PubMed is a database that indexes biomedical literature and provides access to citations and abstracts. It contains more content than MEDLINE and is interconnected with other National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) databases. Advanced search features allow for focused searches using filters, limits, and interconnected resources. Personalization features allow users to save searches, citations, and set viewing preferences through a My NCBI account.

1. PubMed and Other Databases: Audiology/Speech Pathology Kay Cunningham Electronic Resources Librarian Revised: October 20, 2008

2. From All Databases A-Z list http://exlibris.memphis.edu/resource/dblistaz.html PubMed —medicine, indexes journal articles, 1950-present PubMed Central —medicine, archives free life science journals, dates vary Entrez —life sciences, metasearches all NCBI databases, dates vary CINAHL —nursing/allied health, indexes journals, books, chapters, with fulltext aggregations, 1982-present Dissertation Abstracts-- multidisciplinary, indexes and abstracts dissertations (and some theses) in all subjects, 1861- , with abstracts, 1980-present ERIC —education, indexes journals, books, chapters, with fulltext ERIC documents (not journals), 1966-present Nursing and Allied Health Collection —aggregates fulltext of selected journals, dates vary PsycInfo —indexes journals, books, chapters, 1806-present PsycArticles —archives APA journals in fulltext, 1985-present ScienceDirect —archives Elsevier journals in fulltext, 1995-present Web of Knowledge—ISI Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, Journal Citation Report WorldCat —union catalog of library holdings (books, dissertations, serials by title), dates vary

3. Why PubMed? (And not MEDLINE) PubMed contains ALL that’s in MEDLINE, but MEDLINE does not contain all that’s in PubMed In addition to MEDLINE, PubMed provides “ In Process” articles—the most recent 30 days Publisher-supplied indexing from selectively-indexed titles—both current and historic Out-of-scope articles “ Old” MedLine (pre-1966) articles A Clinical filter Interconnectedness with other NCBI databases

4. PubMed —Main page http://pubmed.gov

5. Details tab Even though you only typed “swallowing disorders,” PubMed automatically searches the relevant MeSH term along with your text words. In addition non-MeSH terms are searched both as words and as phrases.

6. Results list

7. Results List: changing from the Summary View Click on the drop-down arrow next to Display Summary and choose the relevant display. Abstract provides the abstracts; AbstractPlus, abstracts and supplemental material.

8. AbstractPlus display The AbstractPlus View provides links to related articles, links to results in other NCBI databases, links to the publisher site (fulltext is available if the institution has a subscription, and—if you have registered with NCBI—the holdings of the medical library(s) of your choice, in this case UTMemphis.

9. Basic Search Tips Authors—last name first, at least one initial, no punctuation Example: Studebaker GA Subject/keyword concepts—string in words, no Boolean connectors Example: dysphasia children treatment (("aphasia"[TIAB] NOT Medline[SB]) OR "aphasia"[MeSH Terms] OR dysphasia[Text Word]) AND (("child"[TIAB] NOT Medline[SB]) OR "child"[MeSH Terms] OR children[Text Word]) AND ("therapy"[Subheading] OR ("therapeutics"[TIAB] NOT Medline[SB]) OR "therapeutics"[MeSH Terms] OR treatment[Text Word]) TRANSLATION=

10. Advanced Search Filters PubMed Services (see Blue Sidebar) Journals Database MeSH Database Single Citation Matcher Clinical Queries

11. Journals Use the Journal Database to search for journals by title Abbreviate J Med Ethics or Spell Out Journal of Medical Ethics

12. MeSH (Medline Subject Headings) Note suggestions, subheadings, entry terms, and the broader and narrower terms of the Tree.

13. Single Citation Matcher Use to verify a partial reference Mix and match bibliographic elements Author (as first or last) Year (month/day optional) Volume Issue Title words Start page

14. Clinical Queries Use the Clinical Queries filter to limit searches to the areas of etiology, diagnosis, therapy, or prognosis

15. Advanced Search Tips Limits Preview/Index History

16. Limits Limit by language, gender, type of article, age of subject, human or animal, date, availability of abstract, availability of free full text, etc.

17. Preview/Index—Index Use CTRL-Click to select more than one item in the Index. Click AND to add the selections to the Search Box.

18. Index Search Fields All fields are indexed and can be searched using the Preview/Index list Affiliation Grant Number Text word (use this if you want to search specific phrases that are not MeSH terms)

19. History Automatically maintained on your computer for 8 hours—even if you close the browser Searches can be saved permanently in My NCBI Use to combine searches AND, OR, NOT #2 AND #3 #5 OR #6 OR #7 #8 NOT #4 Here we combine the search on “electrophysiology” with all variations on “central processing” found in the Index.

20. New History Features—Recent Activity The Recent Activity box provides easy access to earlier searches. Click on a link to go back to a search.

21. Some Tips to Remember Speed up things by conducting searches from History or from Preview/Index You’ll see the number of results without having to wait for pages to load To exclude items (NOT), use the History. First search on the concept you want (#1), then on the concept you don’t want (#2), then #1 NOT #2

22. Other aspects of PubMed to be aware of…

23. Interconnectedness PubMed automatically connects to other NCBI databases Make these connections by Changing the Display, from Summary to whatever Clicking the Links (to the right side of the screen in both Summary and Abstract views) Going to Entrez and cross-searching the entire range of NCBI resources

24. Entrez: NCBI’s metasearcher

25. PubMed Central All articles in PMC are free, but Only some journals are represented Publishers may deposit journals in PMC, with or without allowing immediate access; some are embargo’d Researchers using NIH funding deposit MS versions of their articles in PMC It is not necessary to search PMC and PubMed separately; all items in PMC will be retrieved in a PubMed search

26. BookShelf Search directly through the Bookshelf OR Activate book links in PubMed abstracts (the linked words in the activated abstracts are automatically run as searches in the Bookshelf collection)

27. OMIM: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man --fulltext summaries of genetic disorders

28. My NCBI—Registration and Personalization Save complex searches to run later Schedule automatic updates for saved searches Set up to 5 permanent filters or limits (English language only, review articles, etc.) Show holdings from selected medical libraries, like UT or Vanderbilt Save citations

29. My NCBI If you use the same computer for your searches, you can stay permanently logged-in to My NCBI.

30. Be Aware PubMed’s open access nature makes it free to all and available through any Internet connection. Because of this, the UofM (as a non-medical library) cannot make modifications to the interface to show its holdings or make it interconnect with other UofM licensed databases (like CINAHL, or PsycInfo).