MEDLINE/PubMed PubMed for Trainers, revised Fall 2012 U.S.
National Library of Medicine (NLM) and NLM Training Center An
introduction
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Objectives By the end of this presentation, you will be able
to: Distinguish between a MEDLINE and non-MEDLINE record in PubMed.
Define: MeSH headings MeSH Major Topics MeSH Subheadings Conduct a
basic PubMed search Manipulate the results display Move from your
PubMed results to other resources Identify where to customize your
use of PubMed (My NCBI) Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers 2
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Overview We will answer the following questions: What is
MEDLINE? What is the content of MEDLINE? Who selects MEDLINE
journals? How has the scope of MEDLINE changed over time? What is
included in each MEDLINE record? What are Medical Subject Headings?
What is PubMed? How do you search PubMed? What are some of the
features of the PubMed search? What other resources are linked from
PubMed? How to customize PubMed using My NCBI Revised 2013/03
PubMed for Trainers 3
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What is MEDLINE? Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers 4
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1964 MEDLINE - a database of citations to biomedical journal
articles. 5 Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers
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Highlights of MEDLINE MEDLINE is a database of citations to
published biomedical journal articles. Over 5,600 journals are
currently indexed for MEDLINE. Journals must be approved by a
review committee. NLM indexers use Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
to index over 50,000 articles each month. MEDLINE has over 20
million citations going back to the mid 1940s. Most of the
citations are for English-language articles and include abstracts.
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Who decides what journals are in MEDLINE? The Literature
Selection Technical Review Committee Made up of medical experts and
librarians. Meets 3 times per year. Considers approximately 180
titles each meeting. Selects roughly 20-25% of reviewed titles.
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What criteria are used to select MEDLINE journals? Critical
elements for inclusion: Scope and coverage Quality of content
Quality of editorial work Production quality Audience Types of
content See Fact Sheet for selection criteria.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/jsel.html Revised 2013/03
PubMed for Trainers 8
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How has the scope of MEDLINE changed over time? See Journals
Recently Accepted for Inclusion in MEDLINE:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/lstrc/new_titles.html 9 Revised 2013/03
PubMed for Trainers
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MEDLINE Basic Bibliographic Citation Journal Source Information
Title of the journal article Names of the Authors First Author
Affiliation Abstract published with the article Language in which
the article was published Publication Type (description of the type
of article, e.g., Review, Letter, etc.) Controlled Vocabulary
search terms (Medical Subject Headings) 10 PubMed for Trainers
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What are Medical Subject Headings? Revised 2013/03 PubMed for
Trainers 11
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MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) terms are added by NLM indexers
to reflect the content of the article. Indexers assign the most
specific term possible. 12
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* = a major concept. Subheadings are used with MeSH headings to
be more specific. 13 Mouth Mucosa/pathology Nail
Diseases/immunology
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What is PubMed? Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers 14
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PubMed http://www.pubmed.gov/ 15 Revised 2013/03 PubMed for
Trainers
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MEDLINE Licensees Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers 16
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Whats in PubMed? includes: records for online books &
chapters out of scope articles Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers
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PubMed Record Status Tags Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers
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How to Search PubMed Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers 19
aids drugs breast feeding
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Search Results 20 Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers
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Automatic Term Mapping (ATM) ATM Checks these tables: Subjects
(Medical Subject Headings) Journal Titles Authors PubMed uses
Automatic Term Mapping which recognizes thousands of concepts and
maps to an appropriate term. Revised 2013/03 21 PubMed for
Trainers
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Search details Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers 22
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The Search Details feature lets you see how your search was
mapped. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/82019380 23 Revised
2013/03PubMed for Trainers
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See the Difference: aids drugs + breast feeding= 3 aids drugs
breast feeding= 404 (processed using ATM) Revised 2013/03 PubMed
for Trainers 24
Citation Sensor 27 Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers
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Title Matcher Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers 28
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How to search Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers 29
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Abstract & Related Citations
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Links Between Databases Revised 2013/03 32 PubMed for
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Revised 2013/03 33 PubMed for Trainers
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Customizing PubMed Using My NCBI My NCBI allows you to: Save
records (Collections, My Bibliography) Save searches (Saved
Searches) Customize your results (Filters, My NCBI Preferences)
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My NCBI homepage Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers 35
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Register for an account Homework: Register for a My NCBI
account if you dont already have one. Throughout the class, the
instructors will point out useful features of My NCBI to use when
searching PubMed Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers 36
