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PubMed

National Library of Medicine

(including MEDLINE and life science journals)

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Permission

Permission from The National Library of Medicine to use screen prints from PubMed is gratefully acknowledged by the Shreveport Nursing Library, NSU Libraries, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, 1/26/2005.

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To access notes for slidesPermission is granted to NSU faculty and students to teach from this PowerPoint slide show, including the notes, which may be edited or used verbatim.

To access the notes, you must have MS PowerPoint installed on your PC:Go to the “Shreveport Nursing” pageClick “Online Tutorials”Click “PubMed PowerPoint”Click “File”Click “Save As” and save to a floppy or to your hard driveOpen the PowerPoint slide show from your floppy or hard driveClick “View”Click “Notes Page” (and then you will be able to edit if you wish)

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Class Outcomes for PubMed

1. Be able to identify full-text icons

2. Be able to use official subject terms

3. Be able to limit and expand searches

4. Be able to use Boolean operators

5. Be able to locate PubMed tutorials

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Outcomes cont’d

6. Be able to truncate and search for phrases

7. Be able to combine and review searches

8. Be able to search for journal titles using the NSU Journal List

9. Be able to use Library Catalog to determine print holdings

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Click “Library”

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Click “Shreveport Nursing”

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Click “Nursing Databases”

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Drag Down and Click on “PubMed”

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Full-text Icons

Orange / green banner - electronic full text available from PubMed Central

Green banner – electronic full text from others

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Click “MeSH Database”

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Notice the links to tutorials

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Type your search term in the “for” box, and click GO

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Click “Radiologic technology”

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Checkmark the definition, and then, click the “Send to” button

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Notice our MeSH term in the “Search PubMed” box and the definition. Then click

“Search PubMed.”

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Click “Go” and we retrieve 12164 PubMed hits.

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Drop-down to MeSH and type “patient care” in the “for” box

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Checkmark the MeSH term, then the “Send to” button.

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Click “Search PubMed”

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Notice the number of hits: 91.Click “Limits.”

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Limit to “English” and “Humans.” Click “Go.”

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Notice the no. of hits: 67.Notice that limits now display.

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Type in “1999” and “2005” and click “Go”

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No. of hits: 24.No. of pages: 2.

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Click on the green icon

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Click on the provider’s icon

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Drag down to read full-text or click “Full Text (PDF)”

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Here’s the PDF version

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Notice the journal abbreviations

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“Copy” the journal abbreviation.Then, click “Journals Database.”

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“Paste” the abbreviation in the “for” box. Then, click “Go.”

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Print the screen or write down the journal name and ISSN

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Click on “NSU Journal List”

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Copy and paste the journal title into the “Find” box. Click “Search.”

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Click “Search Your Catalog” for the print holdings

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We need V.25, No. 1 (Jan./Feb. 2003) of Radiology Management

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Look for the Holdings: V.25, No. 1 (Jan./Feb. 2003)

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Limit to “only items with abstracts”

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Click the author’s name to get to the abstract.

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Click on “Related Articles” for similar material

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No. of “Related Articles”: 699

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Click “Links” to link to print holdings of other libraries

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Drop-down to “LinkOut”

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Click on “Libraries”

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Click on “N” for Northwestern

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Click on the “Print Collection” link for Northwestern

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Compare the citation to the holdings statement

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Note the complete holdings statement

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Keyword Searching

We need it, too!

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Click “Help”

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Click “Phrase Searches”

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Beware of using “double quotes” for Phrase Searches

“Radiologic Technician” – 48 hits

Radiologic Technician – 48 hits

But

“Radiologic Technicians” – 81 hits

Radiologic Technicians – 8 hits

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Beware of Truncation: *

Use the asterisk * to replace letters in a term:

1. Radiologic Technicians OR Radiologic Technician – 124 hits

2. Radiologic technicians – 81 hits

3. Radiologic technician – 48 hits

4. Radiologic technician* – 8 hits [the * turns off term mapping and explosion of MeSh term]

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Click “History”

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Use Search #’s to Combine Searches and Set Limits

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No items found? Click on a suggestion.

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At bottom of screen, we see MeSH terms and Definitions. Click MeSH

term for MeSH sub-headings.

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Checkmark subheadings

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No. of hits: 1688

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1688 hits to 12,167 hits

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Limit to Major Topics and No Explosions

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1032 hits vs. 1688 hits

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Combine 3 searches: 170 hits

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No. of hits: 16

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Major Points

Look for the full-text icons (electronic or print)

Use the MeSH database for official terms, subheadings, and restrictions

Use the tutorials in PubMed to become an “expert” searcher

Use the “Limits” button to narrow search (decrease the number of hits)

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Major Points, cont’d

• Use the “Journals” database to get the complete journal title and ISSN

• Search the “NSU Journal List” for the complete journal title to get to full-text articles

• Compare citation to Library Catalog print holdings statement for print journals

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Major Points cont’d

• Click on PubMed’s “Help” button to learn about truncation, phrase searching, and more!

• Be aware that “double quotes” and the asterisk * can retrieve different hits!

• Use the “History” button to combine and review searches

• Capitalize Boolean operators, AND, OR, NOT• “Explode” terms to increase or broaden the search

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Contact Information:

Sally Carroll, MLS, MM

Head-Shreveport Division

Shreveport Nursing Library

Northwestern State University of Louisiana

[email protected]

(318) 677-3007


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