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Resources for
Future Medical Students
6/2015
Where can I find journal articles
about biomedical subjects?
PubMed Database
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Biomedical & life sciences journal
literature - @6,000 journals
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International scope
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Developed and maintained by the:
National Center for Biotechnology Information
at the U.S. National Library of Medicine
at the National Institutes of Health
Accessing PubMed
• Freely available over the Internet
@ www.pubmed.gov
Home Page
MeSH Database
is a “controlled vocabulary list” of more than
25,000 subject headings.
Terms in the database are called
Medical Subject Headings or
MeSH.
The 10-15 MeSH assigned to each article
in PubMed is like a keyword abstract
of the article.
Frequently Used Mesh Categories – 2011
A
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
A7
A8
A9
A10
A11
A12
A13
A14
A15
A16
A17
A18
A19
A20
A21
Body Regions
Musculoskeletal System
Digestive System
Respiratory System
Urogenital System
Endocrine System
Cardiovascular System
Nervous System
Sense Organs
Tissues
Cells
Fluids and Secretions
Animal Structures
Stomatognathic System
Hemic and Immune Systems
Embryonic Structures
Integumentary System
Plant Structures
Fungal Structures
Bacterial Structures
Viral Structures
B
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
Anatomy
Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaea
Bacteria
Viruses
Organism Forms
C
Diseases
C1 Bacterial Infections & Mycoses
C2 Virus Diseases
C3 Parasitic Diseases
C4 Neoplasms
C5 Musculoskeletal Diseases
C6 Digestive System Diseases
C7 Stomatognathic Diseases
C8 Respiratory Tract Diseases
C9 Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
C10 Nervous System Diseases
C11 Eye Diseases
C12 Male Urogenital Diseases
C13 Female Urogenital Diseases
& Pregnancy Complications
C14 Cardiovascular Diseases
C15 Hemic & Lymphatic Diseases
C16 Congenital, Hereditary, &
Neonatal Diseases & Abnormalities
C17 Skin & Connective Tissue Diseases
C18 Nutritional & Metabolic Diseases
C19 Endocrine System Diseases
C20 Immune System Diseases
C21 Disorders of Environmental Origin
C22 Animal Diseases
C23 Pathologic Conditions,
Signs, and Symptoms
C24 Occupational Diseases
C25 Substance-Related Disorders
C26 Wounds and Injuries
D
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
Chemicals & Drugs
Inorganic Chemicals
Organic Chemicals
Heterocyclic Compounds
Polycyclic Compounds
Macromolecular Substances
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes,
& Hormone Antagonists
D8 Enzymes, & Coenzymes
D9 Carbohydrates
D10 Lipids
D12 Amino Acids, Peptides,
& Proteins
D13 Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides,
& Nucleosides
D20 Complex Mixtures
D23 Biologic Factors
D25 Biomedical and Dental Materials
D26 Pharmaceutical Preparations
D27 Chemical Actions and Uses
Other Categories Include:
Analytical, Diagnostic, & Therapeutic Techniques & Equipment
Psychiatry and Psychology
Biological Sciences
Natural Sciences
Anthropology, Education, Sociology & Social Phenomena
Technology, Industry, Agriculture
Information Science
Named Groups
Health Care
Publication Characteristics
Geographic Locations
Click MeSH Database
a
a
Enter
video games
and click Search
Term Definition
Click
Add to search builder
a
a
Enter
microbiology
and click
Search
Click the underlined term
Sub-headings narrow the “meaning” of a
MeSH term.
M They are a “subset” of all the
articles under the
MeSH term: Microbiology.
1) Check the box
next to education.
2) Then click
Add to search builder
Boolean Logic - AND
video games
and
microbiology/
education
The search program is complete.
Click
Search PubMed
Search Results
PubMed identifies
2 articles
Filters include:a
A
Article types
Text availability
Publication date
Species such as:
(human or animal)
Languages
Sex
Subjects
Journal categories
Ages
Search fields
Click article title.
Click for Free Full Text Article
Where can I find a full-text
copy of a journal article(s) that
are not free?