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insert visual here PubMed Mobile Mobile-friendly version of
PubMed Minimal feature set: Small HTML, CSS, JavaScript VIDEO:
PubMed Mobile Demonstration
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Online Help and Training
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Summary The MEDLINE database of biomedical journal citations is
the heart of PubMed. MEDLINE includes only good quality journals
deemed important and relevant by a committee of experts. MEDLINE is
available for free using PubMed, but it is also available from
other database searching systems. MEDLINE is enhanced with Medical
Subject Headings (MeSH), which improve access to the literature and
can be used for searching. Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers
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Summary (continued) Search PubMed by entering the main concepts
of your search without punctuation. Your terms will automatically
map to MeSH. Enter components of references (author, title,
journal) to find a known article or set of articles. The full text
article may be linked from the PubMed record using an icon in the
upper right of the abstract display. Explore related citations and
related information from the right column of your search results
and the abstract display. Customize your PubMed search experience
using My NCBI Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers 40
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Conclusions You will now be able to: Distinguish between a
MEDLINE and non- MEDLINE record in PubMed. Define: MeSH headings
MeSH Major Topics MeSH Subheadings Conduct a basic PubMed search
Manipulate the results display Move from your PubMed results to
other resources Identify where to customize your use of PubMed (My
NCBI) Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers 41
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PubMed Searching: Automatic Term Mapping (ATM) PubMed for
Trainers, Winter 2013 U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) and
NLM Training Center
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Objectives By the end of this session, you should be able to:
Describe how PubMed processes a search using Automatic Term Mapping
(ATM) Use Search Details to determine how PubMed processed your
search Modify your PubMed search based on what you learn from
Search details Revised 2012/09 44 PubMed for Trainers
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Composing Your Search Be specific Use no punctuation (e.g., no
quotation marks) Use no operators (e.g., AND) Use no tags
Capitalization is unimportant Revised 2012/09 45 PubMed for
Trainers
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ATM in Action
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ATM (contd) PubMed looks for: Subjects Journals Authors In that
order. Revised 2012/09 48 PubMed for Trainers
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MeSH (Subject) Translation Table Contains: MeSH Headings
Subheadings Publication Types Entry Term mappings (also known as
synonyms) for MeSH terms Supplementary Concepts and synonyms to the
Supplementary Concepts Mappings derived from the Unified Medical
Language System (UMLS) Revised 2012/09 49 PubMed for Trainers
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When a Match is Found for your Subject Revised 2012/09 50
PubMed for Trainers Processing now stops!
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Automatic Explosion: What you Dont See in Search Details
Revised 2012/09 51 PubMed for Trainers
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Revised 2012/09 52 PubMed for Trainers
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Pop Quiz! Revised 2012/09 PubMed for Trainers 53
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ATM (contd) If PubMed doesnt find a match in the MeSH subject
table, it looks for: Subjects Journals Authors Revised 2012/09 54
PubMed for Trainers
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Journals Translation Table Full journal title MEDLINE
abbreviation International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) Revised
2012/09 55 PubMed for Trainers
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When a Match is Found for your Journal Title 56 Revised 2012/09
PubMed for Trainers Processing now stops!
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Pop Quiz! Revised 2012/09 PubMed for Trainers 57
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ATM (contd) If PubMed doesnt find a match in the journals
table, it looks for: Subjects Journals Authors Revised 2012/09 58
PubMed for Trainers
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Author Translation Tables Author Index In the format: Lastname
Initials: Jennings BH Full Author Translation Table Author names in
natural and inverted order: Barbara H Jennings Jennings, Barbara H
Investigator Index Full Investigator Translation Table Revised
2012/09 59 PubMed for Trainers
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When a Match is Found for an Author Name Revised 2012/09 60
PubMed for Trainers Processing now stops!
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Pop Quiz! Revised 2012/09 PubMed for Trainers 61
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ATM: Searching Multiple Concepts 62 Revised 2012/09 PubMed for
Trainers
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Combining Subjects, Journals & Authors: What does ATM Do?
Revised 2012/09 63 PubMed for Trainers
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No match in any of the translation tables? Revised 2012/09 64
PubMed for Trainers
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Phrase Searching with Quotes Caution! Using quotes bypasses ATM
& automatic explosion. Revised 2012/09 65 PubMed for
Trainers
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Revised 2012/09 PubMed for Trainers 66 Quoted Phrase Not
Found
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Exercise Search the following in PubMed: a. health planning b.
health planning What is missed in the first search? Revised 2012/09
67 PubMed for Trainers
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Searches that Bypass Automatic Term Mapping: 1. Using a search
tag: Gene [author] Science [journal] 2. Forcing a phrase search
with quotes: pressure point 3. Using the Single Citation Matcher 4.
Using Advanced Search Revised 2012/09 68 PubMed for Trainers Use
with caution!
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Summary Revised 2012/09 PubMed for Trainers 69 For most PubMed
searches just enter your terms and click Search. Always check
Search details Automatic Term Mapping processes subjects, journals
and authors, in that order.
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Summary Revised 2012/09 PubMed for Trainers 70 With ATM, your
MeSH terms will automatically explode to include narrower topics.
The 3 ways to enter journal titles are: 1. Full journal title 2.
