Phrase Searching in PubMed Tutorial Now Available

Posted by liaison on March 24th, 2025 Posted in: All Members, Webinars and Courses

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When you search PubMed for a phrase, or multi-word concept, its powerful search features jump into action to retrieve relevant results. Sometimes, however, you may want to use advanced search techniques to look for exact phrases or variations on a phrase. This tutorial will address the questions:

• What happens when I search PubMed with a phrase?

• I get no results or irrelevant results when I search PubMed with a phrase. What should I do next?

• How do I search for variations on a phrase, like alternate spellings or the words within a specific proximity of each other?

With hands-on exercises and quizzes, this tutorial will walk you through how to construct PubMed searches with phrases to locate the most relevant results possible.

You may access the tutorial on the National Library of Medicine website. To receive one Medical Library Association credit, register to take the tutorial on the Network of the National Library of Medicine website.