Title |
How to improve your PubMed/MEDLINE searches: 3. advanced searching, MeSH and My NCBI
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Published in |
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, March 2014
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DOI | 10.1177/1357633x13519036 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Farhad Fatehi, Leonard C Gray, Richard Wootton |
Abstract |
Although the basic PubMed search is often helpful, the results may sometimes be non-specific. For more control over the search process you can use the Advanced Search Builder interface. This allows a targeted search in specific fields, with the convenience of being able to select the intended search field from a list. It also provides a history of your previous searches. The search history is useful to develop a complex search query by combining several previous searches using Boolean operators. For indexing the articles in MEDLINE, the NLM uses a controlled vocabulary system called MeSH. This standardised vocabulary solves the problem of authors, researchers and librarians who may use different terms for the same concept. To be efficient in a PubMed search, you should start by identifying the most appropriate MeSH terms and use them in your search where possible. My NCBI is a personal workspace facility available through PubMed and makes it possible to customise the PubMed interface. It provides various capabilities that can enhance your search performance. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Spain | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 2 | 2% |
Canada | 2 | 2% |
Italy | 1 | 1% |
Australia | 1 | 1% |
Spain | 1 | 1% |
Poland | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 81 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 15% |
Librarian | 11 | 12% |
Student > Master | 11 | 12% |
Student > Bachelor | 11 | 12% |
Researcher | 8 | 9% |
Other | 19 | 21% |
Unknown | 16 | 18% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 26 | 29% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 9% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 8% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 4% |
Computer Science | 3 | 3% |
Other | 18 | 20% |
Unknown | 23 | 26% |