MEDLINE journal title abbreviation 3. ISSN For the most
comprehensive author search, use the format lastname initials
(e.g., smith ja). If necessary, bypass ATM by using: Quotations or
tags Single Citation Matcher Advanced Search (to be discussed
later)
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You should now be able to: Revised 2012/09 PubMed for Trainers
71 Describe how PubMed processes a search using Automatic Term
Mapping Use Search Details to determine how PubMed processed your
search Modify your PubMed Search depending on what you learn from
Search Details
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Evidence-Based Medicine in PubMed PubMed for Trainers, Winter
2013 U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) and NLM Training
Center
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Objectives To explore MeSH vocabulary and PubMed features that
facilitate finding evidence-based research Define the term evidence
based medicine Identify and discuss publication types and research
design vocabulary available in MeSH Introduce and examine three
PubMed topic-specific searches: clinical queries; systematic
reviews; and comparative effectiveness research Introduce PubMed
Health 74 Revised February 2013
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What is Evidence-Based Medicine? 75 The use of the current best
evidence in making clinical decisions See Sackett, D.
Evidence-based Medicine - What it is and what it isn't. BMJ 1996;
312:71-72. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/312/7023/71
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/312/7023/71 Revised February
2013
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76 The best evidence is usually found in clinically relevant
research that has been conducted using sound methodology. (Sackett
D, 2002) Revised February 2013
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What do we mean by Evidence- Based Medicine in the context of
PubMed? Identifying the best available evidence in the literature
to inform clinical decision making using: Study characteristics
(i.e., research design and methods) Reviews (including systematic
reviews) of the literature 77 Revised February 2013
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Useful Vocabulary to Describe Study Characteristics 78 Revised
February 2013
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Publication Types 79 Describe the item being indexed rather
than its topic. There are 3 main categories: Publication
Components, e.g., English Abstract Publication Formats, e.g.,
Lectures, Letter Study Characteristics, e.g., Clinical Trial, Twin
Study Revised February 2013
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Study Characteristics (PTs) 80 Case Reports Clinical Conference
Clinical Trial + Comparative Study Consensus Development Conference
+ Evaluation Studies In Vitro Meta-Analysis Multicenter Study
Scientific Integrity Review Twin Study Validation Studies Revised
February 2013
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81 Study Characteristics (PTs) Clinical Trial Clinical Trial,
Phase I Clinical Trial, Phase II Clinical Trial, Phase III Clinical
Trial, Phase IV Controlled Clinical Trial Multicenter Study
Randomized Controlled Trial Revised February 2013
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Clinical Trial Phases 82 Phase I Is it safe? Phase II Whats the
right dose? Phase III How good is it compared to the standard
treatment? Phase IV Does it have any rare or long term adverse
effects? Revised February 2013
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Publication Type vs. Method as Topic 83 Revised February
2013
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Research Design MeSH Headings: Investigative Techniques
(examples) Double-blind method (1990, Aug 1977) Matched-Pair
Analysis (1992) Patient selection (1995) Random allocation (1991,
1978) 84
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh?term=Investigative%20Techniques
Revised February 2013
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MeSH Pop Quiz! 85 Revised February 2013
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Exercise 86 Find studies comparing treatments for sleep apnea.
Revised February 2013
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Clinical Queries 87
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Clinical Queries: Clinical Study Categories 88
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Clinical Queries: Clinical Study Categories 89 Revised February
2013
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Systematic Reviews Defined (by NLM) 1. One or more questions
are posed. 2. Study results are collected. 3. Criteria are used to
include or exclude studies. 4. Data extracted from the selected
studies are combined and compared. 5. Conclusions are made.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf02/jf02_systematic_reviews.html
90 Revised February 2013
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PubMed Systematic Review query also includes: meta-analyses
reviews of clinical trials evidence-based medicine consensus
development conferences guidelines, and citations to articles from
journals specializing in clinical review studies. 92 Filter
strategy:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pubmed_subsets/sysreviews_strategy.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pubmed_subsets/sysreviews_strategy.html
Revised February 2013
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Exercise: Clinical Queries 93 Using the Clinical Queries page,
find studies exploring the effect of weight loss on obstructive
sleep apneaClinical Queries Look at the Systematic Reviews and
click See all to view them in PubMed Revised February 2013
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Comparative Effectiveness 94 effectiveness [sb]
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/cer/cerqueries.html Revised February
2013
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RCTs PubMed CER Searches Conceptual Structure Outcomes ALL of
the Above Systematic Reviews Cohort Administrative Data/Registries/
EHRs Health Disparities Simulations Modeling Comparative OR
Effective Costs & Cost Analysis Outcomes About CER AND OR
Clinical Studies Observational Studies Systematic Reviews
Comparative OR Effective 95
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/cer/CER_search_strategies.html
Revised February 2013
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Exercise: Comparative Effectiveness Research 96 Use the
comparative effectiveness search page to search for weight loss on
obstructive sleep apneacomparative effectiveness search page Look
at results for Observational Studies Look at results for Systematic
Reviews, Simulations, Models Compare your results for CER search on
Systematic Reviews with the Clinical Queries Systematic Reviews
search results http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/cer/cerqueries.html
Revised February 2013
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Full-text online collection of systematic reviews (or
summaries) Curated Some not in PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedheal th/ Revised February 2013 97
Another EBM Resource:
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More about Comparative Effectiveness Research 98 Webinar:
Comparative Effectiveness Research (from the Pacific Northwest
RML): https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p77505591/
https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p77505591/ Finding Evidence for
Comparing Medical Interventions (AHRQ Guide on comparative
effectiveness reviews) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21433408
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21433408 Systematic Review
Workshop: The Nuts and Bolts for Librarians (3-day workshop)
http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/systematicreview/
http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/systematicreview/ Revised February
2013
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More about Evidence-Based Medicine 99 Online tutorial:
http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/Tutorials/EBM/we lcome.htm
http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/Tutorials/EBM/we lcome.htm Work by
Dr. John Ioannidis (see profile in the Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/201
0/11/lies-damned-lies-and-medical-science/8269/ and/or search
PubMed for ioannidis jp)
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/201
0/11/lies-damned-lies-and-medical-science/8269/ Revised February
2013
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Summary 100 Vocabulary Study Characteristics (PTs)
Investigative Techniques headings PubMed Clinical and Special
Queries Clinical Study Categories (Clinical Queries page)
Systematic Reviews (Clinical Queries page) Comparative
Effectiveness (NICHSR Web site) PubMed Health for full-text
systematic reviews Revised February 2013
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Searching for Drug Information In PubMed PubMed for Trainers
Winter 2013 U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) and NLM
Training Center
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Revised 2013/01 103 PubMed for Trainers Goal: To gain
familiarity with the NLM MeSH vocabulary related to chemicals and
drugs and to get comfortable with searching for drug information in
PubMed.
