Exercises on Pubmed

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PubMed is the most consulted database with references to the scientific literature. The abstracts of most scientific articles are freely available.

Exercise 1

Search in the Pubmed database for the articles written by Ghysen.

  • go to http://http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
  • select "Pubmed" in the databases selector
  • enter "ghysen" in the search term box
  • click "Search"
    This search returns more than 100 articles and probably you are looking for one specific article.
    So to refine your search, click on the "Advanced" link
    AdvancedPubmed.png

    This opens the Advanced search builder that allows you to refine your search in a user-friendly manner.

    This search still returns more than 40 articles.
    Suppose you know that Gautier is also an author of the paper.

    This search returns the article that you were looking for.

    Exercise 2

    Suppose you want to find reviews on the relation between amyloid and prion diseases. First try a regular Pubmed search using "prion" and "amyloid" as search terms.

    This search returns more than 2500 articles but at the left menu you can click "Review" to filter the reviews from the list of results
    AdvancedPubmed3.png

    Select the review entitled "Is tau ready for admission to the prion club?". You can add more search terms to the search. Once the "Review" filter is activated it stays active until you remove it.

    Depending on the content of the article, Pubmed will link to different databases.
    Select the review entitled "Rottlerin and curcumin: a comparative analysis".