m1002.html - Moving Around: The Flash animation contains a screen shot of the PubMed Tutorial and points out the tools for navigating through the Tutorial. Descriptions of these navigation tools are included in the text of m1002.html.
m2002.html - An Introduction to PubMed's Home Page: The Flash animation contains a screen shot of the PubMed home page and points out the various parts of the page such as the query box, features bar, and side bar. Detailed descriptions of the parts of the page are included in the text of m2002.html.
m2003.html - The Sidebar: The Flash animation contains a screen shot of the PubMed sidebar and points out the items on the sidebar. Descriptions of these items are included in the text of m2003.html.
m2004.html - The Sidebar (continued): The Flash animation contains a screen shot of the PubMed sidebar and continues to point out the items on the sidebar. Descriptions of these items are included in the text of m2004.html.
m2007.html - Automatic Term Mapping (continued): The Flash animation starts with the results page for the sample search, cardiac surgery after renal transplant. The [Show Me] steps through clicking on the details button to see that the search has been mapped to (("thoracic surgery"[MeSH Terms] OR cardiac surgery[Text Word]) AND ("kidney transplantation"[MeSH Terms] OR renal transplant[Text Word])). The explanation for this translation is included in the text of m2007.html.
m2008.html - Automatic Term Mapping (continued): The Flash animation contains two [Show Me] demonstrations. The first [Show Me] steps through using the details button to see that the search for the journal of cell biology is translated as "J Cell Biol"[Journal Name]. The second [Show Me] uses the details button to show that the unqualified search for cell translates as ("cells"[MeSH Terms] OR cell[Text Word]) not the journal Cell. The explanation for these translations are included in the text of m2008.html.
m2010.html - Automatic Term Mapping (continued): The Flash animation shows that the unqualified search for pressure point translates as (("pressure"[MeSH Terms] OR pressure[Text Word]) AND point[All Fields]) by using the details button on the results page. The explanation for this translation is included in the text of m2010.html.
m2012.html - Phrase Searching: The Flash animation demonstrates how the use of double quotes in the search for "pressure point" changes the translation to "pressure point" [All Fields]. The explanation for this translation is included in the text of m2012.html.
m2013.html - Author Searching: The Flash animation contains three [Show Me] demonstrations. The first [Show Me] demonstrates that the unqualified search for wheeler d returns citations with Wheeler DC, Wheeler DG, and Wheeler DL as authors. The second [Show Me] demonstrates how qualifying the search with double quotes and the [au] tag, "wheeler d"[au], changes the results to those with Wheeler D as an author. The third [Show Me] demonstrates the use of the [au] tag when only the last name is searched such as wheeler[au]. More details about author searching are available in m20013.html.
m2014 - Truncation: The Flash animation contains three [Show Me] demonstrations. The first shows how the search for mimick* is translated as (((((((((mimick[All Fields] OR mimickead[All Fields]) OR mimicked[All Fields]) OR mimicker[All Fields]) OR mimickers[All Fields]) OR mimickig[All Fields]) OR mimicking[All Fields]) OR mimickling[All Fields]) OR mimickry[All Fields]) OR mimicks[All Fields]). The second [Show Me] demonstrates the limit of 150 variations when using truncation through the example osteo*. This search returns the warning "Wildcard search for 'osteo*' used only the first 150 variations. Lengthen the root word to search for all endings." The third [Show Me] points out that the use of truncation turns off automatic term mapping so the search for heart attack* translates as (heart attack[All Fields] OR heart attacks[All Fields]) and does not map to the MeSH term Myocardial Infarction. The details about truncation are on m2014.html.
m2018 - Boolean Logic (continued): The Flash animation demonstrates the use of Boolean operators and nesting through the search for common cold AND (vitamin c OR zinc). The details about using Boolean logic are on m2018.html.
m2019 - Review: A Flash interactive multiple choice question. Question - What is the truncation symbol in PubMed? Answer choices - a. question mark (?) b. number sign (#) c. colon (:) d. asterisk (*) The correct answer is d. asterisk. Return to m2019.html.