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Objectives: Revised 2013/01 104 PubMed for Trainers By the end
of this session you will be able to: Explain how chemicals, drugs
and other substances are described in MeSH. Search for drugs or
chemicals in PubMed. Search using pharmacological action
terms.
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Help, Im not a Chemist! Revised 2013/01 105 PubMed for
Trainers
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Drugs and Chemicals in MeSH Revised 2013/01 106 PubMed for
Trainers
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Many Synonyms, One Preferred Name, Same Concept 107 Revised
2013/01 PubMed for Trainers
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Common v. Chemical Names Revised 2013/01 108 PubMed for
Trainers Mimosine 3-Hydroxy-4-oxo-1(4H) pyridinealanine C 8 H 10 N
2 O 4 Aspirin Acetylsalicylic Acid Always exceptions
1,2-dinitrobenzene Look at the Drug Handout
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Exercise: Preferred Term Revised 2013/01 PubMed for Trainers
109 Develop a good PubMed search for information on Zantac.
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The Chemicals and Drugs Category in MeSH Inorganic Chemicals
Organic Chemicals Heterocyclic Compounds Polycyclic Compounds
Macromolecular Substances Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and
Hormone Antagonists Enzymes and Coenzymes Carbohydrates Lipids
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and
Nucleosides Complex Mixtures Biological Factors Biomedical and
Dental Materials Pharmaceutical Preparations Chemical Actions and
Uses 110 Revised 2013/01
Supplementary Concepts Revised 2013/01 112 PubMed for
Trainers
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Supplementary Concepts (cont.) Revised 2013/01 113 PubMed for
Trainers
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Supplementary Concepts (cont.) 114 Revised 2013/01 PubMed for
Trainers
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Mapped to MeSH 115 Revised 2013/01 PubMed for Trainers
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MeSH Heading v. SCRs: Why Both? Revised 2013/01 116 PubMed for
Trainers MeSH Headings Supplementary Concepts Located in hierarchy
Subheadings Updated annually Pharmacologic Actions Entry Terms Not
located in hierarchy no explosion No subheadings Updated weekly
Pharmacologic Actions Entry Terms Heading Mapped To Can become MeSH
Heading
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SCRs Are Revised 2012/10 PubMed for Trainers 117 Updated Weekly
Update SCRs
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SCRs Do Not Revised 2012/10 PubMed for Trainers 118 Take
Subheadings
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SCRs Are Not Revised 2012/10 PubMed for Trainers 119 In the
MeSH Hierarchy. No explosion!
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Exercise: Headings, Subheadings and Supplementary Concepts
Revised 2013/01 PubMed for Trainers 120 What MeSH
Heading/Subheading combination would be applied to a citation for
an article about the synthesis of sordarin? What search would
retrieve only highly relevant citations on this topic?
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Searching Tip: Use Tags Sparingly Revised 2013/01 121 PubMed
for Trainers Use [mh] for drugs that you know are MeSH Headings:
oseltamivir [mh] dibenzazepines [mh] You can use [nm] for drugs
that are Supplementary Concepts OR MeSH Headings: metapramine [nm]
dibenzazepines [nm] water [nm] BUT headings will not explode if
searched with [nm].
