PubMed – Basics

At the end of this program, you will have learnt

  • How to verify an incomplete or incorrect reference
    1. How to find detailed information about a specific journal
    2. How to use the MeSH database
    3. How to search reasonably quickly and efficiently and get a manageable number of references
    4. How to save references

    Coverage:

    1. Background about NLM and Pubmed
    2. Very basic theory of searching a database
    3. Core areas of PubMed – what they cover, how to search / use them, and various contexts of usage
      • Journal database
      • MeSH database
      • Limits
      • History
      • Details
    4. Simple search exercises

    PubMed – Advanced

    At the end of this program, you will have learnt how to :

  • Identify new features introduced in PubMed
  • Use the Batch citation matcher to verify a list of references
  • Handle clinical queries – to search for Evidence
  • Save a search strategy, receive email updates for the same
  • Find free articles
    1. New/noteworthy
    2. Batch citation matcher
    3. Clinical queries
    4. My NCBI – saving a search strategy
    5. My NCBI – setting up filters for browsing “sets” of result
    6. How to
      • Search for free articles
      • Restrict your search to journals of your interest
      • Search for Evidence based article
    7. Use the Indian resources - Indmed / Medind / Openmed / UNCAT / NHIC
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