Pubmed

Easy Searching in PubMed

Mark D. PuterbaughInformation Services Librarian

Warner Memorial LibraryEastern University

PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to 1948. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.

We are searching for articles information concerning distance education for nursing students.

Searching in PubMed

PubMed can be as easy to use as any search engine. See the PubMed.gov site for a more in-depth tutorial of PubMed’s other powerful features.

Searching in PubMed

The results list provides over 4,000 hits.

Choosing the Limits tab provides one means of reducing this list to a manageable and relevant selection.

Setting Limits and Searching in PubMed

We can limit results to nursing journals and the English language.

The limiters reduce the number of results on our list to reflect the articles from nursing journals.

Setting Limits and Searching in PubMed

A list of suggested searches is presented to the right of the results list along with a history of previous searches.

Working with Results in PubMed

Select a title to view the article information.

Working with Results in PubMed

Once selected an abstract of the article appears.

To the right of the abstract related articles are suggested. Some of these are links to full-text available through the Internet or PubMed Central.

Working with Results in PubMed

Results with full-text available through PubMed Central provide a link to the article.

Working with Results in PubMed

If you choose to look at the article information an additional link is available on the citation page, linking to the full-text article.

Selecting the link will display the article available in PubMed Central.

Working with Results in PubMed

Working with Results in PubMed

When full-text is not available check the Library’s A to Z Journal List on the website. The Library may own the journal in paper or in electronic format.

Can’t find the article in the Library or Online then use Inter-library Loan. A form is available on the Library’s website.

Working with Results in PubMed

The Librarians can help you request the article through FirstSearch, Rapid ILL or Docline. Be sure to have the journal title, article title and

the author’s name. Any other information is useful, but these are the basics that the Library needs to request an article.

Final word about PubMed

PubMed is an excellent resource for finding articles in medicine, nursing, health and the full range of biosciences. It is a very complex and extensive resource. We have presented here a very simple lesson on searching PubMed. If you need further assistance ask a librarian. We can help you find what you need.

Call the Reference Desk at 610-341-1777 or email us through [email protected].