m2020 - Review: A Flash interactive multiple choice question. Question - The search, smith dg journal of trauma will search for: Answer choices - a. Each word in All Fields. b. Each phrase in All Fields. c. The author name and the name of the journal. d. The author name and trauma as a MeSH term. The correct Answer is c. The author name and the name of the journal. Return to m2020.html.
m2021 - Review: A Flash interactive multiple choice question. Question - If PubMed cannot find a match for the term lethal dose in the MeSH or Journal Translation Tables, it will: Answer Choices - a. Search the term in all fields: lethal dose[All Fields] b. Search each word of the term in all fields and combine the results: lethal[All Fields] AND dose[All Fields] c. Search for a synonym of the term d. Not search the term. The correct answer is b. Search each word of the term in all fields and combine the results: lethal[All Fields] AND dose[All Fields]. Return to m2021.html.
m2022 - Review: A Flash interactive multiple choice question. Question - Which of the following strategies will retrieve citations on the topic of allergies to eggs or peanuts? Answer Choices - a. allergies NOT peanuts AND eggs b. (peanuts or eggs) and allergies c. allergies AND peanuts OR eggs d. allergies AND (peanuts OR eggs). The correct answer is d. allergies AND (peanuts OR eggs). Return to m2022.html.
m3002 - Searching Results Screen: The Flash animation contains two [Show Me] demonstrations that point out the default Summary display format for citations and the default for displaying citations in batches of 20. Return to m3002.html.
m3003 - Display Formats: The Flash animation contains several [Show Me] steps that highlight parts of the default Summary display format. Details about the Summary display format are included on m3003.html.
m3004 - Display Formats (continued): The Flash animation contains several [Show Me] steps that highlight parts of the Brief display format including the first author's name, the first 30 characters of the article title, identification number (PMID), and links to Related articles, LinkOut, and other Entrez databases. Return to m3004.html.
m3005 - Display Formats (continued): The Flash animation contains several [Show Me] steps that highlight parts of the Abstract display format. Details about the Abstract display format are included on m3005.html.
m3006 - Display Formats (continued): The Flash animation contains several [Show Me] steps that highlight parts of the Citation display format. Details about the Citation display are included on m3006.html.
m3008b - Display Formats (continued): The Flash animation contains two demonstrations showing how to change the display format of your search results. The demonstrations step through using the checkboxes to the left of each record to select relevant citations and using the display pull-down menu and Display button to change the display. The first demonstration selects the Abstract format and the second demonstration selects the MEDLINE format. Details about the steps are outlined on m3008b.html.
m3009 - Show Pull-Down Menu: The Flash animation steps through using the Show pull-down menu and the Display button to change the number of citations shown on the results page. Details about using the Show pull-down menu are available on m3009.html.
m3010 - Page Selection and Retrieval Summary: The Flash animation steps through the example that shows typing in the Page box and clicking the Page button to navigate to page 12 of the search results. The animation continues by clicking on the Next button to reach page 13. Return to m3010.html for more details about navigating through the pages of search results.
m3011 - Sorting Results: The Flash animation steps through using the Sort pull-down menu and the Display button to change method used to sort search results. Details about using the Sort pull-down menu are available on m3011.html.
m3013 - Send to Clipboard: The Flash animation steps through sending citations to the Clipboard by selecting citations using the checkboxes, and selecting Clipboard from the Send to menu an Send to button. Details about sending citations to the Clipboard are outlined on m3013.html.
m3014 - Send to File: The Flash animation steps through the process of saving selected citations to a file. First, select the relevant citations using the checkboxes and select the display format using the display pull-down menu. Then select the file from the Send to pull-down menu and click the Send to button to initiate the file download. You may want to change the file name and add the .txt extension to save the results as a text file. Return to m3014.html for more about saving citations.
