getting started with pubmed and mesh
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Mount Library Tutorials: Getting Started with PubMed and
MeSH
Begin on Library webpage:
msvu.ca/library
Select Databases A-Z
Find and ClickPubMed
Start by finding the MeSH (Medical Subject Heading)
for your topic
Note the web address includes msvulibThis means PubMed will link back to the
Mount Library journal collection
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1. Search term in MeSH2. Click Add to search builder
3. Click Search in PubMed
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Once in PubMed 1.Click Advanced
2. Select “Add” from History to
combine terms in the Builder
3. Click Search
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Update your filters to show: Species, Sex and Ages
Note the number of resultsbefore adding age filters
Click on a filter to add it to the search
To access an article click the
title
Note the number of resultsafter adding age filters
PMC is PubMed Central which make biomedical articles freely available
Click on the Get it @ MSVU
Button to searchthe Mount Library journal collection
From the Mount Librarysite follow the full text
link to the article
Login using the barcode on your ID card & the last
4 digits of your phone number as
your password
If there is no full text link, Request the item
via Document Delivery
If you have any issues logging in contact the Mount library at 902-457-6250 or [email protected].
You will need to check the box
saying this is for research.
Then the Submit button will
become active.
The Document Delivery request
form should autocomplete based on the information
from PubMedArticle and other copies, such
as book chapters and conference papers, will be
emailed to you. Loans of books can be picked up at the Mount
Library. You will be sent an email when they arrive.