Finding Veterinary Information in PubMed

Covers some strategies to help extract the best veterinary information from PubMed. Not a substitute for talking to a flesh-and-blood librarian.

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1. FINDING VET INFORMATION IN PUBMED
2. IS A DATABASE OF MEDICAL LITERATURE DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE. IT INDEXES OVER 5,500 JOURNALS AND COMPRISES OVER 21 MILLION JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOKS.1
3. IS A DATABASE OF MEDICAL LITERATURE DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE. IT INDEXES OVER 5,500 JOURNALS AND COMPRISES OVER 21 MILLION JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOKS.1 IT’S BIG
4. INCLUDES A LITTLE LESS THAN 200 CORE JOURNALS IN VETERINARY MEDICINE.2 THAT’S ABOUT 3.33% OF THE TOTAL.
5. PubMed Vet Journals Everything Else
6. HOW DO WE FILTER OUT THE REST?
7. 1. THE VETERINARY SCIENCE SUBSET
8. IT’S AN EXTREMELY LONG, PRE-MADE SEARCH STRING
9. IT’S AN EXTREMELY LONG, PRE-MADE SEARCH STRING YES, THAT’S REALLY IT IN THE BACKGROUND
10. IT’S EASY TO USE:
11. JUST PUT VETERINARY[SB] IN THE SEARCH BAR IT’S EASY TO USE:
12. YOU CAN ADD OTHER SEARCH TERMS, TOO IT’S EASY TO USE:
13. 2. MeSH TERMS
14. IS THE CONTROLLED VOCABULARY USED IN PUBMED. WHENEVER ARTICLES ARE ADDED TO PUBMED, THEY ARE ASSIGNED TERMS THAT DESCRIBE THEM
15. YOU CAN USE THOSE TERMS TO LIMIT THE RESULTS THAT YOU GET FROM PUBMED
16. LET’S LOOK AT THE SEARCH BAR AGAIN.
17. USING THE DROPDOWN…
18. …TO SELECT MeSH…
19. …WE CAN SEARCH FOR VETERINARY MEDICINE veterinary medicine (FOR EXAMPLE)
20. LET’S BREAK THIS DOWN
21. LET’S BREAK THIS DOWN
22. THIS SECTION HAS…
23. THIS SECTION HAS… the term, with a short definition
24. THIS SECTION HAS… subheadings
25. THIS SECTION HAS… other restrictions
27. THIS SECTION SHOWS RELATED TERMS. EACH HAS ITS OWN PAGE
29. THIS IS THE SEARCH BUILDER.
30. THIS IS THE SEARCH BUILDER. IT’S THE BEST PART.
31. TO BUILD A SEARCH WITH MeSH TERMS…
32. …CHECK OFF THE SUBHEADINGS AND/OR OTHER OPTIONS YOU WANT…
33. …CHECK OFF THE SUBHEADINGS AND/OR OTHER OPTIONS YOU WANT… (YOU DON’T HAVE TO USE ANY OF THEM)
34. ...CHOOSE THE OPERATOR YOU WANT… (“AND” = NARROW “OR” = BROADEN “NOT” = EXCLUDE)
35. …AND CLICK “ADD TO SEARCH BUILDER.”
37. YOU CAN ADD MORE TERMS HERE, TOO.
39. COOL, RIGHT?
40. OTHER MeSH TERMS WORTH EXPLORING • “ANIMALS” (NARROWER TERMS GO DOWN TO SPECIES LEVEL) • “ANIMAL DISEASES” • “ANIMAL TECHNICIANS” • “ANIMAL NUTRITION SCIENCES” • “VETERINARY DRUGS” • “VETERINARY [SUBHEADING]”
41. YOU CAN ADD MULTIPLE TERMS FROM MULTIPLE SEARCHES USING THE SAME STEPS. THE SEARCH BUILDER WILL KEEP TRACK OF WHAT YOU ADD EACH TIME.
42. YOU MADE IT TO THE END! (HERE ARE SOME PUPPIES)
43. REFERENCES & CREDITS [1] U.S. National Library of Medicine. (2011). Pubmed overview. retrieved from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmedtutorial/010_050.html [2] Whitaker, S. (2011). Pubmed MEDLINE searching: Veterinary medicine [Brochure]. retrieved from http://vmls.mlanet.org/sites/default/files/documents/VMLS_PubMed_brochure_2011june.pdf Penguin image by Roger Sperberg, retrieved from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emperor_Penguin_Adelieland.jpg Puppy image by Bodlina, retrieved from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:4weeks_old.jpg Slideshow created by Zach Sharrow Health Sciences Librarian Lincoln Memorial University zachary.sharrow@lmunet.edu