Monday, February 01, 2010

PubMed Advanced Search, Limits, and Homepage Revised



This article from the NLM Technical Bulletin (Jan-Feb 2010) includes screen shots and explanations of the latest changes to PubMed.

Remember to use the PubMed Link on the Affinity Library website to take advantage of our full-text offerings, not otherwise available to the general public.

PubMed is the “free” version of Medline, the journal citation index for medicine and life sciences. It currently covers 19 million citations, and continues to grow.

PubMed offers QuickStart Tutorials for searching PubMed, and doing common tasks like
· Searching for a specific citation
· Searching for a specific author
· Searching for a specific subject / topic
· Explaining the search results

Your Librarians, Margo Lambert (STE) and Michele Matucheski (MMC) are also available for live help on searching PubMed. Just ask!