Getting too much with your PubMed Search?
Try these techniques for limiting your results:
- Use AND with another concept
- Limit to English
- Limit by Age, Sex, Human (but remember you will be limiting potential relevant options that include BOTH)
- Limit to Publication Type (for example: Randomized Controlled Trial or Review)
- Use Subheadings (for example: Diagnosis or Therapy)
- Use a more specific term (Femoral Neck Fractures instead of Hip Fractures)
- Restrict to Major MeSH Topic
- Choose "Do not include MeSH terms found below this term in the MeSH hierarchy"
- Use Text Word in Title
- Limit to Subsets (e.g., Core Clinical Journals)
Not getting enough with your PubMed search?
Try these techniques for increasing your results:
- Use OR with synonymous/related concepts
- Include all languages (English abstracts are often available)
- Remove all Limits
- Do not restrict to Publication Types
- Choose All Subheadings
- Use a broader term (Eye Diseases instead of Retinal Diseases)
- Do not Restrict to Major MeSH Topic
- Do not choose "Do not include MeSH terms found below this term in the MeSH hierarchy"
- Truncate text words (recommend*)
- Use the "See Related" feature in PubMed
