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| Abstracts |
Limit to citations with abstracts |
combine with hasabstract |
baseball [mh] & hasabstract |
No field name is used. |
| Author |
Author word order |
lastname first name number |
van der Vaart JM 3d |
Keep natural word worder for last name. Use 2d and 3d for second and third. |
| Author |
Find Author one or more initials |
lastname 1st initial [au] |
St Clair M[au] |
Retrieves all those with 1st initial P and any second initial or no initial. First and middle names are always initialized. Note periods are not used in names as in St. Clair. |
| Author |
Find author with no automatic truncation |
"lastname 1st initial"[au] or lastname 1st intial@ |
"santana A"[au] or santana A@ |
" " turns off truncation and will find only those with 1st initial A. |
| Author |
Lastname only automatic truncation |
Lastname[au] |
santana [au] |
Will search for all authors with last name of santana regardless of initials. |
| Clipboard |
Refer to citations in Clipboard |
#0 |
#0 & eng[la] |
Citations stored in the Clipboard are stored as the 0(zero) set and can be referred to in any search statement. |
| Date of Publication |
Range of Years |
(YYYY[dp] : YYYY[dp] ) |
(1990[dp] : 1999[dp] ) |
Also can limit to month and day as in YYYY/MM/DD, but doesn't work consistantly due to lack of uniformity in publisher practices. |
| Entrez Date |
To limit to a date citations were added |
date[edate] |
1999/07/01 [edat] |
Also use 1999[edat] or 1999/07[edat] Use colon (:) to range 1993/01/06:1999/06/30 |
| Issue Number |
Find a journal issue |
number[ip] |
12[ip] |
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| Journal Subset |
Abridged Index Medicus Journals (AIM) |
jsubsetaim |
neoplasms & jsubsetaim |
The 120 AIM Journals (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/aim.html) are the most commonly held by Hospitals and other Medical Libraries. About 1.4 Million articles |
| Journal Subset |
AIDS Journals |
topics word & jsubsetx |
tuberculosis AND jsubsetx |
Retrieves from fairly small group of AIDS journals that were not previously in PubMed. Distinguish from AIDS[sb], which retrieves broadly on the AIDS topic. About 159,000 articles. |
| Journal Subset |
Bioethics Journals |
jsubsete |
Right to Die[mh] & jsubsete |
Limits to articles from Bioethics database. About 52,000 articles |
| Journal Subset |
Biotechnology Journals |
jsubsetb |
Gene Splicing & jsubsetb |
Retrives articles from Biotechnolgoy journals, non-IM (1990-98), About 11,000. |
| Journal Subset |
Communication Disorders journals |
jsubsetc |
Agraphia & jsubsetc |
Includes articles from Non-Index Medicus journals, 1977-97. About 7,300 articles |
| Journal Subset |
Consumer Health journals |
jsubsetk |
Naturopathy & jsubsetk |
Retrieves articles from consumer health journals. Fewer than 3,200 articles. |
| Journal Subset |
Dental Journals |
jsubsetd |
oral surgical procedures[Mh] & jsubsetd |
PubMed Includes all citations from the Index to Dental Literature. About 371,00 articles |
| Journal Subset |
Health Administration journals |
jsubseth |
Eligibility Determination & jsubseth |
Retrieves health administration articles. About 182,000 articles. |
| Journal Subset |
Index Medicus journals |
jsubsetim |
Eligibility Determination & jsubsetim |
Retieves over 90% of articles in PubMed. Over 10.8 Million |
| Journal Subset |
Medical History |
jsubsetq |
Galen & jsubsetq |
Limit to articles from the Histline database. About 189,000 articles. |
| Journal Subset |
Nursing Journals |
jsubsetn |
hospital administration [mh] & jsubsetn |
Retrieves articles from nursing journals. Over 411,00 articles |
| Journal Subset |
Population journals |
jsubsetr |
Ethnic Groups & jsubsetr |
Retrieves from Non-Index Medicus Journals, 1972-1979. About 3,600 articles |
| Journal Subset |
Space articles |
jsubsets |
Extravehicular Activity[mh] & jsubsets |
Limit to articles from the Spaceline database. About 164,000 articles |
| Journal Subset |
Technology Assessment journals |
jsubsett |
social costs & jsubsett |
Retrieves articles from health care assessment journals. Fewer than 20,000 articles. |
| Journal Title Abbreviation |
Find articles in a specific journal |
journal name[ta] |
new england journal of medicine[ta] |
Also you can use the official Medline abbreviation like N Engl J Med[ta] |
| Language |
English-language articles |
eng[la] |
spa[LA] OR english[la] |
Use the first three letters or entire word for any language |
| Mesh |
Animal Subjects |
animal [mh] |
malaria [mh] AND animal[mh] |
Articles discussing both humans and animals will be retrieved; human only studies will not. |
| Mesh |
Human Subjects |
human [mh] |
malaria [mh] AND human[mh] |
Articles discussing humans will be retrieved. Also articles discussing both humans and animals will be included. Articles referring to animals only will be excluded. |
| Mesh |
Search Mesh Terms |
Term[mh] |
heart diseases[mh] |
Includes automatic mapping and exploding. Must use correct word order and punctuation |
| Mesh Major Topic |
Find major topic |
mesh term[mj] |
heart diseases[mj] |
Retrieves articles where heart diseases are central theme. |
| Operator |
AND |
term AND term OR term & term |
physician impairment[mh] AND substance-related disorders[mh] |
AND must be in upper case. "&" character is quicker. |
| Operator |
OR |
term OR term |
kidney | kidney diseases |
