Pubmed
Outline Background information Pubmed features Pubmed searching Mendeley
Goals Recognize different types of publications Effectively search with Pubmed Manage your search results
Background Information MedlinePlus – Health Topics Mayoclinic – Diseases and Conditions Muscular dystrophy > Myotonic dystrophy
Pubmed Results List Results List Worksheet: Myotonic Dystrophy
Pubmed Features Worksheet: Pubmed Features Results page Record page Format/Sort by/Per page Citation information Filters (left) Right hand side Send to: Record page Author name/information PMID/DOI MeSH MeSH Terms in a record database MyNCBI Collections Saved Searches Email Updates Filters Home Page Single Citation Matcher First/Last author Clinical Queries
Pubmed Searching Searching Keywords Synonyms Boolean operators AND (for combining different concepts, finds fewer results) OR (for combining synonyms, finds more results) Phrase searching (“myotonic dystrophy”) Truncation (transcript*) Synonyms Myotonic Dystrophy Protein Kinase, DM Kinase, MDGP Kinase Controlled vocabulary (MeSH) Similar articles Author search Citation tracking Review articles
Worksheet: Pubmed Searching Search terms Disease name Biochemistry connection Use background information to find genes/proteins Look through titles/abstracts Look at Related Information from a relevant paper Find the relevant MeSH term and use subheadings Worksheet: Pubmed Searching
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