Search PubMed Durham

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Search PubMed _at_ Durham

• Use the subject guide to resources for health
• Select the link to articles from journals,
  magazines, and newspapers
• Select the link to PubMed
• Why search the database via Durham, when its
  available for free on the Internet?
• By searching PubMed via this access route, a link
  to the full text of any articles that are
  available at the library will be included in your
  search results

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http//durhamcollege.ca/library
Click here
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Begin searching in PubMed by doing a keyword
search. Eventually, you WILL need to refine your
search to a subject search.
For BEST resultsdo the PubMed Tutorial!

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This is a keyword search. It retrieved over
55000 items!
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The PubMed search engine automatically filters
keyword searches, and searches the database by
BOTH keyword (searching every field) and subject
terms (mapping your keyword to a subject
heading).
By clicking the Details tab, we can identify the
subject headings that were used for this search.
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What this means The PubMed database search
engine searched for pregnancy as a (MeSH)
subject heading, AND as a (Text Word) keyword
located anywhere in the record. It searched for
adolescenceand mapped it to the correct MeSH
subject -gt adolescent and searched it as a
subject, AND it searched adolescence as a keyword
anywhere in the record.
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We can verify that there arent more specific
subject headings by searching the MeSH subject
heading list. Once weve found the best MeSH
subject headings, well limit our search to ONLY
those items with the best headings. This will
refine our search and give us more precise
results.
To search the MeSH database of subject headings,
click here
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Input your most important term here.
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Is this a more precise subject heading? Click
the words to see
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In this database there is NOT a more specific
term. You need to search (pregnancy) and
(adolescent). If you choose Pregnancy in
Adolesence, you will retrieve articles about the
psychology of pregnant adolescents.
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Use your browsers BACK button to take you back
to the Pub Med database. Change your search
terms to (pregnancy) (adolescent). NOTE!!! In
PubMed, when you search by MeSH SUBJECT Headings,
there is an IMPLIED and between your search
concepts.
NO Boolean Operator (eg. AND) if you are going to
LIMIT to a MeSH subject heading!!!
Then click the LIMITS tab
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• Scroll down the page until you see this box.
• Use the arrow to see the tag names in the
  drop-down box. Select MeSH Major Topic.
• Click GO

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906 items were retrieved. Scroll through the
first couple of pages. Click on the link to an
article that looks useful.
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Read the abstract. If youd like MORE articles
like the this, change the DISPLAY to MEDLINE so
you can see the MeSH headings for the article.
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Note any relevant MeSH subject headings. You
can add them to your search query, and re-submit
your search. This will refine your search.
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When youve finished refining your search and
youve found a manageable number of items, click
on the titles that look promising. To see if the
full text of the article is available at the
library, scroll down the page, and select the
find it _at_ Durham link.
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Whew! Lets review

• To find books, use the Subject Guide to Resources
  - Health to identify important reference books
  available in PRINT or in electronic format
• Search the catalogue to find MORE books
• Search the e-book database to find MORE e-books

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Whew 2

• To find articles, use the Subject Guide to
  Resources Health to identify important indexes
  in the health sciences
• Select Academic Search Premier
• Select CINAHL when your search maps to subject
  headings, pick the most appropriate one(s)
• Use Boolean Logic carefully (and, or)
• Select PubMed browse the MeSH subject Headings
  to identify useful terms to refine your search
• the details tab will help you identify possible
  MeSH terms for your topic
• if you limit your search to MeSH subject
  headings, do NOT use AND between your terms!

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And finallyfind information on websites

• Use our subject guides to find librarian
  recommended sites for each subject area
• Use Google to find a major educational or
  professional association for your subject area
  visit their recommended links
• If you choose to conduct a keyword search, be
  sure to read the search engine instructionsyou
  can use brackets and Boolean operators when
  searching for websitesand this strategy will
  usually improve your search results!

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Step Three Analyze and Evaluate

• Date
• Publisher
• Bias
• Primary Source?
• Secondary Source?
• More

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Step Four Present, Use, Communicate
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Review
START
Identify and Articulate
Find Information
Analyze and Evaluate
Bias Timeliness Authority
Use
FINISH
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Reference Hours
Research help is available during Reference
Hours. Click the link above for our current
hours. Off-campus and want to speak with us
during Reference Hours? Call 905 721-3111 x2390
Reference Desk
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Confused? Need Help?

• Email me at susan.pratt_at_dc-uoit.ca with your
  questions or comments
• Id really appreciate your feedback on these
  presentations! Whats confusing? What did I
  explain well? What did I explain poorly? Whats
  missing?