PubMed: Getting Started

A guide to using PubMed, the large biomedical database maintained by the National Library of Medicine.

Navigating the PubMed Homepage

PubMed's updated interface includes:

A query box to type your search terms
Links to the Advanced Search screen
A link to log in to your NCBI account
Links to tools and resources such as the MeSH database, Single Citation Matcher, Clinical Queries

Additional important links are organized below the search bar in the categories Learn, Find, Download, and Explore.

Accessing PubMed

To access PubMed, navigate to the Levy Library homepage and select PubMed under Popular Tools. If you are off campus, you will be prompted to login to our remote resources using your Network ID & password.

You must enter PubMed by using Levy Library's unique URL to be able to connect directly from PubMed to the full-text of all the articles in Levy Library's licensed e-journal collection. Read more about remote access to library resources on our Library Resources Login guide.