Library Orientation for Nursing

PubMed

PubMed (Public MEDLINE) is a free resource from the National Library of Medicine® (NLM).  PubMed:

• Is the interface for MEDLINE, NLM's bibliographic database of citations and abstracts, PubMed Central and Bookshelf (eBooks)
• Covers the fields of medicine, nursing, behavioral sciences, public health, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care systems, health policy development, bioengineering, environmental science, preclinical sciences and more.
• Contains citations from approximately 5,400 biomedical journals published worldwide.
• Coverage extends back to 1946 with over 35 million citations.

When to use PubMed

• You will always search PubMed.  You will use other databases to supplement your PubMed search.

Setting up a free account allows you to personalize your PubMed.

• Save collections of results from searches (the Clipboard holds results for 8 hours).
• Access your search history.
• Save your searches and set up automatic alerts to check for updates.
• Customize personal preferences like filters and display settings.

Because PubMed is free to anyone anytime, you could use your personal email.