m3015 - Send to File (continued): The Flash animation steps through the process of saving all results to a file. Select the display format using the display pull-down menu, select File from the Send to pull-down menu and click the Send to button to initiate the file download. You may want to change the file name and add the .txt extension to save the results as a text file. Return to m3015.html for the details about this demonstration.
m3016 - Send to Order: The Flash animation shows the use of the Order Selection from the Send to pull-down menu to order the full copy of an article using Loansome Doc. Select the citations you want to order, select Order from the Send to pull-down menu and click the Send to button to access Loansome Doc. Return to m3016.html.
m3017a - Send to Text: The Flash animation steps through viewing results as plain text by first using the Display and Show pull-down menus to select the format and number of citations shown. Then select Text (default) from the Send to pull-down menu and click the Send to button. Return to m3017a.html.
m3017b - Printing: The Flash animation demonstrates the example of printing selected citations in the Abstract format. First select the citations using the checkboxes and change the display format to Abstract using the Display pull-down menu. Then select Text from the Send to pull-down menu and click the Send to button to display the citations as plain text. Then use the Print feature of your browser to print the results. Return to m3017b.html for more about printing results.
m3017c - NEW SCREEEN; NOT SURE OF # AT THIS POINT. Send to E-mail: The Flash animation shows the use of the E-mail selection from the Send to pull-down menu to send search results to an e-mail address. The Animation shows the Abstract display format selected and the show menu set to 100. Select E-mail from the Send to pull-down menu and click the Send to button. From the options screen you may modify selections, add a message, enter the recipient's e-mail address, and click the Mail button. Return to ?????.html for more about printing results.
m3018 - Review: A Flash interactive multiple choice question. Question - How would you print displayed results without also printing PubMed's sidebar and other buttons? Answer Choices - a. Click on the Display button b. Select Order from the Send to menu and click the Send to button c. Select Text from the Send to menu. Click the Send to button and then use the browser's print function. The correct answer is c. Select Text from the Send to menu. Click the Send to button and then use the browser's print function. Return to m3018.html.
m3019 - Review: A Flash interactive multiple choice question. Question - You have found references about hypertension and a nosebleed, and you now want to display all of the retrieved records on one page. How would you do that? Answer Choices - a. Maximize the window for your browser b. Click on the Show pull-down menu, select a number higher than the final retrieval set, and click the Display button c. Limit your search so that retrieval is 20 or less. The correct answer is b. Click on the Show pull-down menu, select a number higher than the final retrieval set, and click the Display button. Return to m3019.html.
m3020 - Review: A Flash interactive multiple choice question. Question - You've completed a search on injuries from backpacks or backpacking. Now you wish to save and send the results of your search to a file. How would you do this? Answer Choices - a. Select File from the Send to Menu and then click the Send to button b. Select Clipboard from the Send to menu and then click the Send to button c. Select Details to display the PubMed translation, then copy that to the Clipboard. The correct answer is a. Select File from the Send to Menu and then click the Send to button. Return to m3020.html.
m3022 - Suggested Answer: The Flash animation steps through the suggested answer for the review exercise. The steps for the suggested answer are described in the text of m3022.html.
m4002 - Limits: The Flash animation points out the All Fields (Field Selection) pull-down menu, the "only items with abstracts" checkbox, and the Publication Type pull-down menu on the Limits page. More information about these limits is described on m4002.html.
m4003 - Languages and Ages, Study Group, and Gender: The Flash animation points out the pull-down menus for Languages, Ages, Study Group (Human or Animal), and Gender on the Limits page. More information about these limits is described on m4003.html.
m4004 - Subsets: The Flash animation shows the items on the Subset pull-down menu on the Limits page. The items on the Subset menu are described in the text of m4004.html.
m4005a - Dates: The Flash animation shows the two date pull-down menus on the Limits page. Details about using these two date limits are described on m4005a.html.
