PubMed Tips and Tricks Boost Box / July 2013 Kate Flewelling, NN/LM MAR

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Save time with preformulated PubMed searches and filters!

Where are preformulated PubMed searches?  Everywhere in the NLM-universe!  PubMed Topic-Specific Queries  MedlinePlus Health Topic Pages  PhPartners.org Structured Evidence Queries  Genetics Home Reference Conditions  Drug Information Portal  ClinicalTrials.gov

Access Topic-Specific Queries from PubMed Home Page

Topic-Specific Queries  Clinicians and Health Services Researchers Queries  Clinical Queries  Electronic Health Records  Comparative Effectiveness Research  Health Services Research (HSR) Queries  Cancer Topic Searches  Healthy People 2020  Subjects  Additional Search Queries/Interfaces

PubMed Clinical Queries  Available from the PubMed Home page  Therapy  Diagnosis  Etiology  Prognosis  Clinical Prediction Guides  Search filters:  Systematic Review  Search filter:

Medical Genetics  Available from PubMed Clinical Queries  Developed in conjunction with the staff of GeneReviews: Genetic Disease Online Reviews at GeneTests, University of Washington, Seattle  Topics:  Diagnosis  Differential Diagnosis  Clinical Description  Management  Genetic Counseling  Molecular Genetics  Genetics Testing  All

Example: Sickle Cell Disease

Electronic Health Records  PubMed search  Links to EHR information Resources 

Comparative Effectiveness  Tries to Answer: What Works?  Special PubMed Search Interface  Can also search for:  Health Services Research Projects  Clinical Trials 

Comparative Effectiveness Interface  Search with filter: 733  Search without filter: 1446

Health Services Research (HSR) PubMed Queries  Special Interface to search   Appropriateness  Process assessment  Outcomes assessment  Costs  Economics  Qualitative research  Quality Improvement

HSR PubMed Queries

Cancer Topic Searches  Over 100 different topics  From the National Cancer Institute 

Healthy People 2020: Structured Evidence Queries  Developed by public health librarians and subject matter experts  Updated and Refined over time  Usually limits to United States, humans, English and last 5 years 

Structured Evidence Queries: Topic Areas  Access to Health Services Access to Health Services  Adolescent Health Adolescent Health  Arthritis, Osteoporosis, and Chronic Back Conditions Arthritis, Osteoporosis, and Chronic Back Conditions  Blood Disorders and Blood Safety - beta Blood Disorders and Blood Safety - beta  Chronic Kidney Disease Chronic Kidney Disease  Dementias, Including Alzheimer's Disease Dementias, Including Alzheimer's Disease  Diabetes Diabetes  Early and Middle Childhood Early and Middle Childhood  Environmental Health - beta Environmental Health - beta  Family Planning Family Planning  Food Safety Food Safety  Genomics Genomics  Health Communication and Health IT Health Communication and Health IT  Healthcare-Associated Infections Healthcare-Associated Infections  Heart Disease and Stroke - beta Heart Disease and Stroke - beta  HIV - beta HIV - beta  Maternal, Infant, and Child Health Maternal, Infant, and Child Health  Medical Product Safety Medical Product Safety  Mental Health and Mental Disorders Mental Health and Mental Disorders  Nutrition and Weight Status Nutrition and Weight Status  Occupational Safety and Health - beta Occupational Safety and Health - beta  Oral Health Oral Health  Physical Activity Physical Activity  Preparedness Preparedness  Respiratory Diseases - beta Respiratory Diseases - beta  Sexually Transmitted Diseases - beta Sexually Transmitted Diseases - beta  Sleep Health Sleep Health  Substance Abuse Substance Abuse  Tobacco Use Tobacco Use  Vision Vision

