Practical sheet | REF: FIC1066 V1

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Author: Sandrine LOUIS

Publication date: August 10, 2024 | Lire en français

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1. Use indexing or not to search PubMed

PubMed is the freely accessible interface to the Medline medical bibliographic database and other sources. It contains over 37 million references to date, with articles published since 1920. Searching is now easy, as the search engine itself explores the thesaurus and translates the query.

However, depending on whether you have too few or too many results, there are certain features you need to know about in order to make the most of this resource.

1.1 Using descriptors

The descriptors correspond to over 30,000 keywords (MeSH, Medical Subject Headings ). The vocabulary is controlled (words have hierarchical relationships) and indexed. Words are arranged by category. They evolve over time.

MeSH terms ensure...

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