OR must be uppercase. "|" symbol is quicker. |
| Page Number |
Search for a page number |
number[pg] |
125[pg] |
Very helpful in citation verification |
| Personal Name as Subject |
To find articles about a person |
name [ps] |
lincoln a [ps] |
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| Phrase Search |
Search for a Phrase |
"term1 term2 term3" |
"chronic sialadenitis" |
When you use " ", automatic term mapping and exploding will be deactivated. Without " " you will lose adjacency and will be same as Term1 & Term2 |
| Publication Type |
Clinical Trials |
Clinical Trial [pt] |
clinical Trial, phase II [pt] |
Can use Phase I through Phase IV or just Clinical Trial for all types |
| Publication Type |
Patient Education Handouts |
Patient Education Handout [pt] |
Hypertension/pc[mh] & Patient Education Handout [pt] |
Articles published in professional medical journals that are intended for patients. |
| Publication Type |
Review Articles |
Review [PT] |
Review [PT] |
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| PubMed Subset |
Bioethics Citations |
term & bioethics[sb] |
stem cells AND bioethics [sb] |
"...ethical, legal and public policy issues surrounding health care and biomedical research." |
| PubMed Subset |
Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
cam[sb] |
Prostatic Hyperplasia & cam[sb] |
Also in Limits subsets list. 220,000 citations |
| PubMed Subset |
History of Medicine |
history[sb] |
tuberculosis AND history [sb] |
33K citations |
| PubMed Subset |
In Process Citations |
in process[sb] |
premature labor & in process[sb] |
Article is being considered for addition to Medline and Mesh subject indexing. Usually these are recently published articles. Data added to MEDLINE records during indexing:
1. Affiliation [ad] (additional data, e.g., grant numbers, may be added to this field during indexing)
2. EC/RN Number [rn]
3. MeSH terms [mh] (includes age groups; Human/Animal; Male/Female)
4. MeSH Major Topic [majr]
5. Publication Type [pt]
6. Subheadings [sh]
7. Subset [sb] (some data available for searching prior to indexing, e.g., Publisher)
8. Substance Name [nm]
Note: English [la] is not on this list. Limiting to English language will retrieve in-process records. |
| PubMed Subset |
Medline file |
medline [sb] |
Dolphins[mh] & medline [sb] |
Citations are within Medline's scope and have been processed by adding Mesh Subject Headings, PT, Register numbers, and other fields. |
| PubMed Subset |
Premedline |
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PreMedline was discontinued as a separate database within PubMed in the 1st Quarter of 2001. |
| PubMed Subset |
Publisher Citations |
publisher [sb] |
Dolphins & publisher [sb] |
These citations were provided by publishers, from a journal not indexed in Medline, or were published before Medline indexing started. In ether case the citation cannot be searched by MESH subject headings. |
| PubMed Subset |
PubMed Citations |
PubMed[sb] |
Atmospheric CO2 & pubmed[sb] |
PubMed citations are published in reguarly indexed IM journals, but the article is out of scope, i.e. it's not biomedically relevant. |
| PubMed Subset |
Space Life Sciences |
term & space [sb] |
exercise AND space [sb] |
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| PubMed Subset |
Systematic Reviews |
systematic [sb] |
exercise hypertension AND systematic [sb] |
Retrieves "citations identified as systematic reviews, meta-analyses, reviews of clinical trials, evidence-based medicine, consensus development conferences, guidelines, and citations to articles from journals specializing in review studies of value to clinicians." |
| PubMed Subset |
Toxline File |
tox[sb] |
sweeteners AND tox [sb] |
Toxicologic citations. Also on drop down menu on Limits Page. |
| Secondary Source |
Secondary Source Database Name |
name [si] |
Genbank [si] |
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| Secondary Source |
Secondary Source Molecular Sequence Number |
number [si] |
AF001892 [si] |
Also can search genbank/AF001892 [si] |
| SubHeading |
Attach SubHeadings |
Mesh heading/subheading[mh] |
lung neoplasms/rt[mh] |
both the Mesh heading and Subheading will be exploded if possible. |
| SubHeading |
Float SubHeading |
subheading [sh] |
Therapy[sh] |
Also use abbreviation like TH. Retrieves all Mesh headings with attached TH SubHeading, plus explodes all Therapy Concepts : diet, drug, nursing, prevention & control, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, and transplantation. |
| SubHeading |
Turn explosion off |
Meshheading/Subheading [mh:noexp] |
hypertension/th [mh:noexp] |
For floating subheading us therapy[sh:noexp] |
| Subject Subset |
AIDS articles |
Aids[sb] |
tuberculosis AND aids [sb] |
Retrieves broadly for all AIDS topics. Distinguish from jsubsetx, which retrieves articles from AIDS journals that were not previously selected for PubMed. |
| Substance Name |
Search a Chemical Substance |
term[nm] |
Protein p53 [nm] |
Started in Mid 1980. Many substances are also Mesh terms. |
| Truncation |
Search all endings of a root word |
root* |
infant* |
Infant* will retrieve infant, infants, infanticide, infantile, infantilism, infantum, etc |
| Unique Id |
Find PubMed Id number |
pubmed or medline number |
10439726 |
No field designation needed. |
| Volume Number |
Find volume number |
number[vi] |
23[vi] |
Very helpful in citation verification |
