tutorial

1. PubMed National Library of Medicine (including MEDLINE and life science journals)

2. Permission Permission from The National Library of Medicine to use screen prints from PubMed is gratefully acknowledged by the Shreveport Nursing Library, NSU Libraries, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, 1/26/2005.

6. Click “Library”

7. Click “Shreveport Nursing”

8. Click “Nursing Databases”

9. Drag Down and Click on “PubMed”

10. Full-text Icons Orange / green banner - electronic full text available from PubMed Central Green banner – electronic full text from others

11. Click “MeSH Database”

12. Notice the links to tutorials

13. Type your search term in the “for” box, and click GO

14. Click “Radiologic technology”

15. Checkmark the definition, and then, click the “ Send to ” button

16. Notice our MeSH term in the “Search PubMed” box and the definition. Then click “Search PubMed.”

17. Click “ Go ” and we retrieve 12164 PubMed hits.

18. Drop-down to MeSH and type “patient care” in the “for” box

19. Checkmark the MeSH term, then the “ Send to ” button.

20. Click “Search PubMed”

21. Notice the number of hits: 91. Click “ Limits .”

22. Limit to “English” and “Humans.” Click “Go.”

23. Notice the no. of hits: 67. Notice that limits now display.

24. Type in “1999” and “2005” and click “Go”

25. No. of hits: 24. No. of pages: 2.

26. Click on the green icon

27. Click on the provider’s icon

28. Drag down to read full-text or click “ Full Text (PDF)”

29. Here’s the PDF version

30. Notice the journal abbreviations

31. “ Copy” the journal abbreviation. Then, click “ Journals Database .”

32. “ Paste” the abbreviation in the “for” box. Then, click “Go.”

33. Print the screen or write down the journal name and ISSN

34. Click on “NSU Journal List”

35. Copy and paste the journal title into the “Find” box. Click “Search.”

36. Click “Search Your Catalog” for the print holdings

37. We need V.25, No. 1 (Jan./Feb. 2003) of Radiology Management

38. Look for the Holdings: V.25, No. 1 (Jan./Feb. 2003)

39. Limit to “only items with abstracts”

40. Click the author’s name to get to the abstract.

41. Click on “Related Articles” for similar material

42. No. of “Related Articles”: 699

43. Click “Links” to link to print holdings of other libraries

44. Drop-down to “LinkOut”

45. Click on “Libraries”

46. Click on “N” for Northwestern

47. Click on the “Print Collection” link for Northwestern

48. Compare the citation to the holdings statement

49. Note the complete holdings statement

50. Keyword Searching We need it, too!

51. Click “Help”

52. Click “Phrase Searches”

53. Beware of using “double quotes” for Phrase Searches “ Radiologic Technician” – 48 hits Radiologic Technician – 48 hits But “ Radiologic Technicians” – 81 hits Radiologic Technicians – 8 hits

55. Click “History”

56. Use Search #’s to Combine Searches and Set Limits

57. No items found? Click on a suggestion.

58. At bottom of screen, we see MeSH terms and Definitions. Click MeSH term for MeSH sub-headings.

59. Checkmark subheadings

60. No. of hits: 1688

61. 1688 hits to 12,167 hits

62. Limit to Major Topics and No Explosions

63. 1032 hits vs. 1688 hits

64. Combine 3 searches: 170 hits

65. No. of hits: 16