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In the last issue of Library News, the various types of subsets on PubMed were outlined. PubMed provides free access to the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) MEDLINE database and other databases from the National Center for Biotechnology Information. One of PubMed's strongest search features for MEDLINE is the ability to limit your strategy based on certain subsets of literature. The Subject Subsets allow users to focus their retrieval to specific topic areas. One of the newest subject subsets on PubMed is the Complementary Medicine limit. This subset was created to provide easy access to a subject area that can be difficult to retrieve. The CAM [Complementary and Alternative Medicine] Subset was created as a joint project between the National Library of Medicine and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine [NCCAM], which is under the National Institutes of Health. The subset allows the user to search the biomedical journal literature by topic, keyword or author name and then limit the retrieval to those citations with an emphasis on CAM.
1. Enter your search terms in the PubMed search box. (Ex. depression AND elderly) Do not structure your question as a sentence. 2. Click on the Go button 3. Note the number of citations retrieved. 4. Go to limits section and pull down to Complementary Medicine on subset limit [see sample screen, click to enlarge] 5. Click the Go button. On this topic you will notice a large difference - 23,084 citations without the CAM limit vs. 576 citations with the CAM limit. This is just one way to do a very basic search using the Complementary medicine subject subset. PubMed is a powerful device for searching the biomedical literature in MEDLINE. It contains many interesting tools enabling searchers to find minute details in the literature or the ability to create in-depth search strategies. If you plan to use PubMed for patient care or research purposes, we highly recommend training. Please see the PubMed class schedule posted in this newsletter. If you have any questions regarding subsets or any
other aspects of PubMed, please contact: Susan Steelman, MLIS - Coordinator
of Outreach Services, UAMS Library, 501-686-6737 or email: SteelmanSusanC@uams.edu.
PubMed Class Schedule Please note
that free PubMed classes are being offered each month. These classes are
open to any practicing health care professional in Arkansas. If you would
like to register for one of these classes or schedule an individual class,
please contact Susan Steelman, M.L.I.S. at 501-686-6737 or SteelmanSusanC@uams.edu.
Sept. 18 Tuesday Sept. 26 Wednesday
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