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Time-Saving Techniques with PubMed
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Workshop Description:
The training session will introduce and describe basic searchingfeatures and time-saving techniques with PubMed. The hands-on session consists of a livedemonstration, in-class exercises, and a question and answer period.
Key Learning Objectives:
By the end of the PubMed MEDLINE workshop, you will beable to:1.
 
Describe and access PubMed MEDLINE2.
 
Perform basic keyword, author, and journal title searches3.
 
 Apply limits such as year/date of publication4.
 
 Verify a citation using the Single Citation Matcher or Advanced Search5.
 
Describe My NCBI, a tool for saving searches and setting up e-mailalerts
 Agenda:
 
 
Introduction 
 
PubMed Demonstration 
 
In-Class Exercises (Hands-On Practice) 
 
Q & A 
 
Wrap-Up & Assessment 
 Additional Resources:
Free PubMed Online Tutorials, including brief animated tutorials with audio:
 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed.html Created by Deborah Charbonneau, LibrarianWayne State UniversityShiffman Medical Library
 
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Time-Saving Techniques with PubMed1)
 
Start at www.lib.wayne.edu/shiffman
,select “PubMed@Wayne” 
 2)
 
Formulating a Search Strategy
a.
 
Identify searchable concepts:
flu, vaccine, shortage, distribution, high-risk, supply & distribution, economics 
 
b.
 
Find alternate words to represent concepts:
flu, influenza, acute viral infections 
 
c.
 
 Additional information:
English language only? Last 90 days? 
 3)
 
Starting a Search in PubMed: Simple Subject Search
a.
 
Begin your search:
Paxil depression
(AND is the default)
 
b.
 
 Add additional concepts to refine search:
pregnancy, complications, birthdefects, etc.
 c.
 
 Apply limits
: use “Limits” tab
 d.
 
Limits:
languages, publication types, publication date, human, age groups,etc.
 e.
 
Using OR, NOT:
Paxil OR Paroxetine
 f.
 
Truncation:
child* diagnos*
 
4)
 
Working with Search Results
a. Search results screenb. Looking at the recordb.
 
Display format: change to
abstract, citation display, etc.
(note: PMID & PMCID)
 
c.
 
Select relevant citations (check box)d.
 
Send to:
Clipboard, file, email, printer, order, RSS feed, etc.
 e.
 
Methods for obtaining documents
; including “Article Linker” 
f.
 
Related Articles
feature
 
and
My NCBI5)
 
Other Types of Searches: Single Citation Matcher and Advanced Search
a.
 
 Author search:
Jones KP
 b.
 
Journal title/abbreviation:
 Allergy
(Note: can search by full journal name orabbreviation; Journal of the American Medical Association or JAMA)c.
 
Single Citation Matcher
or
 Advanced Search:
(Author: Jones KP, Journal: Allergy)d.
 
Phrase Searching:
 “jet lag” 
 6)
 
PubMed Beyond the Basics: MeSH Database
a. Type in concept:
falls
b.
 
 Add another concept to search:
aged
c. Add a subheading:
statistics and numerical data7)
 
Tools: Help, FAQ, Tutorials, and My NCBI -
Saving Searches & Medline Updates
 
a. Save your searches and set up e-mail alerts so that you can have current, relevantcitations pushed to your desktop.b. Saving searches, Automatic e-mail updates, setting up filters
8)
 
Wrap Up & Class Exercises
 
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Time-Saving Techniques with PubMedClass Exercises
Start at www.lib.wayne.edu/shiffman
,select “PubMed@Wayne” 
 
1)
 
Find articles by
Suzanne R. White
 a.
 
What ways can you search for references to articles by this author?b.
 
Try limiting to articles published within the
last 2 years
.2)
 
Find references to articles published in the journal
 Annals of Internal Medicine
.a.
 
What ways can you search for articles published in this journal?b.
 
Try limiting to
review articles
(publication type) published in the
last 90days
.3)
 
Find references to articles about
smoking
and
teens
.a.
 
What are the main concepts?b.
 
What other terms can you think of to represent
teens
?c.
 
Try applying limits such as
review articles
(publication type),
Englishlanguage only
and articles published in the
last two years
.d.
 
Use the Related Articles feature to find similar articles.4)
 
Using the
Single Citation Matcher
, verify a citation for an article published by
W.Sakr
in
2004
. One of the words in the article title was
Detroit
.5)
 
Using the
advanced search
, verify a citation for an article published by
W. Sakr
 in
2004
. One of the words in the article title was
Detroit
.
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