About PubMed.gov
PubMed is a free database run 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).
PubMed provides free access to citations from biomedical literature, including many articles still in-process. Full text for select articles may be available through open access sources or the Library's Find @ Walden service.
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PubMed through Walden Library
Access PubMed through Walden Library's website to enable our Find @ Walden full text finder service.
- PubMed
A major database of biomedical literature produced by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine. It includes all content from the MEDLINE database, PubMed Central, and the NCBI Bookshelf.
Locating full text in PubMed
Full text options
After selecting an article in PubMed, full text options are available under Full text links. There are two full text options that may appear:
- Free/open access options from a variety of publishers
- Find @ Walden full text finder service: Select this option to see if full text is available in Walden Library
What if full text is not available in Walden Library?
Students and faculty may request the purchase of an article for a research project through our Document Delivery Service. A request link will appear if full text is not available in Walden Library. There is a 30 article lifetime limit per person.
Useful Links
- Using PubMed in Evidence-Based PracticeNew (2020) Training Course from the National Library of Medicine
- PubMed: Find articles by journalTutorial
- PubMed: Find articles on a topicTutorial
- PubMed OverviewE-book
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