Use these tutorials to learn how to perform library research or search MEDLINE and other biomedical databases.

• MEDLINE Tutorials
• PubMed Tutorials
• CINAHL Tutorials
• Web of Science Tutorials
• Evidence Based Medicine Tutorials
• NLM Databases and Information Sources Tutorials
• EndNote Tutorials
• Medical Subject Headings - MeSH
• Library Research Techniques
• Evaluating Internet Sources

To connect to the biomedical databases from the Health Sciences Library home page, select "Biomedical Databases" from the menu on the left or select a biomedical database from this list.

MEDLINE Tutorials

MEDLINE is the premier database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the pre-clinical sciences.

Ovid Tutorial - Interactive tutorial from Ovid designed to familiarize you with the core functionality of Ovid's search software. Scroll down to "New tutorials for Ovid SP".

Introduction to MEDLINE (OVID) (7:34 runtime)

MEDLINE Search Instructions - Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library, George Washington University

PubMed Tutorial

PubMed Online Training - includes a link to the full tutorial (below), as well as "quick tours" using short, animated tutorials on how to search PubMed® most effectively, including managing results, saving searches, subject terms in MeSH, as well as links to other supporting resources.

PubMed Tutorial - the full web-based tutorial (also linked from the page above) which provides in-depth instruction on how to get the most out of PubMed. Note it uses the Adobe® Flash™ player, which can be downloaded from the link on the page, but it can be viewed without. Estimated time to complete the entire tutorial is one hour, but users can choose individual modules separately.

CINAHL Tutorials

Introduction to CINAHL 1: Subject Heading Searches and Limiting Search Results (5:53 runtime)

Introduction to CINAHL 2: Keyword Searching and Search Results (5:01 runtime)

CINAHL Support Center - for help of all kinds

CINAHL Help - Academic & Instructional Support & Resources, Thomas Jefferson University

Introduction to EBSCOhost 2.0 - (runtime 6.18 min)

Advanced Search with Guided Style - (runtime 8.13 min)

Web of Science Tutorials

Web of Science Tutorials - A list of several training modules from Thomson Scientific including basic searching, cited reference searching, refining and analyzing searches and many more.

EMBASE Tutorials

EMBASE.com Tutorials - A list of learning tools from Elsevier including cheat sheets, reference guides, and tutorials.

Evidence Based Medicine Tutorials

Evidence-Based Healthcare Resources for Nurses - created by Sharon Murphy in support of nursing faculty, staff, and students at UB's School of Nursing

Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Resources - Biomedical Libraries, Dartmouth University

Evidence-Based Medicine Tutorial - SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Evidence Based Practice Tutorial for Nurses - Penn State University Libraries

Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine - Duke University Medical Center Library and Health Sciences Library, UNC-Chapel Hill

National Library of Medicine Databases and Information Sources Tutorials

Interactive Health Tutorials - MEDLINEplus and Patient Education Institute

PubMed Tutorial - National Library of Medicine

My NCBI Tutorial - National Library of Medicine

Distance Education Program Resources - A list of several PubMed Flash tutorials from the National Library of Medicine including searching PubMed, My NCBI and MeSH.

EndNote Tutorials

EndNote Tutorials - Video tutorials from Thomson ResearchSoft

Medical Subject Headings - MeSH

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) (12 minutes runtime) - Video introduction by the National Library of Medicine on the development, structure and use of the MeSH vocabulary. Of interest to searchers of MEDLINE/PubMed.

Library Research Techniques Tutorials

BISON Catalog Help - University Libraries, University at Buffalo

Advanced Boolean Searching - University Libraries, Colorado State University

Boolean Searching (Basics) - University Libraries, Colorado State University

Truncation - University Libraries, Colorado State University

Plagiarism - What it is & How to avoid it

Evaluating Internet Sources

Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine

Evaluating Web Pages Checklist: Questions to Ask Web Search Results
from UC Berkeley

Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
from "Finding Information on the Internet: a Tutorial", UC Berkeley, Teaching Library Internet Workshops

Five criteria for evaluating Web pages
from the Olin & Uris Libraries at Cornell University

MedlinePlus Guide to Healthy Web Surfing

Last update: 14 August, 2012

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