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MEDLINE®/PubMed® November 21, 2013 NLM’s PubMed for Trainers* Part II Recap for GaIN Virtual Meeting, Fall 2013 Jane Bridges M.L., AHIP Anna Krampl M.S.L.S., AHIP
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Objectives Improve your PubMed Searching technique. Increase your ability to develop customized PubMed Training. Rapid Class Design. Competencies & Objectives. Improve your ability to analyze and implement Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). Revised 2013/11 PubMed for Trainers 2
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Author Affiliation Revised 2013/11 PubMed for Trainers 3 NLM policy was to carry affiliation for the first author only, quality control the data, and edit the field to add “USA” or e-mail address as appropriate. October 1, 2013 PubMed system in mid-December 2013, NLM will cease editing the Author Affiliation field in MEDLINE/PubMed citations. NLM will allow publishers submitting XML citation data for MEDLINE indexed journals to submit Author Affiliations for each Author name, Investigator name or Corporate Author name. NLM will cease quality control review.
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Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers 4
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Automatic Term Mapping (ATM) ATM Checks these tables: Subjects (Medical Subject Headings) Journal Titles Authors PubMed uses Automatic Term Mapping which recognizes thousands of concepts and maps to an appropriate term. Revised 2013/11 5 PubMed for Trainers
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Search details Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers 6
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ATM PubMed looks for: Subjects Journals Authors In that order. Revised 2012/09 7 PubMed for Trainers
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When a Match is Found for your Subject Revised 2012/09 8 PubMed for Trainers Processing now stops!
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Automatic Explosion: What you Don’t See in Search Details Revised 2012/09 9 PubMed for Trainers
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Revised 2012/09 10 PubMed for Trainers
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ATM (cont’d) If PubMed doesn’t find a match in the MeSH subject table, it looks for: Subjects Journals Authors Revised 2012/09 11 PubMed for Trainers
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Journals Translation Table Full journal title MEDLINE abbreviation International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) Revised 2012/09 12 PubMed for Trainers
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When a Match is Found for your Journal Title 13 Revised 2012/09 PubMed for Trainers Processing now stops!
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Pop Quiz! Revised 2012/09 PubMed for Trainers 14 a.Tissue research b.Cell and tissue research c.Cell Tissue Res d.All of the above You’re looking for citations from the journal Cell and tissue research. Which of the following searches will retrieve all citations from that journal (check all that apply and take your best guess)?
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Pop Quiz! Revised 2012/09 PubMed for Trainers 15 a.Tissue research b.Cell and tissue research c.Cell Tissue Res d.All of the above You’re looking for citations from the journal Cell and tissue research. Which of the following searches will retrieve all citations from that journal (check all that apply and take your best guess)?
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ATM (cont’d) If PubMed doesn’t find a match in the journals table, it looks for: Subjects Journals Authors Revised 2012/09 16 PubMed for Trainers
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Author Translation Tables Author Index In the format: Lastname Initials: Jennings BH Full Author Translation Table Available since 2002, provided by publisher Author names in natural and inverted order: Barbara H Jennings Jennings, Barbara H Investigator Index Full Investigator Translation Table Revised 2012/09 17 PubMed for Trainers
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When a Match is Found for an Author Name Revised 2012/09 18 PubMed for Trainers Processing now stops!
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Pop Quiz! Revised 2012/09 PubMed for Trainers 19 a.William Jusko b.Jusko, William J c.Jusko wj Which will most likely retrieve all records in PubMed for articles written by William J Jusko?
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Pop Quiz! Revised 2012/09 PubMed for Trainers 20 a.William Jusko b.Jusko, William J c.Jusko wj Which will most likely retrieve all records in PubMed for articles written by William J Jusko?
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ATM: Searching Multiple Concepts 21 Revised 2012/09 PubMed for Trainers
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No match in any of the translation tables? Revised 2012/09 22 PubMed for Trainers
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Phrase Searching with Quotes Caution! Using quotes bypasses ATM & automatic explosion. Revised 2012/09 23 PubMed for Trainers
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Revised 2012/09 PubMed for Trainers 24 Quoted Phrase Not Found
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Exercise Search the following in PubMed: a. “health planning” b. health planning What is missed in the first search? Revised 2012/09 25 PubMed for Trainers
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Searches that Bypass Automatic Term Mapping: 1. Using a search tag: Gene [author] Science [journal] 2. Forcing a phrase search with quotes: “pressure point” 3. Using the Single Citation Matcher 4. Using Advanced Search Revised 2012/09 26 PubMed for Trainers Use with caution!
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Drugs and Chemicals in MeSH Revised 2013/01 27 PubMed for Trainers
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Many Synonyms, One Preferred Name, Same Concept 28 Revised 2013/01 PubMed for Trainers
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Medical Subject Headings (MeSH ® Vocabulary) MeSH Vocabulary TypeExamples HeadingsBody Weight, Kidney, Dental Cavity Preparation, Self Medication, Brain Edema, Oseltamivir Subheadingsadverse effects, genetics, contraindications, ultrastructure Publication TypesLetter, Review, Practice Guideline, Twin Study Supplementary Concept Recordscordycepin, albuterol-ipratopium, carbon monoxyde dehydrogenase, nocturnin Revised 2013/01 29 PubMed for Trainers
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Supplementary Concepts Revised 2013/01 30 PubMed for Trainers
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Supplementary Concepts (cont.) Revised 2013/01 31 PubMed for Trainers
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Supplementary Concepts (cont.) 32 Revised 2013/01 PubMed for Trainers
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MeSH Heading v. SCRs: Why Both? Revised 2013/01 33 PubMed for Trainers MeSH Headings Supplementary Concepts Located in hierarchy Subheadings Updated annually Pharmacologic Actions Entry Terms Not located in hierarchy no explosion No subheadings Updated weekly Pharmacologic Actions Entry Terms Heading Mapped To Can become MeSH Heading
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“Free-Floating” Subheadings Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 34 It may be useful to search a subheading unattached to a Heading. Examples: breast neoplasms[mh] AND trends[sh] hypertension [majr] AND toxicity [sh] [sh] allows you to search the subheading attached to any MeSH heading
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…insert visual here… PubMed Mobile Mobile-friendly version of PubMed Minimal feature set: Small HTML, CSS, JavaScript VIDEO: PubMed Mobile Demonstration
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