Research Guides: Public Health: Search Tutorials

PubMed Search Tutorials

These short tutorials, developed by the National Library of Medicine, will provide you with the basics of conducting an efficient search in PubMed.

PubMed Simple Subject Search
This video will show you how to conduct a simple keyword subject search in PubMed. (Video length: 1 minute)
Using MeSH to Build a Better PubMed Query
This video will show you how to using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) to build a search. Using MeSH to build a search generally allows for a more precise search. (Video length: 3 minutes)
Using the PubMed Advanced Search Builder
Want to combine searches more effectively? This tutorial will show you how to use the advanced search builder to combine search terms or result sets using boolean operators. (Video length: 3 minutes)

Keywords for finding intervention studies

Keywords for finding descriptive studies