Research Guides: Database Tutorials: PubMed

Ovid Medline vs PubMed

Medline is a database created by the National Library of Medicine. You can search it through either Ovid or PubMed.

PubMed is free for anyone to use but Ovid's interface is only available to MCPHs users.
PubMed also includes citations for some articles that are not part of Medline:

New articles that the NLM is in the process of adding to Medline. (Medline records include a lot of information about the article, not just the citation.)
Other articles that are not biomedical. Some journals cover biomedical topics AND related topics, such as agriculture. The National Library of Medicine will add the biomedical articles to Medline and include only the basic citation information for the rest in PubMed.

Ovid breaks down the search process into several steps. PubMed automates some of that process for you.

Tips for Using NLM's PubMed (Word Doc)
Download the quick guide to your device as a Word document. This quick guide highlights some of the ways you can search the new version of PubMed. The guide includes screenshots, but does not include step-by-step instructions.

PubMed User Guide
Read the FAQs to get quick answers about how to search PubMed and access articles.
Introduction to PubMed (PPT)
This detailed PowerPoint presentation shows how to find an article from a citation and how to search in the new version of PubMed. From the NLM. The template has not been customized by MCPHS.
PubMed Quick Tours - HTML Versions
Click "Quick Tours" for a list of short, interactive tutorials. Each one focuses on a specific task in the new version of PubMed: "Find articles by topic," "Find articles by author," ...
How PubMed Works Webinar
Attend a 90-minute webinar about the new PubMed or access a recording of the webinar after it happens.

Medline: PubMed vs. Ovid
This page compares the two different ways MCPHS users can access Medline. It lists several criteria where PubMed and Ovid differ.
Glossary for PubMed and Ovid Medline
See definitions of different labels you will see in PubMed and in Medline.

MyNCBI Video
Learn the value of setting up a My NCBI account in this 2-minute YouTube video. (Your personal account for PubMed and other databases from the National Center for Biotechnology Information.).

Interactive PubMed Tutorial
This brief tutorial shows how to connect to MCPHS's resources in the new PubMed. It also shows how to set up a personal NCBI account in PubMed. The tutorial does not discuss ways to search PubMed.

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