This tutorial was developed by Assako Holyoke, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.L.I.S. and Gregg Clark, Ph.D., Saint Louis University Medical Center Library (MCL), for the first year medical students attending Saint Louis University. The tutorial design is based on the University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries' tutorial, modified accordingly to meet students' needs, including an update to the current PubMed interface format.

To work through the whole tutorial from top to bottom just follow the arrows at the bottom of the page and the instructions within the text. If you want to skip from one section to another, simply choose a section from the list on the left side of the screen. At some points you will be able to interact with content on the page and this will be denoted by the presence of a green box with instructions, like the one here.

Now click on the History tab above to access the History page search box

In addition, at various points red boxes will be present to indicate explanatory text, like this:

Linked MeSH terms, used to label and index article citations, are displayed along with other labels.

Feel free to open a second browser window at PubMed to experiment with what you are learning in this tutorial.

Start with the arrow below and discover the power of PubMed.

Enjoy and have fun learning!

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