PubMed

Clicking on the publisher's button in PubMed sometimes gets me to full text, but not always. Why?

When you see the Stanford button as well as the publisher's button(s) on a PubMed citation, how do you decide which button to click? If Lane subscribes to the particular journal, clicking on the publisher's button often takes you directly...

Configuring My NCBI to use FindIt@Stanford

1. Sign in to My NCBI using an existing Cubby login, or register for a new account. Your browser must accept cookies. [Find the link to login/register in the upper right corner of PubMed.] 2. Select "Outside Tool" from the...

Creating an RSS feed from PubMed

PubMed RSS feeds include the latest biomedical articles with links back to PubMed citations. RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an XML-based format used to send new items or information to recipients who use RSS feed readers. There are numerous RSS...

How can I *easily* identify Faculty of 1000 articles within PubMed?

When you use the Stanford version of PubMed through Lane's webpage, all articles that have been selected by the Faculty of 1000 reviewers display the Faculty of 1000 button. The My NCBI filter offers the most efficient way to identify...

How do I import PubMed results into RefWorks?

See the step-by-step instructions with screenshots courtesy of UC Berkeley at: Importing Results from PubMed Searches to RefWorks...

How does PubMed's Advanced Search work?

A brief video tutorial, created by a librarian at the Mayo medical library, takes you through the sections of the Advanced Search page, and demonstrates how to change field names, combine searches from the search history, find MeSH terms, and...

I looked up an article in PubMed and it has a Stanford button. Does that mean you have the article?

Always click on the button to find out how to get the article. This takes you to the FindIt@Stanford page and if full text is available, the Get Full text link will be the first choice. When a direct link...

What is PubMed: Evidence Summaries?

A special PubMed search that retrieves Cochrane Reviews, AHRQ Evidence Reports, BMJ Clinical Evidence topics, FPIN Clinical Inquiries, and ACP Journal Club article reviews. All with links to the full text. The search results are available by doing searches via...

What is PubMed: Systematic Reviews?

A special Pubmed search that retrieves systematic reviews, meta-analyses, reviews of clinical trials, evidence-based medicine, consensus development name conferences, guidelines and citations to articles from journals specializing in review studies of value to clinicians. The search results are available by...

Where can I learn more about using MeSH terms (medical subject headings)?

MeSH terms are assigned by indexers to each citation within PubMed or MEDLINE. The rigor and hierarchical structure of this vocabulary is very helpful in carrying out comprehensive literature searches. Take one of Lane's classes on PubMed searching, meet with...