Click for Full Text Article
Article Abstract (summary)
Click “Get Full Text Elsewhere”
Must subscribe to
journal
OR pay for article
a
Search
to see if
TTUHSC Libraries subscribe to
the journal
a
Due to licensure agreements with
the publisher, this article must be
accessed at the library.
Abstract
Full-Text Article
Questions???
Where can I find free and
reliable drug information?
www.dailymed.nlm.nih.gov
trustworthy information about marketed
drugs in the United States
official provider of FDA label information
(package inserts)
standard, comprehensive, up-to-date
Tool Bar
Food and Drug
Administration
Enter amoxicillin
and click
Click link for more
information
Where can I find free and
reliable information on
guidelines for medical care ?
www.guideline.gov
Search for influenza
Click guideline title
Clinical practice guidelines are:
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•
•
recommendations intended to optimize patient care
informed by a systematic review of evidence
an assessment of the benefits and harms of
alternative care options
Antiviral agents for the treatment and chemoprophylaxis of influenza.
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
Guidelines may address:
Diagnosis
Prevention
Therapy
Screening
Where can I find free and reliable
information about health topics
for patients and families?
National Institutes of Health web site
for patients and their families
Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine
authoritative information
Click
Click
Click
Click
A search produces links
to many resources
Click the disease
name to go to the
disease home page
Page Links
Start Here
What are some websites
where I can learn more about
biomedical subjects?
www.e-bug.eu
Click
• normal male and female human bodies
• anatomic 3-D images
• male cadaver sectioned at 1 millimeter
• female cadaver sectioned at .33 millimeters
• project began in 1986, completed in 1995
Visible Human Anatomy Atlas “book” at the
National Library of Medicine
www.madsci.org/~lynn/VH/tour.html
Click
Click
Search for
an organ
Click
Questions???
The Human Genome Project
Identified and mapped all
genes in human genome
Largest international
collaborative effort ever
Completed in February 2001
Retrieved January 5, 2015 from http://www.genome.gov
The Future of Medicine
diagnosis and treatment based on your genome!
Retrieved January 5, 2015 from http://www.genome.gov
Science Fair Projects Anyone?
www.googlesciencefair.com
Brittany Wenger, a 17-year-old
student from Sarasota, Fla. built
a custom, cloud-based "artificial
neural network" to find patterns
in genetic expression profiles to
diagnose patients with breast
cancer. Simply put, this means
Wenger taught the computer
how to diagnose breast cancer
by creating a diagnostic tool for
doctors to use.
cloud4cancer.appspot.com
Genetics Research Produces Big Data!!
Retrieved January 5, 2015 from http://www.ndep.nv.gov
NCBI’s Databases are Freely Available for Anyone!
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Produced by
at the National Library of Medicine
at the National Institutes of Health
Retrieved January 5, 2015 from http://ncbi.gov
Retrieved January 5, 2015 from http://www.nlm.nih.gov
What do the NCBI Genetics
Databases include?
Chemical and Bioassays
Genes and
Expression
DNA and RNA
Genomes and Maps
Sequence Analysis
Taxonomy
Domains and Structures
Proteins
Variation
Chemical and Bioassays
Genes and
Expression
Taxonomy
DNA and RNA
Genomes and Maps
Sequence Analysis
Domains and Structures
Proteins
Variation
How do I learn to search the
NCBI Genetics Databases?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
What are some websites
where I can learn more about
genetics?
http://geneed.nlm.nih.gov/specia
lty.php?spageID=3/
www.genome.gov/Glossary
www.dnalc.org
3-D Animation Library
Where can I learn more about
careers in genetics?
www.genome.gov/genomicCareers/video_view.cfm?id=233&featuredSel
ect=0&categorySelect=0&careerSelect=0&dbSearch=&submit=Go&p=0
Which databases have
mobile apps?
Mobile Apps
wwwcf2.nlm.nih.gov/
nlm_eresources/ereso
urces/search_databas
e.cfm
Questions???
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