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What does PubMed provide free access to?

PubMed is a free resource supporting the search and retrieval of biomedical and life sciences literature with the aim of improving health–both globally and personally. The PubMed database contains more than 36 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature.
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What are the benefits of PubMed?

Pros and Cons: Advantages of using PubMed:

It is a huge, reliable, and highly authoritative resource. It is specific to medicine and health. In Basic Search, you can just enter your search terms, without operators or formatting. PubMed uses various tools to get the most relevant results.
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Is PubMed free of charge?

Articles in PubMed Central are freely available. Articles on Publisher's websites are either freely available or can be accessed with a fee. Contact the specific publisher for questions about their site.
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Do you have to pay to access PubMed?

There is no subscription for the PubMed database. PubMed is freely accessible, but it is a literature citation database rather than a full-text provider.
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Is PubMed Central free?

PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
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Obtaining full text articles from PubMed

Is there a difference between PubMed and PubMed Central?

What's the difference between PubMed and PubMed Central? PubMed is a biomedical literature database which contains the abstracts of publications in the database. PubMed Central is a full text repository, which contains the full text of publications in the database.
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Is PubMed better than Google Scholar?

Additional databases beyond PubMed were not used for literature search as for other clinical topics, the search in PubMed has shown a higher specificity than Google Scholar, and a comparable sensitivity, suggesting that PubMed is an optimal tool for biomedical research [27] .
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Why use PubMed over Google Scholar?

As a result, Google Scholar may include articles from non-scientific sources such as blogs and websites, which may not have been peer-reviewed or quality checked, whereas PubMed filters out non-biomedical sources to ensure that all articles included in the search results have been published in reputable peer-reviewed ...
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How can I download from PubMed for free?

  1. Open PubMed by typing/entering pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov in the address bar. ...
  2. Enter/type the title of the paper, the name of the author/authors of the paper, the. ...
  3. To open a particular article/Research paper click on the title of the paper. ...
  4. Click on SpringerLink or PMC. ...
  5. To download the article in PDF click on “Download PDF”
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How can I access articles for free?

You can search across many repositories using search engines such as Google, Google Scholar or specialist Open Access tools such as CORE. You can also search a university's repository directly if you are interested in the research of a particular author or a research department.
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Is MEDLINE free on PubMed?

Availability: Searching MEDLINE via PubMed results in a list of citations (including authors, title, source, and often an abstract) to journal articles and an indication of free electronic full-text availability. Searching is free of charge and does not require registration.
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Is PubMed a predatory journal?

PubMed, MEDLINE and PubMed Central are all funded by the National Library of Medicine but are different databases. PubMed has been reported to include some articles published in predatory journals.
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Does PubMed include all journals?

Approximately 30,000 records are included in the PubMed journal list which is updated daily and includes all MEDLINE® titles as well as other non-MEDLINE titles in PubMed. The PubMed journal list covers the entire span of MEDLINE, not just currently indexed journals.
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How can I read PubMed articles for free?

If you have searched PubMed (or accessed PubMed through a web link) and located a citation of interest, check for full-text icons in the upper right corner of the display above the citation. Some full text articles may be free, for example those archived in the PubMed Central® (PMC) database.
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Do doctors use PubMed?

MEDLINE/PubMed was the most frequently used resource for all physicians.
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Why is MEDLINE better than PubMed?

In addition to the comprehensive journal selection process, what sets MEDLINE apart from the rest of PubMed is the added value of using the NLM controlled vocabulary, Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®), to index citations. PubMed has been available since 1996.
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Is PubMed a valid source?

PubMed is provided as a public service by the US government, giving access to a database of medical journals and related publications. It is as reliable as the documents and websites it accesses, which are generally refereed journals and websites of reputable firms.
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How do I extract data from PubMed?

Performing a standard PubMed search via easyPubMed is a two-step process: 1) the PubMed query step and 2) the data retrieval step. PubMed is queried via the get_pubmed_ids() function, that only takes one Query string as argument.
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How do I get full access to an article?

Seven ways to read full journal articles for free:
  1. Download Unpaywall.
  2. Do a basic "Google" search for the article.
  3. Ask the author for it.
  4. Access ASHA journals through your membership.
  5. Visit a university.
  6. Get it from your employer.
  7. Pursue other search options.
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Why not to use Google Scholar for research?

Disadvantages of Using Google Scholar

It has yet to reveal what criteria they are using to select "scholarly" material. Results often vary in quality and it is up to the researcher to determine which of the results are suitable for their purposes.
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What is the alternative to PubMed?

The drawback to PubMed is that institutional access may be required for a fair proportion of reported articles. Dear Samer Dhaher , other than PubMed there are some database for published research article like- Google scholar, Cochrane Library, Web of science, Scopus, Hinari and many more.
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Is Everything on PubMed peer-reviewed?

Most journals indexed for PubMed are peer-reviewed or refereed, but peer review criteria and reviewer or referee qualifications vary. Check a journal's editorial information or ask the publisher about policy for specific journal titles.
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Which is better MEDLINE or PubMed?

Tip: PubMed is a great interface for carrying out a basic scoping search, or if you wish to identify a limited number of key references. MEDLINE via the links below are recommended if you wish to carry out a comprehensive and systematic search. The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) premier life sciences database.
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Is Google Scholar bigger than PubMed?

Whereas PubMed searches retrieve published literature from biomedical journals, Google Scholar searches retrieve both published and unpublished literature from a range of disciplines. This may explain the greater overall number of records found per search (median of 1000 for Google Scholar and 148 for PubMed).
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How do I search efficiently on PubMed?

In PubMed, first type the search term and then the search field tag in brackets. e.g. Cardiology [tiab] searches for cardiology in the title and abstract. [All Fields] or [all] – Untagged terms and terms tagged with [all fields] are processed using Automatic Term Mapping.
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