Building, Limiting and Saving a PubMed ® Search for Osteoporosis Research
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Building, Limiting and Saving a PubMed® Search for
Osteoporosis Research
Kathleen McKimLS5473-Texas Woman’s University
Summer 2012
View the Tutorial
http://screencast.com/t/mmtQzjBg34
Step #1
• Identify key concepts based on the natural language query.
• Example: What is the latest, most reliable data regarding the efficiency of various methods to prevent postmenopausal osteoporosis?
• KEY CONCEPTS– Osteoporosis– Postmenopausal– Prevention– Evidence-based
Step #2
• Go to www.pubmed.gov to convert key concepts into appropriate MeSH terms using the MeSH database.
• Example: osteoporosis• MeSH Terms– Osteoporosis– Osteoporosis, postmenopausal• Subheading: prevention and control
Once you have located your MeSH term, you can chose a subheading and add it to the search builder on the left. You can combine as many related MeSH headings as you like.
Step #3
• After you have built your search, click “Search PubMed.” If you have chosen appropriate MeSH terms, you will have good results.
• If you find too many results, use the Search Filters on the right side of the screen to limit your results.
Step #4• Select the articles you are interested in, and send them to the
clipboard for later viewing.
For More Information
• View the tutorial “Branching Out: the MeSH Vocabulary,” available online from the US National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/video/• For questions, comments or additional help,
please contact Kathleen at [email protected]