Sample Searches
PubMed Link with Filters
- PubMed for UC Davis This link opens in a new windowPubMed for UC Davis offers users vastly more full-text articles than does the public version of Pubmed.gov. Search results in the UCD version display "Get it at UC" buttons providing (with on-campus or VPN connection) access to articles in journals licensed by UC Davis or enabling patrons to request articles that are not immediately available online. PubMed comprises over 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. PubMed citations and abstracts include the fields of biomedicine and health, covering portions of the life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering. PubMed also provides access to additional relevant web sites and links to the other NCBI molecular biology resources. PubMed is a free resource that is developed and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Expert Searches
- OvidSP Medline Expert SearchesProvides a number of pre-configured searches developed by information specialists from Ovid. It includes, for example, comprehensive searches for Covid-19, monkeypox, and many others. It also includes validated filters to filter your results--examples include filtering by articles on diagnosis, therapy, or by study type such as observational study.
- PubMed Special Queries SearchProvides topic specific searches maintained and updated by the National Library of Medicine.
Sample Searches
A set of searches which were developed to assist with doing PICO and expert searches on clinical nursing topics These searches were developed to demonstrate search strategies on a variety of topics that have been asked for by clinical nurses at UCDH conducting quality improvement projects.
- Nursing Practice Guidelines Search in PubMed (English only)Click on"More" to see search strategy
- Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Systematic Review Search in PubMed.Copy this into the search box:
("pneumonia, ventilator associated"[MeSH Terms] OR ("pneumonia"[All Fields] AND "ventilator-associated"[All Fields]) OR "ventilator-associated pneumonia"[All Fields] OR ("ventilator"[All Fields] AND "associated"[All Fields] AND "pneumonia"[All Fields]) OR "ventilator-associated pneumonia"[All Fields]) AND ("Systematic"[Filter])