DESCRIPTION:
Developed and made freely available by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), PubMed is the most comprehensive biomedical research database, and a key resource used by scientists.

ACCESS: On and Off campus

FULL-TEXT: Some full-text is available.

SUBJECT COVERAGE:

• anatomy
• bioethics
• biology
• chemistry
• dentistry
• environmental health
• genetics
• gerontology
• health care planning and administration
• history of medicine
• hospital administration
• medicine
• microbiology
• nutrition
• physiology
• preclinical sciences
• public health
• sports medicine
• veterinary medicine
• zoology

YEARS: 1966 - present with some older content; New citations are usually added to PubMed Tuesday through Saturday.

VENDOR: National Library of Medicine

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

1. PubMed Fact Sheet | MEDLINE Fact Sheet
• PubMed v. MEDLINE (Differences)

2. Online Tutorials

• PubMed Basics (pdf)
• PubMed Tutorial - from NLM. Excellent!
  (requires Macromedia Flash™)
• PubMed Training Guides - from NLM
  (requires Quicktime video)
• PubMed Guide - available from Utah State University Libraries
• PubMed Instructional Videos - from the University of Washington Libraries
• PubMed Tutorial - from Galter Health Sciences at Northestern University (requires Macromedia Flash™)

3. Search Field Tags and Descriptions - from the University of Washington

4. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
   • Basics of MeSH

5. Special Queries available in PubMed

If you would like training on using using this database or would to schedule a training session for your students, please contact Peter Fritzler, fritzlerp@uncw.edu

Last Update: October 13, 2006