An overview of how to search PubMed using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).

1. Mount LibraryTutorials:
Getting Started with PubMed and MeSH

2. Begin on Library
webpage:
msvu.ca/library
Select Databases A-Z

3. Find and Click
PubMed

4. Start by finding the
( dical ubject eading)
for your topic
Note the web address includes msvulib
This means PubMed will link back to the
Mount Library journal collection

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1. Search term in MeSH
2. Click Add to search builder
3. Click Search in PubMed

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Once in PubMed
1.Click Advanced
2. Select “Add”
from History to
combine terms in
the Builder
3. Click Search
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Update your filters to show: Species, Sex and Ages

8. Note the number of results
before adding age filters
Click on a
filter to add it
to the search

9. To access
an article
click the
title
Note the number of results
after adding age filters

10. PMC is PubMed Central
which make biomedical
articles freely available
Click on the
Get it @ MSVU
Button to search
the Mount Library
journal collection

11. From the Mount Library
site follow the full text
link to the article

12. Login using the
barcode on your
ID card & the last
4 digits of your
phone number as
your password
If there is no full text link,
Request the item
via Document Delivery
If you have any issues logging in contact the Mount library at
902-457-6250 or library@msvu.ca.

13. You will need to
check the box
saying this is for
research.
Then the Submit
button will
become active.
The Document
Delivery request
form should
autocomplete
based on the
information
from PubMed
Article and other copies, such
as book chapters and
conference papers, will be
emailed to you. Loans of books
can be picked up at the Mount
Library. You will be sent an
email when they arrive.

14. Thank you!
Mount Library
http://www.msvu.ca/library
library@msvu.ca
902-457-6250