This document provides an overview of PubMed and MEDLINE and how to use them effectively for scientific research. It discusses that MEDLINE is a biomedical database produced by the National Library of Medicine containing over 17 million citations. PubMed provides free access to search MEDLINE. The document then gives guidance on using My NCBI to save searches, set up alerts, and organize references. It also reviews other PubMed tools like filters, clipboards, and history to efficiently search and manage results.

1. Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani 1 Scientific Research Skills

2. Lessons Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani 1- Essentials 2- Searching 3- Using MeSH 4- Working with Results 5- Referencing

3. Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani 1- Essentials

4. What is MEDLINE? Is a bibliographic database produced by the National Library of Medicine, a division of the National Institutes of Health Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani 1- Essentials

5. What is PubMed? PubMed is the freeinterface that provides access to the MEDLINE database Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani 1- Essentials

6. MEDLINE covers medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacology, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the pre-clinical sciences Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani 1- Essentials

7. MEDLINE dates back to the 1940's. Itcontains more than 17 million citations and abstracts for more than 4,800journals published in the U.S. and70 other countries Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani 1- Essentials

8. Content:MEDLINE contains abstracts and bibliographic citations - including author, article title, journal title and publication year Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani 1- Essentials

9. What MEDLINEis NOT: MEDLINE does NOT index books or book chapters MEDLINE (by itself) doesNOTcontain the full text of journal articles Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani 1- Essentials

10. PubMed/MEDLINE provides people from all over the world with access to citations from biomedical articles. It is the largest database of its kind and therefore, an indispensable tool for clinicians and researchers Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani 1- Essentials Why is PubMed/MEDLINE Important?

12. Automatic term mapping

13. Access citations fornewly published articles

14. Full Text LinkingScientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani 1- Essentials Advantages of PubMed

15. Access PubMed : If you haven't already, you can click or copy this link : (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ ) to open PubMed in a new window Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani 1- Essentials

16. Prepare to Search: Look at PubMed to identify the following areas Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani 1- Essentials

17. Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani From Mount Sinai School of Medicine

18. Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani Is a service you can use to customize your experience when searching PubMed or other NCBI databases

20. Set up e-mail alerts for new content

21. Create collections of saved references

22. Choose filters that organize search results

24. Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani Saving Searches It's easy to save searches using My NCBI. When you save a search, you can choose to manually check for new references or schedule e-mail delivery of new papers added to PubMed which match your search criteria. To save a search: 1. Run your search.2. Click "Save Search"

26. Choose "no" when asked "Would you like to receive e-mail updates of new search results?" if you want to manually check for new references OR

27. Choose "yes" when asked "Would you like to receive e-mail updates of new search results?" if you'd prefer to have new references sent to you via email.

28. Specify the frequency, format, and maximum number of citations you would like to receive per email alert

30. Run a search

31. Select the references you want to save by checking the box prior to each reference

33. Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani You can access your saved searches and collections from any location. Just sign in to My NCBI and click on the appropriate link.

34. Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani Using Filters to Group Results Filters allow you to group results based on your personal preferences. In PubMed you can filter your results by publication type, language, full text , and several other criteria

36. Choose "Search Filters" under "Table of Contents" on the left side of the page

38. Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani Changing My NCBI Preferences You can edit your preferences within My NCBI to change how items will display. For example, you can highlight your search terms when they appear within search results. You can also change the default display of references when you click on a reference link from within your search result set

39. Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani To change your preferences 1- Log in to My NCBI2- Select "Preferences" from the Table of Contents on the left side of the page 3- Click on the link for the preferences you'd like to change

40. Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani Video Demonstrations NCBI has created several short videos demonstrating how to use My NCBI. Clicking the link below will take you there http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/myncbi.html

41. Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani Other PubMed tools The Clipboard Is a temporary saving place - and a handy PubMed tool. It allows you to save selected citations while you run additional searches It doesn't need to have MY NCBI account

42. Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani Place a check in the box next to one or more citations that you want to save. Then, from the Send To drop down menu, select Clipboard The Clipboard

43. Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani Note that the items added to the clipboard now appear with green numbers- all clipboard items will continue to appear in green as you run additional searches, letting you know the items you've already selected The Clipboard You can access it from here

44. Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani Other PubMed tools PMID number The PubMed Identification (PMID)number can also save you time. The PMID identifies one specific article and is located at the bottom of every PubMed reference

46. If you need to remember a citation later, but don't have time to write down the reference

48. Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani Other PubMed tools History The History page keeps a record of your searches. It lets you combine or re-run previous searches It doesn't need to have MY NCBI account

49. Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani History

50. Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani References 1- Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library of Mount Sinai School of Medicine 2- GalterHealth Science Library 2- NCBI Manual

51. Thank you End of the lesson Scientific Research Skills - D.ALQahtani 1