PTH 514

Finding Evidence: Using PubMed

MEDLINE
Part 1

UNE Library Services /Feb

2016

Class Objectives
1. Review database info scope &
content
2. Learn how to do a basic search
3. Understand and use search details,
ATM, filters, results display, sort and
send to options.
4. Practice using PICO to search for

 Comes from: NIH NLM

NCBI
Whats the difference?
PubMed MEDLINE PubMed
Central

MEDLINE: SCOPE &

CONTENT
A database of citations to published
biomedical journal articles
Over 21 million citations going back to
1940s
5,600 journals indexed journals must
be approved by a review committee
Paid for by our tax $, so free to use and
license
PubMed is the government interface

PubMed

http://www.pubmed.gov
/
*

*Access it through the UNE Library website to link to full

text articles.

Whats in PubMed?

includes:
records for online books & chapters
out of scope articles

Spring 2015

PubMed Central

Advantages
FREE!
ATM automatic term
mapping
MeSH
Newest citations

PubMed uses Automatic Term Mapping which

recognizes thousands of concepts and maps to
an appropriate term.

ATM checks your search words against:

This is how
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
PubMed
Journal Titles
works so
well
Authors

The Search details lets you

see how your search was
mapped

See the Difference:

Frozen shoulder physical
therapy =
(processed using

715

ATM)

frozen shoulder physical

therapy =

12
1

MeSH Database

Medical Subject Headings official

medical terms used to described
articles
Every article gets assigned 10-12
MeSH terms
If your search term maps to a MeSH

Practice

Lou gehrigs
disease
Good PubMed search?
How can you tell?

Practice

Red Bull
Good PubMed search?
How can you tell?

Starting in MeSH

Practice
:

Definition

Can choose
subheadings to
refine your
search

PubMed Demo Search using

PICO

In patients with low back pain, does TENS reduce

pain more than placebo?

P=
I =
C=
O
Results:=
40

Low back pain

TENS
placebo
(Reduce) pain

Filters: Humans, English = 40

Randomized controlled trials = 18 SR = 13

No right way to do a search you will develop your

own strategy. Can start narrow and then broaden, or

Use Filters to refine your

search
English
Humans
Age
Sex
Article Types (SR, practice guideline, RCT,
etc)

Text availability
And many more

Should you filter to Full

Text?
You
will
miss
many
article
s
using
this
filter

How about Free Full Text?

You will
miss most
of the
articles
using this
filter; only
use this if
you have
no
affiliation
with a
library
that can
provide
access to
articles for
you

Getting the articles

While you are a UNE student, access articles
via the Library
Click the
UNE icon
to link to
full text.

If LinkOuts dont work, go to E-Resources - Full Text Journals on library homepage & search
for Journal (not article title). If UNE does not get the journal, use Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)
under Borrowing.

PICO & MeSH Practice

Questions

Hands-on practice
time

PubMed Medline

These
tutorials
are short
and
helpful

Search here
with keywords

Use MeSH to
find correct
medical search
terms if
keywords not
working well

PubMed Medline
From Physical Therapy major guide under Databases click
Medline-PubMed

Perform a keyword search using your PICO

question
Use Filters to narrow the search
Mark records and send to Clipboard to print or
save list
Click article titles and use linkout icons to get
to full text
Use Full Text Journals search box from library
website if linkout does not work
Use Interlibrary Loan if UNE does not have
journal From library homepage: Borrowing

Getting the Full Text of an

Article When You Have the
Click E-Resources - Full
Text Journals from library
Citation
homepage

At Title Search box enter the name of the journal you need
and Search. Journal title abbreviations are usually recognized.
For example, a search for JAMA gives this result:
from 07/02/1960 to present in American Medical Association Journals
from 2014 to present in Biddeford Campus Print Journals
from 1998 to present in Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek - Frei zugngliche E-Journals

The 1st link goes directly to the online journal, 2nd link indicates
print copies, 3rd link goes to online journal
Consider the coverage dates so the link you choose has the
issue you need.

At the ejournal site, look for a list of years, or a link to Past

Issues or Archives to navigate to the year, volume and
issue you need, then scroll to the article. Some sites have a
search box to search for the article by title or author.
If your journal article is not available , use interlibrary
loan to request a copy. From the homepage go to Borrowing
ILLiad.
See the short online video on library website under Get Help
Tutorials Finding a Specific Journal Article
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=5Oewg1kwX6w&list=PLnGP9u_CWwVZjJa__Xr7c9iGBNgxfU
EW4&index=2

Mobile options
PubMed for Handhelds
(PubMed4Hh)
Free in app store

PubMed Mobile:
Accessing pubmed.gov
from a mobile device
will automatically take
you to the mobile
version.

Instructions for mobile apps from UNE Library

Services
This link
is also accessible from library website Get Help FAQs