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Create, Communicate, Connect library guide

PubMed is a database of peer reviewed biomedical literature. By searching PubMed, you will be searching Medline, plus additional recent content.

PubMed search is freely available online, however to connect to full text articles from the Uni of Adelaide Library, use the following link:

1. Begin by creating a basic logic grid of relevant search terms:

2. Build upon your basic logic grid so that it  will work effectively in PubMed:

MeSH terms are official words or phrases selected to represent medical concepts. Each article in PubMed is indexed with one or more MeSH terms which describe what the article is about. Think of them as tags, which make it easier for you to locate all of the articles on a specific concept.