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[edit] Tutorial

I'm planning to add direction on "how to use" pubmed within the next month. Does anyone have suggestions or comment? Alot of the work will be based on the linke below, or perhaps I should just link to it. My idea is to have people search this database to be able to cite good then in the Wiki.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=helppubmed.section.pubmedhelp.Understanding_Your_S

meatclerk 18:51, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I'd be inclined not to. The Pubmed tutorial on their site is quite long and complex. It's not quite the role of an encyclopedia to act as a manual. But I'm open to suggestions. Mccready 02:06, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Actually, I plan to make a condensed two (2) page printable version. The basics, type in the searh box, your results mean this, then an explaination of opening an account, no more.

The biggest problem with their tutorial is that it reads like documentation, not a real tutorial. A tutorial should be enough to get your feet wet, then point (in a bullet format or other form) where to find other resources or instructions. That's about it.

meatclerk 07:55, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Ok, let's see what you come up with. have fun :-) Mccready 11:44, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

This note is posted with some disappointment. For now, I am putting off indefinitely the authoring of the tutorial I suggested. meatclerk 16:23, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] subjects covered

I added a brief statement; The paragraph for nursing was disproportional to the other disciplines. DGG 17:35, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

I added recently the following entry to a very useful site (PubMedReader) but somebody deleted it. Why? It's free and open to anybody. There is not even ADVERTISMENT? Please leave this entry there. Thanks!

  • PubMed Reader - A free web-based research program for displaying customized PubMed search results

[edit] Question

I have (in vain) tried to find out, what "PubMed" stands for, though searching on the homepage on pubmed a long time and googling as well. I think this should, no: must be explained on Wiki. Pub: Public? Publications? Med: Medicine? Medical? Medline? "Public Medline" as distinct from versions of Medline intended for professional use by experts. Such versions are still around, developed and marketed by Ovid, SilverPlatter, WebofScience, and dozens of others. Professionals still often prefer them--they are smoother, though they do no more in essence. DGG 08:58, 10 April 2007 (UTC)


A comprehensive answer to this question is given by NLM here: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/pmname.html

Question: What does the name PubMed stand for?

Answer: - When we came up with the name PubMed, we were not trying to use an acronym or an abbreviation. However, we can say that: - the 'Med' part of the name refers to the MEDLINE database, which is what PubMed searches - the 'Pub' part of the name can be thought of as either public (since PubMed is the free version of MEDLINE) or as publisher (since PubMed includes links to publisher web sites). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.104.23.41 (talk) 08:22, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Biowizard

Its not primarily a front end to PubMed, though it does offer that function. its a "journal club" type of site where people nominate PubMed articles to discuss. I see no indication its affiliated with PubMed. There are some similar sites, run by BMC and others. It looks interesting, and if anyone has written an article or two about it, it would perhaps be appropriate for an article of its own.DGG 08:58, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Re adding content without prior discussion is not good practice, and if continued s usually considered vandalism. DGG 04:25, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Genomediff

A very important program, but it should go probably under Entrez--its not really part of the core Medline/PubMed. And we seem to badly need a general article on genome databases, though we have articles on individual ones. --perhaps you could write one? DGG 05:43, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Language coverage

What is the language of the indexed articles? Only English? --84.20.17.84 07:19, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

No, all languages can be indexed, including non-western languages (mainly Chinese and Japanese). These are indexed with an English title in square brackets, and a notice of the language of the article. Often an English abstract is also provided. A random example 217.122.83.79 16:45, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] how to search pubmed

It is not usual to includes this sort of detail in WP articles. I know its valuable. I recognize that the advice is good advice. Please try to fid some way of doing it without giving sample question and hits, talking rather about the structure of the database and the way it parses search queries. DGG (talk) 07:20, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

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