m4005b - Dates (continued): The Flash animation steps through using the pull-down menus on the Limits page to limit a search on melanoma. The Limits used include MeSH Major Topic from the All Fields (Field Selection) menu, Male from the Gender menu, Adult: 19-44 years from the Ages menu, and Review from the Publication Types menu. Details about the steps are outlined on m4005b.html.
m4007 - History (continued): The Flash animation steps through a demonstration showing how to use the History and Limits features to modify a previously run search for melanoma. Details about the steps used are outlined in the text of m4007.html.
m4008 - History (continued): The Flash animation steps through a demonstration showing how to use the History feature to combine searches using the search statement numbers. Details about the steps used are outlined in the text of m4008.html.
m4009 - Preview / Index: The Flash animation steps through a demonstration on how to use the Preview feature. The searches used include "chickenpox vaccine" and "pregnancy chickenpox vaccine". Details about using the Preview feature can be found at m4009.html.
m4010 - Preview / Index (continued): The Flash animation steps through a demonstration on using the Preview feature to preview the search term bulimia specifically in the Title Word field. The detailed outline of the steps is at m4010.html.
m4011 - Preview / Index (continued): The Flash animation shows how to use the Index feature to search the index for a field. The example searches the MeSH Terms index for attention deficit. More information about using the Index feature is included on m4011.html.
m4012 - Preview / Index (continued): The Flash animation continues the demonstration from m4010.html with showing how to add terms found using the Index to a search. The example searches the MeSH Terms index for attention deficit. More information about using the Index feature is included on m4012.html.
m4013 - Preview / Index (continued): The Flash animation demonstrates how to add multiple terms found using the Index to a search. The example searches the MeSH Terms index for thalidomide and then selects the search terms thalidomide/poisoning and thalidomide/toxicity . More information about using the Index feature is included on m4013.html.
m4014 - Clipboard: The Flash animation highlights the Clipboard feature by showing how to send citations to the Clipboard by selecting the checkboxes for relevant citations, selecting Clipboard from the Send to Menu and clicking the Send to button. Once the citations are on the Clipboard, the demonstration also shows how to save them to a file, remove them, and print them. The steps for these functions of the Clipboard are outlined in the text of m4014.html.
m4015 - Ordering Documents from the Clipboard: The Flash animation demonstrates how to order documents that have been added to the Clipboard by selecting the citations and selecting Order from the Send to pull-down menu and clicking the Send to button. Details of the steps for ordering are outlined on m4015.html.
m4018 - Details Button: The Flash animation highlights the information available on the Details display. The Details display for a search is available by clicking on the Details button. Return to m4018.html to see the list of information included on the Details page.
m4020 - Review: A Flash interactive multiple choice question. Question - Which of the following Send to options would you use to collect citations from multiple searches for saving, printing, or ordering? Answer Choices - a. Send to Clipboard button b. Send to File c. Send to Text. The correct answer is a. Send to Clipboard button. Return to m4020.html.
m4021 - Review: A Flash interactive multiple choice question. Question - Which feature allows you to easily limit your retrieval to a specific age group, gender, or language? Answer Choices - a. Clipboard b. Preview/Index c. Limits d. History e. All of the above. The correct answer is c. Limits. Return to m4021.html.
m4022 - Review: A Flash interactive multiple choice question. Question - You can use the search statement numbers shown in your History in search strategies, as in #4 AND laparoscopy. This is not a good idea when: Answer Choices - a. You plan to save the strategy to be used at a later date b. You will have more than 100 strategies in History c. You will be ordering articles from this retrieval d. #4 refers to an author search. The correct answer is a. You plan to save the strategy to be used at a later date. Return to m4022.html.
m4102 - Registration: The Flash animation steps through the process of registering for the Cubby. The details of the registration process are outlined on m4102.html.
m4103 - Log In: The Flash animation demonstrates logging in to Cubby with your User Name and Password. Return to m4103.html.
m4104 - Forgot Your Password?: The Flash animation shows the steps to reset your Cubby password when you have forgotten it. See m4104.html for the instructions on resetting your password.
