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Tutorial 1—Resources for Professionals

Using PubMed

While MEDLINEplus is designed for consumers, PubMed [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/]:

  • is a power tool originally designed for healthcare professionals;
  • contains over 11 million citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals; and
  • includes links to sites that provide full text articles and other related resources.

For tips on using the full (and impressive) capabilities of PubMed, click on "Help" on the PubMed home page.

Short of time? Try a basic search for anabolic steroids and bodybuilders. Go to the PubMed home page and start by clicking "Limits". Then, follow steps 1, 2, and 3 in the figure below:

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Look at the results of your search:

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How many article citations did your search return?

Are they in any particular order? (Yes, they're in order by the date PubMed staff members entered the article citations in the system.)

Can you decipher the citations? Look at one of the citations excerpted below:

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