PubMed & Beyond

PubMed & Beyond March 23, 2011 ROBIN FEATHERSTONE SLIDES: www.slideshare.net/featherr

What is the difference between PubMed & MEDLINE? www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/dif_med_pub.html

Which citations would you find with a MeSH search?

Objectives
After today ’ s class you will be able to select and utilize an expanded set of tools to analyze and review PubMed citations

Agenda
The Regular Update
E-mail updates in MyNCBI
The Analysis
GoPubMed
The Reference Review
SCOPUS
The Rush Job
Pubget

1. The Regular Update
You want to stay up to date on the latest publications, but don ’ t have time to run regular searches

Regular Update Strategy
Start an account with PubMed (MyNCBI)
Execute a quality search
Save it
Set it to run on regular intervals
Summaries of new publications will be emailed to you
DEMO

Exercise – 10 minutes
Run a search on a topic of interest to you
Save it (set up a MyNCBI account if you don ’ t have one)
Set up an email alert

2. The Analysis
You need an overview of scholarly activity within your field

PubMed search

DEMO : www.gopubmed.org

Find GoPubMed on the web
www.gopubmed.org
Run a search on a topic that interests you
Find out:
Who is the top author in the field?
When did publications on this topic start to appear in the literature?
Which journal published the most articles on this topic?

3. The Reference Review
You have found a couple of good articles and want to find MORE

Reference Review Strategy
Find the references for your paper using SCOPUS
Use SCOPUS to find out who has cited your paper since it was published
DEMO

Link to SCOPUS from the MUHC Libraries website: http://muhclibraries.mcgill.ca/
Find this article:
Hagen, N. A., et al. (2008). Tetrodotoxin for moderate to severe cancer pain: A randomized, double blind, parallel design multicenter study. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 35 (4), 420-429.
Who has cited this paper? Link to a citing article and view their references

4. The Rush Job
You need the full-text of an article RIGHT NOW!

Rush Job Strategy: Pubget - DEMO

Find Pubget on the web
http://pubget.com
Search for articles on topics of interest to you

Recap
To set up email alerts, ____ your search in ____
Before linking to Pubget, remember to ____
SCOPUS is a ____ tool, useful for finding ____
Use ____ to find out which journal has published the most articles on you topic
Your library can ____

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