Welcome!
Welcome to the
"PubMed Tutorial", the Web-based learning program that will show
you how to search PubMed®, the National Library of Medicine's
(NLM) journal literature search system.
Using the
Tutorial
This tutorial
has been designed to work with Microsoft Internet Explorer®
version 4+ and Netscape version 4+. It contains animated demonstrations
of procedures, for which you will need the Macromedia Flash
player. The Flash player can be downloaded
and installed at no cost from Macromedia®. You may not be able
to view the animated demonstrations if you are using another browser,
such as Netscape version 6. For detailed documentation of the system
requirements and known incompatibilities, please see the Tutorial
FAQ.
The PubMed Tutorial
includes several different types of links that may be used to play
the animations, pop up glossary terms, or visit another web page.
- There are
two different kinds of animation links -- Show
Me and Demonstration Steps.
When clicked, Show Me will produce
an animation of the process just discussed. Demonstration Steps
will take you through the process step-by-step. You do not have
to click on the Steps in chronological
order, although it will make more sense to do so the first time
around.
- Words and
phrases that appear in bold blue
are glossary items and can be clicked to open a secondary window
containing a definition. Should you want to view the entire Glossary,
click the Glossary link in the Tutorial sidebar.
- Words and
phrases that appear in blue and are underlined,
are links to web sites such as other pages of the Tutorial or
PubMed.
This tutorial was last updated in July 2004 and reflects changes to PubMed through July 2004.
Click Next in
the sidebar to learn how to navigate through the modules of the
PubMed Tutorial or click on the PubMed Overview tab above to jump
right into learning about PubMed.
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