Example: Smoking Cessation Objective  TU-1 Reduce tobacco use by adults PubMed Search  ("tobacco use disorder/prevention and control"[Mesh Terms] OR "tobacco, smokeless"[MeSH Terms] OR "smoking/prevention and control"[Mesh Terms]) AND ("primary prevention"[MeSH Terms] OR "attitude to health"[MeSH Terms:noexp] OR "community health services"[MeSH Terms] OR "health behavior"[MeSH Terms] OR "health education"[MeSH Terms] OR "health knowledge, attitudes, practice"[MeSH Terms] OR "health policy"[MeSH Terms] OR "health promotion"[MeSH Terms] OR "risk reduction behavior"[MeSH Terms] OR "preventive health services"[MeSH Terms] OR "program evaluation"[MeSH Terms] OR "national health programs"[MeSH Terms] OR "patient education as topic"[MeSH Terms]) AND "adult"[MeSH Terms] NOT ((adolescence[ti] OR adolescence/early[ti] OR adolescence/young[ti] OR adolescence/youth[ti] OR adolescence'[ti] OR adolescence's[ti] OR adolescences[ti] OR adolescencet[ti] OR adolescene[ti] OR adolescens[ti] OR adolescense[ti] OR adolescent[ti] OR adolescent/adolescence[ti] OR adolescent/adult[ti] OR adolescent/early[ti] OR adolescent/little[ti] OR adolescent/teenage[ti] OR adolescent/young[ti] OR adolescent'[ti] OR adolescent's[ti] OR adolescente[ti] OR adolescentes[ti] OR adolescenthood[ti] OR adolescentis[ti] OR adolescentium[ti] OR adolescentological[ti] OR adolescentology[ti] OR adolescentology's[ti] OR adolescents[ti] OR adolescents/adults[ti] OR adolescents/young[ti] OR adolescents'[ti] OR adolescentum[ti]) OR youth[ti] OR (teen[ti] OR teen/parent[ti] OR teen/twen[ti] OR teen's[ti] OR teena[ti] OR teenage[ti] OR teenaged[ti] OR teenagehealthfreak[ti] OR teenagehood[ti] OR teenager[ti] OR teenager's[ti] OR teenagers[ti] OR teenagers/young[ti] OR teenagers'[ti] OR teenapain[ti] OR teenargers[ti] OR teenase[ti] OR teendiab[ti] OR teendoc[ti] OR teenears[ti] OR teenek[ti] OR teeneks[ti] OR teenhealth[ti] OR teenhealthfx[ti] OR teenis[ti] OR teenline[ti] OR teennet[ti] OR teens[ti] OR teens'[ti] OR teenscreen[ti] OR teenstar[ti] OR teent[ti] OR teenw[ti] OR teenweb[ti] OR teeny[ti])) NOT "environmental exposure"[MeSH Terms] AND ("united states"[MeSH Terms] OR USA[ad] OR "united states public health service"[MeSH Terms] OR research support, u.s. gov't, p.h.s.[pt] OR Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.[pt]) AND English[la] AND "2010/07/03"[dp] : "2013/07/01"[dp]

Topic-Specific Queries: Subjects  Clinicians and Health Services Researchers Queries  Subjects  AIDS  Bioethics  Cancer  Complementary Medicine  Dietary Supplements  Health Disparities  Health Literacy  History of Medicine  Research Reporting Guidelines and Initiatives  Space Life Sciences  Smallpox  Toxicology  Veterinary Science  Additional Search Queries/Interfaces Special search strategies developed by NLM, often in conjunction with other agencies, such as Office of Dietary Supplements and NASA

Many are available as Subjects filters  AIDS  Bioethics  Cancer  Complementary Medicine  Dietary Supplements  History of Medicine  Systematic Reviews  Toxicology  Veterinary Science

Others are available just from the Special Queries Page  Health Disparities  Health Literacy  Research Reporting Guidelines and Initiatives  Space Life Sciences  Smallpox  Most have links to additional resources, in addition to a PubMed Search.  Veterinary Science is available from Filters but use Special Queries page for more resources.

Topic-Specific Queries: Additional  Clinicians and Health Services Researchers Queries  Subjects  Additional Search Queries/Interfaces  ALTBIB  CAM on PubMed [same as Complementary Medicine subject]  MedlinePlus Health Topics  National Institutes of Health Funding Support  Retracted Publication  TOXNET

ALTBIB: Alternatives to Animal Testing (

MedlinePlus  PubMed search on each Health Topic included under Journal Articles  Created by reference librarians at NLM  Limited to English, humans, 1 year  Excludes Letters and Editorials publication types

Example: Cleft Lip and Palate

PubMed Search from MedlinePlus  Search Details: ("cleft lip"[MeSH Major Topic] OR "cleft palate"[MeSH Major Topic] OR "palatal obturators"[MeSH Major Topic]) AND "humans"[MeSH Terms] AND english[la] AND (review[pt] OR guideline[pt] OR clinical trial[pt] OR jsubsetk[text] OR jsubsetaim[text] OR jsubsetn[text] OR patient education handout[pt]) NOT (letter[pt] OR editorial[pt]) AND "2012/07/03"[edat] : "2013/07/02"[edat]

NIH Funding Support Strategy: NIH[gr] OR Research Support, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act[pt] OR Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural[pt] OR Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural[pt]

Retracted Publication  Retracted publication [pt]

TOXNET (

Search All Databases Click on Toxicology Literature Online to see PubMed and other records.

Search Results Results include PubMed results and citations to: Government reports International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs WHO resources Other materials Click Sort to sort by publication date.

PubMed citations include links to PubMed

Where to find other PubMed searches?  Everywhere in the NLM-universe!  PubMed Topic-Specific Queries  MedlinePlus Health Topic Pages  PhPartners.org Structured Evidence Queries  Genetics Home Reference Conditions  Drug Information Portal  ClinicalTrials.gov

Genetics Home Reference (

Drug Information Portal

ClinicalTrials.gov  Study Records Link to Publications (when available)

And librarians create search hedges, too!

Developing Countries  Developed by Mellanye Lackey, UNC-Chapel Hill  (on the bottom of the page)  Copy and paste search into PubMed

Keep Up with PubMed  MAR and National Training Center training  Making PubMed Work for You (online: December 2013)  PubMed for Experts (in-person: invite me! or go to MAC-MLA 2013)  PubMed for Librarians (online)  Register:  PubMed for Trainers (Hybrid)  Register:  PubMed Tutorials:  NLM Technical Bulletin:

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Thank you! Kate Flewelling, MLIS National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHS-N C with the University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System.