1. Registering with My NCBI allows you to customize your NCBI services. Save Searches, get E-Mail Alerts, and set up Filters to group your search results. Create your own password. To access all of the online journal links available in PubMed you must log in to PubMed through the Shimberg Library homepage. DO NOT USE BLACKBOARD access. Select PubMed from the list of available databases. When the login box appears, login with your USF ID, 14 digit, 205…number. See inside for more! PubMed is the Medline database, and more, of over 20 million article records dating from the 1950’s to the present. PubMed is a FREE database used worldwide, indexing the clinical medical literature. It allows you to combine terms, apply limits, and search specific fields, such as author, journal, year, keyword, medical subject heading (MeSH), and other descriptors. PubMed article records contain abstracts, when provided by the author, and FREE full text access to a small percentage of articles provided by the publisher. In addition, USF and the Shimberg Library provide FREE full text access to over 1,200 journals found in PubMed. Look for these links--- to identify those journals. Click them for access information. Not ONLINE? Click the IN PRINT link to see which USF library has a print copy of your article. You may also check the availability of other journal titles (those without links) by using the online USF library catalog. A guide from the Shimberg Health Sciences Library http://www.library.hsc.usf.edu 03/09 Help Tips for searching the medical literature Director: Beverly A. Shattuck, MS, MBA Hinks & Elaine Shimberg Health Sciences Library University of South Florida 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC-31 Tampa, FL 33612 Telephone Numbers Information974-2243 Circulation974-2243 Course Registration974-2990 Education974-2990 Interlibrary Loan974-2123 Reference974-2288 Serials974-9080 GME Librarian396-9667 Reference Hours Mon. – Fri.9:00 am – 5:00 pm Library Hours Mon. - Fri. 7:30 am – 11:00 pm Saturday 10:00 am – 6:00 pm Sunday 12:00 noon – 11:00 pm My NCBI [Sign In] [Register] College of Medicine

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