PubMed lets you search more than 16 million bibliographic citations and abstracts in the fields of
medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and preclinical sciences.
It provides access to MEDLINE® and to articles in selected life sciences journals not included in
MEDLINE.
PubMed is a free resource. It was developed and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology
Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) located at the National
Institutes of Health.
For a brief overview of searching PubMed, see the PubMed Quick Start section.
This PubMed Help book was prepared by the NCBI [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov].

Section Contents
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How do I search PubMed? [www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/viewlet/search/subject/subject.html]
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How do I search by author? [www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/viewlet/search/author/author.html]
• How do I search by journal name?
• How do I find a specific citation? I have some information such as the author, journal name and
the year the article was published.
• Is there anything special for clinical searches?
• How do I find systematic reviews?
• How do I search for medical genetics information?
• Can you explain the search results?
• How do I display an abstract?
• How can I get a copy of the article?
• How can I save my results?
• I retrieved too many citations. How can I focus my search?
• I retrieved too few citations. How can I expand my search?
• I’m not finding what I need. How does a PubMed search work?
• I need further assistance and training.