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Test Your PubMed Searching Knowledge

Select the option that best answers the question.

  1. What is MeSH?

    Terms added to the citation by the indexer

    Terms that identify the specific subjects covered in the article

    Controlled vocabulary

    All of the above

  2. In which situations would the operator OR be used?

    When you want to look for synonyms for a term

    When you want to remove the duplicates from multiple sets

    When you want to include multiple subheadings for a subject heading

    All of the above

  3. When PubMed explodes a subject heading, which of the following is true?

    The term and all narrower terms are combined using AND

    The term and all narrower terms are combined using OR

    The term and all broader terms are combined using OR

    The term and all broader terms are combined using AND

  4. What tab do you look at to determine how PubMed interpreted your search?

    Details

    History

    Limits

    MeSH Database

  5. What is the best way to determine if an article is available through the Duke library system?

    Limit to full-text

    Follow the links off the Get it at Duke button

    Limit to local holdings

    A and C

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