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Best way to search for a drug: No tags Revised 2013/01 122
PubMed for Trainers SearchResults (# records) Xanthophylls [nm]2000
Xanthophylls [mh]2923 Xanthophylls3166
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Pharmacological Action Terms Revised 2013/01 123 PubMed for
Trainers The way a chemical or drug behaves in the body
http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/282094/enlarge
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Pharmacological action terms Revised 2013/01 124 PubMed for
Trainers
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Revised 2013/01 PubMed for Trainers 125
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Pharmacological Action Terms Revised 2013/01 PubMed for
Trainers 126
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The MeSH Heading Record Revised 2013/01 PubMed for Trainers
127
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Drug AND MeSH Heading 128 Revised 2013/01 PubMed for
Trainers
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Pharmacological Action Record 129 Revised 2013/01 PubMed for
Trainers
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MeSH Record vs. PA Record Revised 2013/01 PubMed for Trainers
130 MeSH Record: A concept / topic PA record: A tool (list of drugs
with that PA)
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Disease AND Pharmacological Action [pa] 131 Revised 2013/01
PubMed for Trainers
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Revised 2013/01 PubMed for Trainers 132
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Review 2 Ways to Use PAs Revised 2013/01 PubMed for Trainers
133 1. Drug AND Pharmacological Action tagged [mh] Example: lithium
carbonate AND antidepressive agents [mh] retrieves articles about
lithium carbonate as an antidepressive agent. 2. Disease AND
Pharmacological Action tagged [pa] Example: panic disorder AND
antidepressive agents [pa] retrieves articles about any
antidepressive chemical or drug and panic disorder.
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Teachback Revised 2012/02 PubMed for Trainers 134 In groups of
2 or 3, explain to each other when and why you would use the [mh]
or [pa] tags to search for pharmacologic actions with a drug or
disease. Use these examples: Find articles about Bismuth or
Magnesium Hydroxide used as antacids. Find articles about treating
GERD or Heartburn with antacids.
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Exercise: Pharmacological Actions Revised 2013/01 PubMed for
Trainers 135 Recently there has been some interest in thalidomide
as an angiogenesis inhibitor. How might you search to find relevant
records?
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Summary Revised 2013/01 136 PubMed for Trainers You should now
be able to: Explain how chemicals, drugs and other substances are
described in MeSH. Search for drugs or chemicals in PubMed. Search
using pharmacological action terms.
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Revised 2013/03 PubMed for Trainers 137
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PubMed for Trainers, Winter 2013 U.S. National Library of
Medicine (NLM) and NLM Training Center PubMed Nuts and Bolts
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Goals Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 139 Locate details
and history about the information included in MEDLINE/PubMed
records and Search the fields of MEDLINE/PubMed records
efficiently.
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Objectives Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 140 After this
session participants will be able to use: the MEDLINE/PubMed Field
Elements Descriptions documentation to find details about the
MEDLINE data the search tags table in PubMed Help to find
searchable fields and learn how to search those fields the Advanced
Search page Search Builder to explore PubMeds indexes the NLM
Catalog Journal search to find journals and build journal sets for
searching in PubMed History to combine searches
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The point of the following slides: Revised 2012/12 PubMed for
Trainers 141 MEDLINE/PubMed data structure can vary by field
MEDLINE/PubMed data inclusion has varied over time PubMed indexing
can vary by field BUT you can search easily because there are tools
at your disposal to: Get details about MEDLINE/PubMed data View
PubMed indexing Shortcut to the data you need
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Part I: The Data Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 142
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PMID 23082700 TITLEEosinophils in the gastrointestinal tract
AUTHORStraumann A LANGUAG E English SOURCEActa Gastroenterol Belg.
2012 Sep;75(3):310-5 PMID 23029718 TITLEChanging antimicrobial
resistance pattern AUTHORJain S LANGUAG E English SOURCEJ Assoc
Physicians India. 2012 May;60:27-8, 33 PMID 23033785 TITLEGut
bacteria and antimicrobial resistance AUTHORKanerva M LANGUAG E
Finnish SOURCEDuodecim. 2012;128(17):1755-61. Record s Field s
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PMID- 22068643 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DA - 20111109 DCOM-
20120309 IS - 1438-8812 (Electronic) IS - 0013-726X (Linking) VI -
43 Suppl 2 UCTN DP - 2011 TI - Eosinophilic enteritis presenting as
a perforated duodenal ulcer. PG - E358-9 AD - Department of
Internal Medicine, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi
Arabia. [email protected] FAU - Issa, H AU - Issa H FAU -
Bseiso, B AU - Bseiso B FAU - Al-Salem, A H AU - Al-Salem AH LA -
eng PT - Case Reports PT - Journal Article DEP - 20111108 PL -
Germany TA - Endoscopy JT - Endoscopy JID - 0215166 RN -
Eosinophilic enteropathy SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Duodenal
Ulcer/complications/*etiology/surgery MH -
Enteritis/*complications/*diagnosis/drug therapy MH -
Eosinophilia/*complications/*diagnosis/drug therapy MH -
Gastritis/*complications/*diagnosis/drug therapy MH - Humans MH -
Intestinal Obstruction/*etiology/therapy MH - Male MH - Peptic
Ulcer Perforation/*etiology/surgery EDAT- 2011/11/10 06:00 MHDA-
2012/03/10 06:00 CRDT- 2011/11/10 06:00 PHST- 2011/11/08 [epublish]
AID - 10.1055/s-0030-1256526 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Endoscopy.
