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The PubMed Tutorial is based on the NLM's one-day PubMed training course.

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The following are brief animated tutorials with audio for using PubMed. Running times are rounded to the nearest minute. Click on the link to launch the tour.

Searching PubMed

Search PubMed for an Author (3 min., June 2005) Searching PubMed by Author and Subject (1 min., revised December 2007) PubMed Simple Subject Search (2 min., June 2008) Search for a Journal (5 min, June 2007) Retrieving Citations from a Journal Issue (1 min., December 2005)

My NCBI

Retrieving Your My NCBI Username or Password (approx. 2 min., September 2008) Saving Searches (approx. 4 min., revised October 2008)
Changing Saved Searches  (approx. 3 min., October 2008)
Collections (approx. 3 min., revised October 2008)
Editing Collections (approx. 4 min., revised October 2008) 
Creating Your Bibliography (approx. 3 min., September 2008)

PubMed's MeSH Database

Searching with the MeSH Database (3 min., December 2005) Combining MeSH Terms Using the MeSH Database (4 min., revised December 2007) Applying Subheadings and Other Features of the MeSH Database (5 min., revised December 2007)

Search Clinic: PubMed® Update on Automatic Term Mapping, Citation Sensor, and Advanced Search (Recording of Online Instruction, July 2008)

Search Clinic: Chemicals & Drugs in PubMed (Recording of Online Instruction, August 2007)

The Basics of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) (Instructional Web site)

Branching Out: The MeSH® Vocabulary (Instructional Video)

For additional instruction on using PubMed, see the following resources:

PubMed Basics (tri-fold handout in PDF, June 2007) Searching PubMed with MeSH (tri-fold handout in PDF, January 2008) My NCBI (tri-fold handout in PDF, January 2008) U.S. National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Non-English Guides to PubMed Full Text and PubMed (tri-fold handout in PDF format, January 2008)
These handouts are a U.S. National Network of Libraries of Medicine(NN/LM) resource. PubMed Training Manual available on the Training Manuals and Resources page. PubMed Help

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Last reviewed: 18 November 2008
Last updated: 18 November 2008
First published: 04 October 2005
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