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PubMed, PICO & Evidence-Based Medicine

Searching PubMed

Research Assistance

Whether you are a novice or a veteran researcher, a little assistance can be critical for achieving successful results. Our library staff has extensive education and experience in utilizing databases. We understand the unique qualities of every research request and will be happy to help you through the process.

Use our 'Research Request' form to tell us a little about your research needs and suggest a meeting time.

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PubMed & MEDLINE

Searching PubMed is often considered essential for medical health professionals and researchers. Research articles indexed using MeSH form a subset of the PubMed database, MEDLINE, and are included in One Search. There are specific search tools and methods that are particular to PubMed that do not translate well to that search interface. Because there are multiple ways to search using PubMed it is important to understand the basics of searching. The videos below will help you to navigate this resource and access full text articles.

PubMed Videos

This excellent video series from Welch Medical Library @ Johns Hopkins below demonstrates how to use PubMed and build an advanced search.