m4105 - Change Your Password and Log Out: The Flash animation shows how to change your Cubby password and log out. The links to activate both features are located on the Cubby sidebar. Return to m4105.html.
m4106 - Store a Search: The Flash animation demonstrates how to store a search strategy in the Cubby. See m4106.html for the example and steps used in the demonstration.
m4107 - Checking What's New: The Flash animation shows how to check for new items for a Cubby stored search. See m4107.html for the example and steps used in the demonstration.
m4108 - Deleting a Search: The Flash animation shows how to delete a stored search strategy from the Cubby by selecting the checkbox next to the search name and clicking on the Delete Selected Searches button. Return to m4108.html.
m4109 - Reviewing Information About a Stored Search and Running the Search Without Date Limits: The Flash animation shows how to see information about a stored search by selecting the link associated with the search name. The demonstration also shows how to run a stored search without date limits by using the Search button on the information page for a search. Return to m4109.html.
m4115 - Suggested Answer for Exercise 1: The Flash animation demonstrates the suggested answer for the exercise. See m4115.html for the details of the steps used.
m4116 - Suggested Answer for Exercise 2: The Flash animation demonstrates the suggested answer for the exercise. See m4116.html for the details of the steps used.
m5003 - Related Articles (continued): The Flash animation demonstrates finding related articles for a selected citation and then limiting the set of related articles. Detailed explanations of the steps used can be found at m5003.html.
m5003b - Links: The Flash animation points out how to use the Links pull-down menu to link to records in other Entrez databases. Return to m5003b.html for more about Links.
m5004 - LinkOut: The Flash animation includes two Show Me demonstrations. The first points out the LinkOut link that links to full-text on the provider's Web site. The second demonstrates using the LinkOut subset value used to limit to a citation with Links to free full-text. Return to m5004.html for more about LinkOut.
m5004b - NEW SCREEN Free PM Links: The Flash animation shows clicking the Links pull-down menu to select the Free in PMC link. The animation ends at the display of full text in PubMed Central. Return to m5004b.html for more about the Free in PMC Links.
m5005 - NCBI Databases: The Flash animation points out selecting the links to the Protein and Nucleotide databases from the Links pull-down menu. More about links to NCBI databases from PubMed citations can be found at m5005.html.
m5006 - NCBI Databases (continued): The Flash animation shows how to use the links associated with a citation. The links used in the demonstration include Related Articles, Protein, Nucleotide, and LinkOut. Details about the steps used are outlined at m5006.html.
m5007 - Books: The Flash animation demonstrates how to use the Books feature. Details about Books and the steps used in the demonstration are available at m5007.html.
m5009 - Suggested Answer for Exercise 1: The Flash animation demonstrates the suggested answer for the exercise. See m5009.html for the details of the steps used.
m5010 - Suggested Answer for Exercise 2: The Flash animation demonstrates the suggested answer for the exercise. See m5010.html for the details of the steps used.
m5011 - Suggested Answer for Exercise 3: The Flash animation demonstrates the suggested answer for the exercise. See m5011.html for the details of the steps used.
m6003 - MeSH Database (continued): The Flash animation points out searching for a term in the MeSH Database and parts of the summary and full displays in the MeSH Database using the example term bursitis. Descriptions of these displays are included in the text of m6003.html.
m6005 - MeSH Database (continued): The Flash animation demonstrates the steps to use the MeSH Database to select MeSH terms to retrieve articles that discuss the diagnosis of Bursitis in the knee joint where knee joint is the main focus of the article. Full details of the steps are included in the text of m6005.html.
m6006 - Journals Database: The Flash animation demonstrates clicking the link to view the listing of journals with links to publisher Web sites. Details are included in the text of m6006.html.
m6007 - Journals Database (continued): The Flash animation shows searching the journal, Annals of Internal Medicine and points out parts of the Summary and Full displays in the Journals Database. Descriptions of these displays are included in the text of m6007.html.
