PubMed comprises more than 21 million citations for biomedical literature from
Medline, life science journals and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher’s
websites.
To do a literature search:
1) Enter your keyword(s) in the search box
2) Click on “limits”
3) Dates – published in the last (5 years is standard)
4) Type of article
5) Species
6) Subsets – nursing journals
7) Text options
8) Languages
9) Sex
10) Ages
11) Click on “search”
Click on the title to see the abstract
Click on the icon to get the article full text (some articles will not be available full text)
Still too many articles? Add more search terms (i.e. diabetes and type 2)
Not enough articles? Check out “related citations” on the right or remove a “limit”
Optional
step – clipboard or email
1)
Check box by desired article
2)
Drop down box “send to” clipboard
3)
Clipboard may be printed or sent to your email
To find a specific article:
1) Click on single citation matcher
2) If the article is not available full text ask the librarian lthomps@osumc.net or 918.599.5298
FYI: articles in brackets [Blah, blah, blah] are not in English.