2011;43 Suppl 2 UCTN:E358-9. Epub 2011 Nov 8. Revised 2012/12
PubMed for Trainers 144 MEDLINE FORMAT WITH FIELD LABELS
(Tags)
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Data structure varies by field Revised 2012/12 PubMed for
Trainers 145 Author [au] or Grant [gr] or Date fields Highly
structured vs. Affiliation [ad] NOT structured OR standardized vs.
Abstract [ab] Sometimes partially structured
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Highly Structured MEDLINE Field Examples: Revised 2012/12
PubMed for Trainers 146 Author [au] Lastname initials suffix
Examples: AU Smith AB 3rd AU McCrary SV Date fields [EDAT], [MHDA]
etc. YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM Examples: EDAT 2003/01/02 04:00 MHDA
2005/08/03 09:00 Grant Number [gr] Number/code/agency/country
Examples: GR - LM0577/LM/NLM NIH HHS/United States GR -
058423/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
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An Unstructured MEDLINE Field Example: Affiliation [ad] Revised
2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 147
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Over time, MEDLINE data inclusion has varied Revised 2012/12
PubMed for Trainers 148 Examples: Author policy New fields: Full
author name (2002-) Grant number (1981-) Location Identifier
(2008-) Old fields (no new data): Gene Symbol (1991-1995) Number of
References (-2010)
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Exercise: MEDLINE/PubMed Elements (the data) Revised 2012/12
PubMed for Trainers 149 Explore the MEDLINE/PubMed Elements
documentationMEDLINE/PubMed Elements documentation Google MEDLINE,
Go to MEDLINE/PubMed Resources Guide Under Data Structure, choose
Detailed Field/Data Element Descriptions Look at the author policy
Compare these two records: PMID 10595696 and PMID 10595696 PMID
22922874
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PMID 23029718 TITLEChanging antimicrobial resistance pattern
AUTHORJain S LANGUAG E English SOURCEJ Assoc Physicians India. 2012
May;60:27-8, 33 PMID 23033785 TITLEGut bacteria and antimicrobial
resistance AUTHORKanerva M LANGUAG E Finnish SOURCEDuodecim.
2012;128(17):1755-61. AUTHOR INDEX Jain23029718 Jain S23029718
Kanerva23033785 Kanerva M23033785 TITLE INDEX antimicrobial23029718
23033785 antimicrobial resistance23029718 23033785 bacteria23033785
changing23029718 gut23033785 gut bacteria23033785 pattern23029718
resistance23029718 23033785 Indexes PubMed for Trainers 151
Records
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TITLE INDEX antimicrobial23029718 23029713 antimicrobial
resistance23029718 changing23029718 eosinophils23082700
gastrointestinal23082700 gastrointestinal tract23082700
pattern23029718 resistance23029718 Search Tags antimicrobial [ti]
PMID 23029718 TITLEChanging antimicrobial resistance pattern
AUTHORJain S LANGUAG E English SOURCEJ Assoc Physicians India. 2012
May;60:27-8, 33 PMID 23029713 TITLEAntimicrobial resistance in the
ICU AUTHORSoman R LANGUAG E English SOURCEJ Assoc Physicians India.
2012 May;60:9. Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 152
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Search Tags Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 153 Search
specific PubMed fields using tags. Syntax is term [tag], e.g.:
Warning! Using search tags turns off Automatic Term Mapping
(ATM)
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Search Tags (Look in PubMed Help) Revised 2012/12 PubMed for
Trainers 154
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Article Title [ti] Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 155 [ti]
can be used to search for words and phrases in the title field NOT
for the entire title
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Journal Title [ta] Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 156 [ta]
can be used to search for the exact title or MEDLINE title
abbreviation NOT for extracted words or phrases
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TITLE INDEX antimicrobial23029718 23082700 antimicrobial
resistance23029718 changing23029718 eosinophils23082700 ABSTRACT
INDEX achievement23029718 acinetobacter 23029718 aeruginosa23029718
amikacin23029718 changing23029718 eosinophils23082700
TITLE/ABSTRACT INDEX achievement23029718 23082700 acinetobacter
23029718 aeruginosa23029718 amikacin23029718 antimicrobial23029718
23082700 antimicrobial resistance23029718 changing23029718
eosinophils23082700 Combine d Index Revised 2012/12 PubMed for
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Title/Abstract [tiab] Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 158
[tiab] finds words and numbers included in the title, abstract, and
other abstract of a citation. [tiab] is often used by searchers to
find topic- related keywords, BUT: [tiab] does NOT find terms from
the subject fields of PubMed records.
