PubMed Little Library Lunch Lectures

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PUBMED CENTRAL Little Library Lunch Lectures November 25, 2013 F. W. Olin Library Sarah Naumann, Reference Librarian

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I created this presentation for a half-hour session. The idea is to introduce students to one of our specialized databases.

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PUBMED CENTRAL Little Library Lunch Lectures November 25, 2013 F. W. Olin Library Sarah Naumann, Reference Librarian

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Finding PubMed Central

1.  Library Catalog, 2.  Electronic Resources -->Abstracts and Indexes-->

Medline PubMed 3.  Health Sciences Subject Guide

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What is PubMed used for?

PubMed Central® is a free archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).

examples:

❖  Biology ❖  Microbiology ❖  Medicine ❖  Health Science

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Excellent tutorials

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Search Tips

❖  author: last name initials (do not use punctuation) ❖  author & subject: last name initials subject [maher bh migraine] ❖  no need to “AND” terms together

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Try a search: [maher bh migraine]

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Multiple filter options

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Advanced search builder

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Find indexed terms!

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Interesting data

❖  scroll down to bottom of page ❖  click on influenza virus ❖  select “growth of flu sequences”

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Thank you for attending!

Questions?

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Sarah Naumann Reference Librarian