from becker.wustl.edu to take advantage of library links to full text.

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Create a My NCBI Account

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Create a My NCBI Account, cont…

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MeSH = Medical Subject Headings

Choose MeSHfrom 

Pull Down Menu

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MeSH in PubMed

Enter your search terms one at a time…

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MeSH cont…

Choose the most applicable MeSH terms

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MeSH cont…

Send to Search Box

You have not searched the literature yet. Searching MeSH is akin to searching a thesaurus for the best term.

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MeSH cont…

Click “Search PubMed”

Once you click “Search PubMed” you will have searched that term in all the citations in the Medline database.

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Advanced Search Once you have searched each term separately, go to advanced search to combine them.

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Advanced Search, cont… 

Enter search numbers and combine using 

Boolean operators.

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Limits

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Limits cont…For the most clinically applicable articles, limit to “Humans,” “English,” and “Type of Article”

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Type of Article Suggestions

Tier 1• Meta‐Analysis

• Practice Guideline

• Randomized Controlled Trial

• Review

• Guideline

• Multicenter Study

Tier 2• Clinical Trial

• Clinical Trial, Phase I

• Clinical Trial, Phase II

• Clinical Trial, Phase III

• Clinical Trial, Phase IV

• Comparative Study

• Controlled Clinical Trial

• Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

• Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

• Research Support, Non‐U.S. Gov't

• Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non‐P.H.S.

• Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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Accessing Full‐Text Articles

Avoid clicking on publisher icons unless they explicitly state that they are free or unless you are willing to pay $ 35.00 ‐65.00 dollars per article. 

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Accessing Full‐Text Articles, cont…

It is likely that your institution’s library has facilitated link‐out in PubMed to link you directly to articles from journals to which they subscribe to.

It is also likely that your institution’s library has an Inter‐Library Loan service that will “borrow” the article you want from another library for you for a small charge (certainly less then $35.00!) or for free.  

Contact your librarian and find out what services are available and how to use them. 

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Send To

You can email your results to yourself and your colleagues. 

From “Send to” drop down menu, choose 

“E‐mail”

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PubMed (MedLine)

PubMed advantages– Free to search

– Searches same content as Ovid MedLine

PubMed disadvantages– Still have to appraise articles 

once located

– Adjacency searching is not available

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More PubMed TutorialsPubMed has tutorials available from their site…

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20 Minutes

• 660 S. Euclid314‐362‐7085

Susan Fowler, 314‐362‐8092

Pg: 314‐360‐1069

[email protected]

• BJ North, Rothschild Medical LibraryReka Kozak, 314‐454‐7208

[email protected]

• St. Louis Children’s HospitalLauren Yaeger, 314‐454‐2768

[email protected]

If 20 minutes have passed and you still have not found what you are looking for, stop and ask for help.


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