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Text word Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 159 [tw]
includes: Title Abstract MeSH headings & subheadings
Publication Types Other Terms field Chemical Names of Substances
Secondary Source Identifier Personal Name as Subject
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Building Phrase Indexes in PubMed Revised 2012/12 PubMed for
Trainers 160 A speech analyzer identifies new noun phrases from the
title and abstract fields of PubMed The phrase is added if it:
occurs at least 3 times in the database contains at least 1
alphabetic character has at most 6 words Phrases are added to the
PubMed indexes twice per month
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Explore the Indexes Searchable indexes are accessible from the
Search Builder on the PubMed Advanced Search page. Revised 2012/12
PubMed for Trainers 161
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Explore the Indexes (continued) Revised 2012/12 PubMed for
Trainers 162
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Exercise: PubMed Indexes Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers
163 Using only the Show Index feature of the PubMed Advanced Search
Builder, answer the following questions: 1. How many PubMed records
are for articles in Esperanto? 2. Is the phrase finger to nose
indexed in PubMed?
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Part III: The Tools Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers
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Part III: The Tools Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 165
Previously covered: MEDLINE/PubMed Elements Page Table of Search
Tags in Help Index on Advanced Search Builder Next up: NLM Catalog
Journal Search Search History features
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NLM Catalog Journal Search Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers
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PubMed Search Results: All citations from the International
Journal of Oncology Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 169
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Broad Subject Terms Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers
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Find Related Data Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 172
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Combining Searches in History Revised 2012/12 PubMed for
Trainers 173
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Combining searches in History (cont.) Revised 2012/12 PubMed
for Trainers 174
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Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 175
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Exercise Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 176 1. Use the NLM
Catalog Journal Broad Subject Terms to find MEDLINE journals about
audiology. 2. Search for all citations in PubMed from these
audiology journals. 3. Using History, combine the audiology journal
search with a search for cochlear implants. 4. Limit your search to
those that are included in the Systematic Reviews subset.
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Summary Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 177 After this
session participants will be able to use: the MEDLINE/PubMed Field
Elements Descriptions documentation to find details about the
MEDLINE data the search tags table in PubMed Help to find
searchable fields and learn how to search those fields the Advanced
Search page Search Builder to explore PubMeds indexes the NLM
Catalog Journal search to find journals and build journal sets for
searching in PubMed History to combine searches
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Searching for Disease Information in PubMed: Building Searches
with MeSH PubMed for Trainers, Winter 2013 U.S. National Library of
Medicine (NLM) and NLM Training Center
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Objectives: Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 180 1. Build a
PubMed search using the MeSH Database. 2. Recognize and identify
how NLM indexers assign terms to MEDLINE records, with a focus on
disease and treatment terms. 3. Apply indexing rules to improve
your search technique. 4. Create searches by free-floating
subheadings. 5. Enhance your search by using subject populations
terms. 6. Locate, and when appropriate, search using the AIDS and
Cancer subject subsets.
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Building a Search in the MeSH Database PubMed for Trainers 181
Revised 2012/12
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PubMed for Trainers 182 Building a Search in the MeSH Database
(cont.)
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Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 183 Building a Search in
the MeSH Database (cont.)
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Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 184 Building a Search in
the MeSH Database (cont.)
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Exercise Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 185 Use the MeSH
Database and the PubMed search builder to find articles discussing
multiple sclerosis as the main focus of the article. Narrow your
results to those citations also discussing sarcoidosis.
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MEDLINE Indexing: From the Indexers point-of- view Revised
2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 186
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Indexing: Specificity Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 187
Indexers use the hierarchy to find the most specific MeSH heading.
Example: Chronic hepatitis B Hepatitis B, Chronic (not Liver
diseases or Hepatitis or Hepatitis B) Search tip: Use the most
specific term appropriate for searching.
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Indexing: Depth of Indexing Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers
188 For most research articles, every concept substantively
discussed should be covered by at least one MeSH heading Negative
results (i.e. supporting the null hypothesis) are indexed if
discussed For articles discussing many subjects, general headings
(but as specific as possible) may be used to group related concepts
rather than indexing them individually
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Indexing: Rule of Three Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 189
If more than 3 related concepts are discussed in an article, the
more general MeSH heading under which they are all treed is usually
indexed. The specific headings may be indexed, but not as major
topics. Example: Article discusses infections by Helicobacter
pylori, Clostridium difficile, peptostreptococci, and
vancomycin-resistant enterococci indexed with BACTERIAL
INFECTIONS
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Required (if applicable) Headings Revised 2012/12 PubMed for
Trainers 190 Some headings are considered for every article (check
tags) Include: Species (including Humans) Sex Age groups (for
humans) Also historical time periods and pregnancy Usually are
indexed even if merely mentioned, unlike other MeSH headings
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Required (if applicable) Headings Revised 2012/12 PubMed for
Trainers 191 Search tip: Use terms for species, sex and age in your
search if appropriate.
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Indexing: When a Concept isnt Found Revised 2012/12 PubMed for
Trainers 192 If an exact heading does not exist, indexers use the
most specific heading available. Example: Ashi points in
acupuncture Acupuncture points
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Exercise Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 193 How would an
article about preventing heart diseases in women be indexed for
MEDLINE?
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Indexing: Coordination Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 194
Because most concepts cannot be adequately described with a single
MeSH term: indexers use a combination of the appropriate: MeSH
headings, subheadings, and other terms to index a concept as
specifically as possible. This is called coordination.
