PubMed is a database of over 21 million medical journal articles and books developed by the National Library of Medicine. While it indexes over 5,500 journals, only around 200 are core veterinary medicine journals, which comprise about 3% of the total content. There are two main ways to filter PubMed results to focus on veterinary science: 1) Using the pre-defined "Veterinary Science" subset search string, or 2) Searching MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) terms assigned to articles like "veterinary medicine", along with related subheadings and restrictions. The MeSH search builder allows combining multiple terms and fields to construct targeted queries.
2. IS A DATABASE OF MEDICAL LITERATURE
DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL LIBRARY
OF MEDICINE. IT INDEXES OVER 5,500
JOURNALS AND COMPRISES OVER 21
MILLION JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOKS.1
3. IS A DATABASE OF MEDICAL LITERATURE
DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL LIBRARY
OF MEDICINE. IT INDEXES OVER 5,500
JOURNALS AND COMPRISES OVER 21
MILLION JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOKS.1
IT’S BIG
4. INCLUDES A LITTLE LESS THAN 200 CORE
JOURNALS IN VETERINARY MEDICINE.2
THAT’S ABOUT 3.33% OF THE TOTAL.
40. OTHER MeSH TERMS WORTH EXPLORING
• “ANIMALS” (NARROWER TERMS GO DOWN TO SPECIES LEVEL)
• “ANIMAL DISEASES”
• “ANIMAL TECHNICIANS”
• “ANIMAL NUTRITION SCIENCES”
• “VETERINARY DRUGS”
• “VETERINARY [SUBHEADING]”
41. YOU CAN ADD MULTIPLE TERMS FROM
MULTIPLE SEARCHES USING THE SAME
STEPS. THE SEARCH BUILDER WILL KEEP
TRACK OF WHAT YOU ADD EACH TIME.
42. YOU MADE IT TO THE END!
(HERE ARE SOME PUPPIES)
43. REFERENCES & CREDITS
[1] U.S. National Library of Medicine. (2011). Pubmed overview. retrieved from
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmedtutorial/010_050.html
[2] Whitaker, S. (2011). Pubmed MEDLINE searching: Veterinary medicine [Brochure]. retrieved from
http://vmls.mlanet.org/sites/default/files/documents/VMLS_PubMed_brochure_2011june.pdf
Penguin image by Roger Sperberg, retrieved from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emperor_Penguin_Adelieland.jpg
Puppy image by Bodlina, retrieved from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:4weeks_old.jpg
Slideshow created by Zach Sharrow
Health Sciences Librarian
Lincoln Memorial University
zachary.sharrow@lmunet.edu