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Filters and Narrowing Searches

Filters are located on the left of the search results. This allows you to narrow your search results. 

Important: If you limit to "Free Full Text" then you will exclude all the articles provided by the Macdonald-Kelce Library. This will greatly limit your search results and you will miss great articles provided to you by the library. Instead of limiting to "free full-text", instead use the "UTampa Find Full Text" icon next to an article. 

Video: PubMed Basics

Below is a video about PubMed Basics, Filters, Narrowing and Managing Results. To access the video, you will need to log into your MyUTampa account. 

Article Types

If you need a specifc article type, such as a systematic review, then you can filter for just these article types in PubMed. 

  1. On the right hand side of PubMed at the bottom of the filter list, select "Additional Filters". 
  2. On the "Additional Filters" you will see "Article Types."
  3. When you are selecting article types, keep in mind that the clinical trials are broken out to the phases. 
  4. Remember if you add this filter and do not find much, just remove the filter or select additional options. 

Pubmed article types list

Clinical Queries

It is very easy to search for clinical questions using clinical queries. You can get to Clinical Queries by using from the PubMed homepage or the link below. 

PubMed Clinical Queries Link

 

Below is an example of a search using PubMed Clinical Queries. 

Pubmed clinical queries search result

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