Pubmed Tutorial Quiz – Flashcards
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What is in PubMed? a. The full text of biomedical journal articles b. DNA and RNA sequence data c. Dictionary and encyclopedia entries d. Citations and abstracts of biomedical journal articles
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d. Citations and abstracts of biomedical journal articles
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Who selects journals for MEDLINE? a. The staff of the U.S. National Library of Medicine b. The Literature Selection Technical Review Committee (LSTRC) c.The U.S. Congress
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b. The Literature Selection Technical Review Committee (LSTRC)
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PubMed includes citations which have NOT undergone quality control by the National Library of Medicine. True False
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True
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When you see a citation labeled [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] that means the citation (select all that apply): a. Has been indexed with MeSH Terms b. Has been indexed with publication types c. Has been indexed with substance names (if applicable) d. Has been reviewed for accurate bibliographic data
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All of the above
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Citations that are out of scope for MEDLINE may have the status tag: a. [PubMed - OLDMEDLINE] b. [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] c. [PubMed]
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c. [PubMed]
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NLM indexers add which of the following terms to MEDLINE records? a. Medical Subject Headings b.Author-supplied keywords c. University affiliation d. Library of Congress Subject Headings
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a. Medical Subject Headings
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Searching for the term eye in PubMed will retrieve records indexed with which of the following terms? a. Eye, chin and forehead b. Eye, eyelids, cornea, iris and all other terms indented under eye in the MeSH hierarchy c. Eye (only)
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b. Eye, eyelids, cornea, iris and all other terms indented under eye in the MeSH hierarchy
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On a MEDLINE record, what does an asterisk after a MeSH term indicate? a. The term is a provisional MeSH heading b. More information is available at the bottom of the record c. The term reflects a major topic of the article
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c. The term reflects a major topic of the article
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When the action of a drug or chemical is discussed in an article, NLM indexers add the following type of term to the MEDLINE citation: a. Publication Type b. Person as Subject c. Pharmacological Action
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c. Pharmacological Action
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Which PubMed feature shows you how your search was translated, including information about MeSH mappings, error messages and stopwords? a. Search details b. Index c. History d. Preview
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a. Search details
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The search: smith dl plos biology will search for: a. Each word in All Fields b. Each phrase in All Fields c. The author name and the name of the journal, as well as the journal title words in All Fields d. The author name and biology as a MeSH term
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c. The author name and the name of the journal, as well as the journal title words in All Fields
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If PubMed cannot find a match for a phrase (e.g., lethal dose) in the MeSH or Journal translation tables, it will: a. Search the term in All Fields: lethal dose[All Fields] b. Search for a synonym of the term c. Split up the phrase and take each word (lethal AND dose) through Automatic Term Mapping d. Not search the term
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c. Split up the phrase and take each word (lethal AND dose) through Automatic Term Mapping
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PubMed search filters are applied until you: a. run another search b. sign into My NCBI c. clear them
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c. clear them
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Which of the following filters will NOT limit your search to indexed (MEDLINE) records? a. Humans b. Clinical Trial c. Full text available d. Child: birth-18 years
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c. Full text available
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The Systematic Review filter applies a: a. publication type b. search strategy c. date limit
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b. search strategy
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Which of the following PubMed search strategies will retrieve citations on the topic of allergies to eggs or peanuts? a. allergies NOT peanuts AND eggs b. allergies and (peanuts or eggs) c. allergies AND peanuts OR eggs d. allergies AND (peanuts OR eggs)
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d. allergies AND (peanuts OR eggs)
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You may use a search history statement number (e.g., #4) to re-run or combine PubMed searches. True False
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True
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What is missing from your search results when you search "lung cancer" (with quotes)? a. Citations with the phrase 'lung cancer' in the article title b. Citations indexed with the MeSH heading Lung Neoplasms, and all narrower terms below Lung Neoplasms in the MeSH tree, except for those citations with 'lung cancer' in the title or abstract c. Citations that have not yet been indexed with MeSH
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b. Citations indexed with the MeSH heading Lung Neoplasms, and all narrower terms below Lung Neoplasms in the MeSH tree, except for those citations with 'lung cancer' in the title or abstract
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Which is the truncation symbol in PubMed? a. + b. ? c. * d. #
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C. *
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Which of the following statements is FALSE? a. PubMed searches only the first 600 variations of a truncated term b. Truncation turns off PubMed's Automatic Term Mapping (ATM) process, and therefore, explosion c. Truncation in PubMed retrieves only 600 citations d. Many truncations within one search strategy may overwhelm PubMed system resources and cause the search to "time out" or fail
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c. Truncation in PubMed retrieves only 600 citations
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Which of the following Send to menu options would you use to temporarily collect citations for saving, printing or ordering? a. Send to File b. Send to Clipboard c. Send to E-mail
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b. Send to Clipboard
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How would you display PubMed results in a bibliographic format to include in a list of references? a. Click the title of the article b. Select Order from the Send to menu c. Select Summary (text) from the Display Settings menu
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c. Select Summary (text) from the Display Settings menu
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How would you display all of your PubMed results on one page? a. Maximize your browser Window b. Click Display Settings and select a number of Items per page higher than your number of results c. Limit your search so that the retrieval is 20 or less
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b. Click Display Settings and select a number of Items per page higher than your number of results
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How do you send your PubMed results to a citation management program? a. Select E-mail from the Send to menu b. Click Details to display the PubMed translation, then copy that to the Clipboard c. Select Citation manager from the Send to menu
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c. Select Citation manager from the Send to menu