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Indexing: Coordination Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 195
We will discuss four types of coordination: 1. Subheading 2.
Multiple headings 3. Multiple subheadings 4. Pre-coordinated
headings
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Indexing: Coordination (Using Subheadings) Revised 2012/12
PubMed for Trainers 196 Coordination can be done using a subheading
to describe a specific aspect of a topic. Example: Radiographic
imaging of a lung tumor. Lung Neoplasms/radiography
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Indexing: Coordination (Using Multiple Headings) Revised
2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 197 Coordination can be done using two
or more headings. Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the ovary
Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous Ovarian Neoplasms
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Indexing: Coordination (Using Two or More Subheadings) Revised
2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 198 Coordination can be done using two
or more subheadings. /drug therapy on a disease term /therapeutic
use on a drug term Example: Treatment of HIV infections with HIV
protease inhibitors. HIV Infections/drug therapy HIV Protease
Inhibitors/therapeutic use
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Exercise: Coordinated Indexing Revised 2012/12 PubMed for
Trainers 199 Use the MeSH Database and the PubMed search builder to
find article discussing prostate cancer as the main focus of the
article. Narrow your results to those involving treatment by
leuprolide.
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Indexing: Coordination (Using Two or More Subheadings) Revised
2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 200 /secondary on the site to which a
cancer has metastasized /secondary on the histologic/tissue type
term /pathology on the primary/original organ neoplasm term
Example: Liver Neoplasms/secondary metastasized site
Adenocarcinoma/secondary tissue type Colonic Neoplasms/pathology
primary/original site
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Indexing: Coordination (Using a Pre-coordinated Heading)
Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 201 Coordination can be done
using a "pre-coordinated" MeSH heading which combines two concepts
into one. Example: Staphylococcal pneumonia Pneumonia,
Staphylococcal Rather than: Pneumonia (or Pneumonia, Bacterial)
Staphylococcal Infections
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Exercise: Coordinated Indexing Revised 2012/12 PubMed for
Trainers 202 What MeSH term(s) would indexers use to describe
osteoarthritis of the knee?
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Free-Floating Subheadings Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers
203 It may be useful to search a subheading unattached to a
Heading. Examples from homework: breast neoplasms[mh] AND
trends[sh] hypertension [majr] AND toxicity [sh] [sh] allows you to
search the subheading attached to any MeSH heading
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Useful Vocabulary to Describe Study Populations Revised 2012/12
PubMed for Trainers 204
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Persons Category Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 205
Abortion Applicants Adult Children Age Groups + Alcoholics Athletes
Caregivers Child, Abandoned Child, Exceptional + Child of Impaired
Parents Child, Orphaned Child, Unwanted Consultants Crime Victims +
Criminals Disabled Persons + Drug Users Emigrants and Immigrants
Famous Persons Friends Homebound Persons Homeless Persons +
Jehovah's Witnesses Legal Guardians + Medically Uninsured Men +
Mentors Minors Multiple Birth Offspring + Occupational Groups +
Parents + Patients + Population Groups + Prisoners Refugees
Research Personnel + Research Subjects Sexual Partners Siblings
Single Person Spouses Students + Survivors + Terminally Ill Tissue
Donors + Transients and Migrants Veterans Visitors to Patients
Voluntary Workers + Vulnerable Populations Women +
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Age Groups Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 206 Adolescent
Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Frail Elderly Middle Aged Young Adult
Child Child, Preschool Infant Infant, Newborn +
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Population Groups Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 207
Continental Population Groups African Continental Ancestry Group +
American Native Continental Ancestry Group + Asian Continental
Ancestry Group + European Continental Ancestry Group Oceanic
Ancestry Group Ethnic Groups African Americans Arabs Asian
Americans Gypsies Hispanic Americans + Inuits Jews
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Exercise: Study Populations Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers
208 Use the MeSH Database and PubMed to find ways to encourage
elderly black Americans to follow treatment programs for type 2
diabetes.
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AIDS and Cancer Subsets Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 209
Subsets are on Filters sidebar but also searchable with tags
Strategies can be found at
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pubmed_subsets.html (use PubMed Help)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pubmed_subsets.html aids [sb] developed
from AIDSLINE work cancer [sb] developed with the National Cancer
Institute All strategies reviewed at least annually
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Summary Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 210 Find and
combine terms for your PubMed search using the MeSH Database.
Identify subheadings to describe specific aspects of the topic of
interest for better results. Restrict your search to MeSH major
topic for higher relevancy. Find the most specific term available
to describe topics of an article. Indexers use the most specific
term, you should too. Search terms for species, sex, age,
historical time period and pregnancy when applicable. These terms
are added by indexers. Consider using these for searching.
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Summary Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 211 Coordinate
multiple headings to describe complex topics. For example:
disease/drug therapy and drug/therapeutic use Try free-floating a
subheading to search for the subheading applied to any heading.
Enhance your search by using subject populations terms. Locate, and
when appropriate, search using the AIDS and Cancer subject
subsets.
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Questions? Revised 2012/12 PubMed for Trainers 212