Medline on PubMed
Accessing PubMed Medline
Conducting a search
Managing the results
Linking to full text
Help and training
Accessing PubMed Medline
From the Library's homepage at http://www.utas.edu.au/library
- select Databases from the menu on the left,
- select P and find PubMed in the list and click it to open.
- Direct access - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?holding=iauutaslib_fft
Conducting a search
In order to best control the search it is recommended to start with the Limits link open.
From the resulting drop down menu bars it is possible to specify the field (author, title, journal name, subject etc.), publication type (trial, review etc,) Ages, Languages, Gender, publication date range. and so more precisely define the search if that is what is needed.
Type the search you want in the Search bar, click Go and the results will be displayed as shown:
Managing the results
By ticking the left hand boxes of records you require and then selecting Clipboard from the drop down Send to tab ; a file of wanted citations is maintained. Later by clicking on the Clipboard icon (below the search bar) the selection of wanted citations can be retrieved.
At this point the citations may be printed, saved to a file or exported to EndNote.
Linking to the full text of articles available in UTAS held e-journals
Change the Display option in your results from Summary to Abstract. When the library has the full text for that article you will see the UTAS icon
Click on this to go to the full text of the article.
Help and training
A PubMed BASICS tri-fold pamphlet, which develops further the basics covered above is also available from the Clinical and Science libraries.
Instruction in the use of all features available to you in PubMed can be provided by Library staff who can arrange one-to-one or group training sessions.
PubMed's own Help and Tutorial, from the left hand menu bar, also contain valuable assistance on the full range of features you may come to need.
