Building an Effective PubMed Search (ASPIRE)
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PubMed is one of the most popular ways to search the medical literature but there are a few tricks to getting the most out of it. The first 40-45 minutes of this workshop will take you through the various features of PubMed including how to create an account, build a search using MeSH, use field, truncation, phrase and proximity searching, and save searches and export results. The final 15-20 minutes will be for you to ask questions and (hopefully) get answers to any PubMed challenges you have been experiencing.
By the end of the workshop, you'll be able to:
- Identify and use relevant Medical Subject Headings (MeSH),
- Limit your search to specific fields,
- Use truncation, and phrase searching,
- Understand the new proximity search feature,
- Save searches and export results.
Part of the ASPIRE series of workshops for graduate students.
Location: online webinar via Zoom
Instructor: Fiona Inglis
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