How PubMed Works On-Demand: Automatic Term Mapping

For more information on this course, or to schedule, please contact the NNLM Training Office at nto@utah.edu.

Are you new to PubMed? Maybe you’d like a refresher. PubMed comprises more than 40 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. We’ll look at search tips from the National Library of Medicine about using the main search box in PubMed, we’ll also look at Search Details in-depth today; We’ll be talking about how to search for phrases. We’ll talk about the order of ATM operations and how it can affect your search results, we’ll take a deep dive into the 3 ATM tables (Subjects, Journals, Authors), and lastly, we’ll show you how to bypass ATM when it’s not doing what you want it to do. The recording is designed to take approximately 90 minutes to complete, and each is worth 1.5 MLA CE credits. You can start and stop at your convenience. The recording is made up of a pre and post-test, a recording and a multiple-choice assignment that follows along with the recording.

Course URL: https://www.nnlm.gov/training/class/how-pubmed-works-automatic-term-mapping-demand

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the contents of the 3 Translation Tables.
  • Explain the order of Automatic Term Mapping
  • Analyze Search Details to verify term mapping.
  • Locate PubMed’s list of indexed phrases
  • Describe 3 Ways to bypass ATM

Agenda

This is an on-demand recording designed for students to start and stop at their convenience. The recording is designed to take approximately 90 minutes to complete.

MLA CE Credit: 1.5

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Course Includes

  • 2 Lessons
  • Course Certificate