1. PubMed/Filters (Basic Course: Module 5)
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2. Table of Contents Filters by publication date Filters by language
Filters by age
Filters by type of article
Filters by text options
Search field tags
Filters by affiliation
Filters by journal
Filters by author
This module continues the mastering of the skills necessary to utilize the PubMed database as means to identify e-journals within HINARI. It will emphasize the use of limits while searching in PubMed. Again, this will build on searching skills you have learned in previous modules.
Similarly to the other modules, you will need access to the Internet and be required to complete a series of exercises. You must login to HINARI and then go to ‘Search inside HINARI full-text using PubMed’ or you will not have access to the full-text articles
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3. Before logging into the PubMed, websites, we will Login to the HINARI site using the URL
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4. Note that users also can access the R4L login page from the R4L website , we will Login to the HINARI site using the URL
Users also can access the login page from the R4L website ( and clicking on Login. The following slide will appear and give you access to all five programmes.
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5. Enter your HINARI USER NAME and PASSWORD in the appropriate boxes, change the language of the portal (if necessary), then click on the Login button.
Note: To have access to the full text articles, you must properly sign in.
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6. Click on the Hinari logo to open the program.
All the programs your institution is registered for are listed. Login to any of the other programs by returning to this page (use the R4L Portal – Applications tab at the top of the web browser). To open another program, click on the specific logo. Your Hinari username and password will grant access to the other programs (and ditto for your institution’s AGORA, ARDI GOALI or OARE logins).
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7. Note: The PubMed training modules use screen captures from a computer.
Once logged in to the HINARI Content page, access PubMed by clicking on Databases for discovery list.
In the HINARI Portal you can access PubMed from the Content page. Click on Search inside HINARI full-text using PubMed.
Note: The PubMed training modules use screen captures from a computer.
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8. Open PubMed which is at the top of the Browse databases list.
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9. PubMed Filters
We will examine the numerous Filters options – which enable you to refine (or expand) a search as precisely or broadly as you would like.
From the initial (HINARI) PubMed page, we will run the HIV and pregnancy search and then apply various Filters.
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10. After completion of a search, the default Filters are displayed in a left-column frame. We will apply different Filters to the results of the HIV and pregnancy search - a total of citations
Note: Filters can be added before the search is begun. Also search terms can be defined by Boolean Operators (and, or not) or proximity searching: “…” or (…)
In many cases, you will need to click on More – to add other filter options than the ones from the default listing.
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11. Initially we will apply the Publication dates filter
Initially we will apply the Publication dates filter. We have clicked on the 5 years option. This limits the search results to Note the check mark next to Publication Dates section. Also note clear icon. There is a Clear all option at the bottom of the page. If you do not clear your options, they will be applied to future searches.
Remember – clear the filters if you DO NOT want them on any subsequent searches. If you do not clear your filters, future search could be significantly more limited.
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12. In the Custom Date Range filter, enter the first date of 2017 range to date (2017/01/01 to blank) and click on the Apply icon.
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13. By using a Custom Date Range filter, there are 384 citations for HIV AND pregnancy search. Below the results, there is the Filters activated line that includes the Clear all option.
The specific Filters Activated is noted with a check mark. We will click on the Clear option to remove this . You also can click on the specific filter.
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14. We have cleared all the Filters and the results of the HIV and pregnancy search are the initial number of citations.
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15. Click on the Show additional filters link and now will check the Languages box and click on Show.
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16. Click on Customize to display the drop down menu of Languages filters
Click on Customize to display the drop down menu of Languages filters. Note that English is the default language and more than one can be checked.
To add filters to the left-column list (and be able to apply them to a search), you will need to check the boxes and click on the show button. This is necessary for many of the filter options.
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17. Now opened is the customize… option for Article types and opened the drop down menu. Add Review and Practice Guidelines article types and click on Show.
As previously noted, checking specific boxes and the show button results in the sub-filters adds the filters you want included with the broader term – in this case Article types.
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18. In the Article types, click on the Practice Guidelines and Review options. The results of the HIV and pregnancy search are citations. Clear all the filters.
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19. Click on/open Show additional filters and the drop down menu has been displayed. Add the Ages option by checking the box and clicking on Show.
This is a two step process. First, click on Show addtional filters (to display Ages) and, within the Ages filters, to choose the options you would like to use.
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20. By clicking on customize… in the Ages filters, all the options are displayed. For the HIV and pregnancy search, check the Adolescent: years and Young Adult:19-24 years boxes and click on Show. Once displayed, click on the new Ages filters.
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21. The two Ages filters are checked and highlighted and HIV and pregnancy search is reduced to citations. Below the results, there is the Filters activated line that includes the Clear all option.
Again – remember to clear the filters or they will remain on for subsequent searches.
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22. View one final additional set of filters by clicking the Search fields box and Show.
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23. A new drop down menu is displayed
A new drop down menu is displayed. Highlight the Affiliation option and click on Apply. After this filter is activated, type WHO in the PubMed search box and click on Search.
For all the Fields filters, you will need to put a keyword search in the PubMed search box and click on Search. For this Affiliation search, we have added WHO, the acronym for the World Health Organization. Similarly, you can check Journals and type a journal title into the Search box or check the Author option and enter the name of an author in the Search box.
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24. The results of the WHO affiliation search are 11736 citations
The results of the WHO affiliation search are citations. In the Abstract display option, click on the Author information link. Note the World Health Organization affiliation of the authors.
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25. Now activate the journal Search field filter, enter emerging infectious diseases in the PubMed search box and click on Apply.
This is a useful tool for identifying material from one journal. In this case, we have listed all the articles from Emerging Infectious Diseases, an open access e-journal from the Centers for Disease Control (USA). These options are discussed in the following slides.
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26. The results of the emerging infectious diseases journal affiliation search are citations. This search lists the total number of articles from this journal in PubMed. Remember to clear this Journal search field filter.
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27. Activate the Author Search field filter, enter ribeiro in the PubMed search box and click on Apply.
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28. The results of the ribeiro author search are 16146 citations
The results of the ribeiro author search are citations. This search lists the total number of articles by all authors named ribeiro in PubMed.
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29. To further filter this search, add the author’s initial(s)
To further filter this search, add the author’s initial(s). The results of the Ribeiro e author search are 656 citations.
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30. The original HIV and pregnancy search has been displayed
The original HIV and pregnancy search has been displayed. We will discuss the Text availability filters.
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31. In this example the Free full text available filter has been activated
In this example the Free full text available filter has been activated. The search results are 4978 citations. This lower number includes 2113 HINARI citations but these are HINARI/Free Full Text articles only. Therefore, we recommend not using these filters.
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32. Reminder: While working with Filters, you probably noticed the line that Text availability Filter that has the Abstract, Free full text, Full text available options. By clicking on these options, you would filter your search to include all articles with abstracts or full text articles or those articles that are available as free full text by various publishers or those citations that have abstracts.
Note: if you click only on Free full text and NOT Full text, your HINARI tab will be limited to only articles that are both free full text and HINARI – a significantly less #.
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33. This is the end of the HINARI Basic Course Module 5
There is a workbook to accompany this part of the module. It will take you through a live session covering the topics included in this module.
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