m6008 - Single Citation Matcher: The Flash animation demonstrates how to use the single citation matcher to search for Gene Therapy, 1999 page 271. More information about the Single Citation Matcher is outlined in the text of m6008.html.
m6010a - Clinical Queries and Systematic Reviews(continued): The Flash animation demonstrates the steps to use clinical queries to search for food AND eczema with the therapy and specificity filters. The second demonstration uses the same search as above except with the sensitivity filter instead of specificity to retrieve more results. Details for the steps are include in the text of m6010a.html.
m6010b - Clinical Queries and Systematic Reviews(continued): The Flash animation demonstrates the steps to use the systematic reviews filter to search for food AND eczema. Details for the steps are include in the text of m6010b.html.
m6012 - Suggested Answer for Exercise 1: The Flash animation demonstrates the suggested answer for the exercise. See m6012.html for the details of the steps used.
m6013 - Suggested Answer for Exercise 2: The Flash animation demonstrates the suggested answer for the exercise. See m6013.html for the details of the steps used.
m6014 - Suggested Answer for Exercise 3: The Flash animation demonstrates the suggested answer for the exercise. See m6014.html for the details of the steps used.
m7003 - MeSH Headings [mh]: The Flash animation shows how the search thromboembolism[mh] actually searches as thromboembolism[MeSH Terms]. The actual search statement is viewed using the Details button on the search results page. For more information about the [mh] tag see m7003.html.
m7007 - Author Searching [au]: The Flash animation shows how to search for authors using the [au] tag. Descriptions of the examples shown are included in the text of m7007.html.
m7007a - Corporate Author [cn]: The Flash animation shows how to search for corporate authorship of an article using the [cn] tag. More information about corporate authors is outlined in the text of m7007a.html.
m7008 - Personal Name as Subject [ps]: The Flash animation shows the examples of using [ps] and [la] as outlined in the text of m7008.html.
m7008a - Journal Title [ta] and Place of Publication [pl]: The Flash animation shows examples of using [ta] and [pl] as outlined in the text of m7008a.html.
m7010 - Publication Type [pt]: The Flash animation shows the examples of using [pt] and [si] as outlined in the text of m7010.html.
m7012 - Unique Identifier Searching [uid]: The Flash animation demonstrates that the search for 95091318 97465762 returns the citations with those PMIDs. More information about PMID searching is outlined at m7012.html.
m7013 - Affiliation [ad] and Grant Number [gr]: The Flash animation shows the examples of using [ad] and [gr] tag as outlined in the text of m7013.html.
m7014 - Review: The Flash animation demonstrates the suggested answers for the exercises. Suggested answer 1 - cell[tw] AND phones[tw]. Suggested answer 2 - churchill w[ps]. Suggested answer 3 - video display terminals[mh] AND carpal tunnel syndrome[mh]. Suggested answer 4 - acupuncture[ti] AND 2000[dp]. Return to m7014.html.
m8003 - Suggested Answer for Exercise 1: The Flash animation demonstrates the suggested answer for the exercise. See m8003.html for the details of the steps used.
m8005 - Suggested Answer for Exercise 2: The Flash animation demonstrates the suggested answer for the exercise. See m8005.html for the details of the steps used.
m8007 - Suggested Answer for Exercise 3: The Flash animation demonstrates the suggested answer for the exercise. See m8007.html for the details of the steps used.
m8009 - Suggested Answer for Exercise 4: The Flash animation demonstrates the suggested answer for the exercise. See m8009.html for the details of the steps used.
m8011 - Suggested Answer for Exercise 5, Part 1: The Flash animation demonstrates the suggested answer for the exercise. See m8011.html for the details of the steps used.
m8012 - Suggested Answer for Exercise 5, Part 2: The Flash animation demonstrates the suggested answer for the exercise. See m8012.html for the details of the steps used.
m8013 - Suggested Answer for Exercise 5, Part 3: The Flash animation demonstrates the suggested answer for the exercise. See m8013.html for the details of the steps used.