Focuses on three types of information on the Internet
Identifies methods to find exactly and specifically what you want to find
Internet Resources in Medicine
Internet Directory
Internet Textbook
Internet Database of Journal Articles
Internet Directory
Medical Matrix
http://www.medmatrix.org
Medical Matrix http://www.medmatrix.org
Medical Matrix www.medmatrix.org
“Full content, unrestricted access, Internet clinical medicine resources.“
Medical Matrix assigns ranks to Internet resources based on their utility for point-of-care clinical application.
Internet Textbook
eMedicine
http://www.emedicine.com/
eMedicine http://www.emedicine.com/
Peer-reviewed online medical references and textbooks-- as emergency medicine, dermatology, wilderness, medicine, pediatrics, neurology, orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery, and radiology.
Internet Database of Journal Articles
PubMed/Medline
www.pubmed.gov
PubMed/MEDLINE http:www.pubmed.gov
Contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,000 biomedical journals in 70 languages.
Free, no registration.
PubMed/Medline
AN EFFECTIVE METHOD OF SEARCHING MEDICAL JOURNAL LITERATURE
How to Search PubMed
Use MeSH Browser
Consider subject term subheadings
Use Limits to reduce retrieval
Combine terms to find references on two or more topics
MeSH Browser
Helps identify correct subject heading
‘Translates’ our clinical terms to ‘academic’ terms
e.g.. Use Neoplasm instead of Cancer
e.g Use Cross Infection instead of Nosocomial infection
Subheadings
Located under MeSH Browser, click on ‘detailed’ display after searching term
Choose correct subheading relating to the focus of your search
Drug therapy, rehabilitation, therapy
Blood, diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology
Adverse effects, contraindications, poisoning
Subheadings differ with the different terms
Limit Your Search
Human
Language
Years; e.g. 1995-2001
Patient age
Abstracts
Patient Age Groups
Infant, <30 days
Infant, >30 days to 2 yrs
Child, preschool,2-5
Child, 5-12 yrs
All Child, 0-18 yrs
Combine subject terms
Use to combine two or more subject terms
For Example: penicillins & urinary tract infections
Finding full text articles
Display abstract to see publisher icon
Visit publisher web site
Full Text Journals on PubMed
A Journal list of free full text articles in PubMed is available at: (fill in)
User registration, a subscription fee, or some other type of fee may be required to access the full text of articles for some journals. Policies vary by provider and by journal.
More Search Methods
Author searching
Journal searching
Finding complete references
Saving searches
Author Search
Family name, first & second initials
No first names
For example.. IVANOV SJ
Journal Search
Click on Journal browser
Enter journal title or abbreviation, e.g.
>BMJ
>British Medical Journal
Finding complete references
Find the abstract to a journal reference you want to know more about.
Saving Searches
Save a complicated search to conduct at a later time
