1. PubMed & MedlinePlus: with Karen -
medical
medical & health information sources librarian!
2/20/13
2. TODAY’S FOCUS:
2 free Web resources from the National
Library of Medicine:
PubMed – articles from medical journals
MedlinePlus – consumer health information
3. What is PubMed?
PubMed:
Use it to find articles from thousands of medical journals
Updated daily
Easy to advanced search capabilities
Some of the articles are available full-text
Set up alerts to let you know when new articles are
published
Articles dated 1947 to present
4. PUBMED – INTERESTING FACTS
Approx. 1.8 billion searches conducted in PubMed in 2011
(J Am Med Inform Assoc 2013: 20:363)
10,000-20,000 articles added each week
(J Am Med Inform Assoc 2013: 20:363)
Growth of database:
1960: 94,449 articles/citations/references
1970: 212,752
1980: 272,588
1990: 388,215
2000: 486,856
2010: 828,527
(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/medline_cit_counts_yr_pub.html)
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11. GETTING ARTICLES FROM PUBMED
Some (very few) are free online
Most would need to be obtained from a library
Public library
Medical/Hospital/University library
13. What is MedlinePlus?
MedlinePlus:
Use it to find reliable consumer health information:
Medical encyclopedia
Pamphlets from health organizations such as American Heart
Association, American Diabetes Association
Drug information
Organizations that support various diseases/health conditions
Clinical trials
Videos, online tutorials & other cool tools!
Constantly updated