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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Tips on PUBMED

In the two year college environment,  it can be difficult to access the full text  version of research papers.  Typically, after a PUBMED search ,  students can be discouraged when  they are faced  with a  journal paywall. However, unless the paper is very recent ( within the last 6 months)  the vast majority of papers  are available  through  PMC ( the free access version of PUBMED) . So  just "google"  NCBI   PMC  and that will take you to the front door !
For very recent papers , one can request a  pdf from the author.  In many journals , this is expedited by a simple online request.

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