Library PubMed & EndNote Tutorial

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/guide/med/anat/tocpm.html

Table of Contents

This tutorial will show you the basics of searching the PubMed database and how to import the citations you find into an EndNote library.

Latest update February 2009
By Mick Draper

Introduction to PubMed Covers access to PubMed, and the starting point for the PubMed tutorial.

Using the MeSH Database How to find a Medical Subject Heading to search for article citations.

Combining MeSH, Explosion, and MeSH Subheadings How to combine multiple subject headings, how PubMed searches the MeSH hierarchy, and how to use MeSH subheadings to make searches more specific.

The PubMed Home Page Access to PubMed services, and how a search in the PubMed database works.

Search Strategy How to use the way PubMed searches to get the best out of searches, and how to use a logic grid to make building searches easier.

Related Articles and Results How to find citations that are similar to those found in your searches, and how to work with the search results including how to save, email, rss etc.

Search Limits and Review Articles How to limit citations to those that are most relevant, and how to search for review articles.

PubMed Journals Database How to search using journal titles, and how to find the full title of journals from PubMed journal abbreviations.

Saving Searches and Requesting Alerts How to save searches to rerun later and how to get email alerts when new articles of interest are added to PubMed.

Importing Citations into EndNote How to import citations found in PubMed into an EndNote library, and access to the Library's EndNote site including an EndNote tutorial.