LibGuides: Pharmacy Subject Guide: PubMed

PubMed Resources

PubMed is the premier database for medical literature. Search for peer-reviewed journal articles related to pharmacy or pharmaceutical science.

Getting started in PubMed:

PubMed
Scholarly journal articles about health and medicine. Best database to begin most pharmacy searches. This link connects to UConn Library resources.

PubMed Basics
Just getting started with PubMed? Watch a demonstration of five simple tips for searching from Duke University
Using PubMed Tutorial
Using PubMed Tutorial from Duke University
PubMed Training
A series of basic and in-depth tutorials from NCBI
PubMed User Guide
FAQs, search operators, and other tips for searching from NCBI
Using MeSH
MeSH terms provide the standardized terminology PubMed uses for a topic. Example: heart attack is indexed as myocardial infarction. They also allow you to focus your search.
My NCBI
Save PubMed searches or references when you are working on a paper or project. A UConn email or other third-party login is required.
UConn Library Guide - Searching PubMed systematically
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Covers advanced features of PubMed such as proximity searching, truncation, and using search hedges