PubMed Help Guide

1. What is PubMed?

2. How to Search PubMed

3. How to Access Full Text

PubMed is a searchable database that indexes journal articles from the health sciences - medicine, nursing, dentistry, public health, behavioral health, and much more. 

• Developed and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM).

• Contains more than 36 million citations and abstracts

Go to PubMed

There are a number of ways to search PubMed, from a basic keyword search to a more complex search string.

• BASIC: Searching PubMed can be as simple as entering a keyword or phrase in the PubMed Search Box and pressing the Enter key or clicking Search.

• ADVANCED: For more advanced search techniques, we created an Expert Searching Guide to help you construct more specific, targeted searches.

View the video below to learn how to find articles on a topic in PubMed. 

When accessing PubMed, always use the link provided on our library website.

• This will allow you to see if our library subscribes to the journal article.

• If not, it will automatically link you to an article request form which will be sent directly to the library. This is a free service available to all HH-affiliated employees. 

Look for the "HuntingtonHealth | Cedars-Sinai" icon in the article abstract page on PubMed to link to our resources:

Example on a PubMed abstract page: