**User Accounts**

You must **Sign In** to use **My Locker** or to save customized Limits
and Settings. If you don't have an account, click **Create one now** and
select a User ID and Password. Answer the security question to access a
forgotten password.

*Registration is free.*

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**Additional Features**

-   ![](media/image2.jpeg){width="1.2402777777777778in"
    height="0.20416666666666666in"} reveals how the search was run in
    each database

-   **[Bookmark this Search]{.underline}** links to a page with a URL or
    Internet address of the recently completed search

-   **[Tips]{.underline}** for searching are available linked from the
    **Home** page

-   ![](media/image3.jpeg){width="0.4388888888888889in"
    height="0.19930555555555557in"} includes a list of **Allowable
    Search Fields Descriptions and Tags** to focus searches. Use the
    desired qualifier or field name in square brackets after the search
    term (e.g. \[au\] = author, \[ti\] = title). Terms may be combined
    as in this example: lyme disease\[ti\] AND nieto\[au\]

-   **Spell Check** offers a **Details** link to alternative
    suggestions. Select the appropriate spelling and click **Search With
    Correction(s**)

***Additional NLM Search Portals***

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**http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/**

Access NLM and NIH databases for drug information including DailyMed,
PubMed, AIDSInfo, ClinicalTrials and TOXSEEK

![](media/image5.jpeg){width="0.20972222222222223in"
height="0.21666666666666667in"} **NCBI Entrez**

The Life Sciences Search Engin*e*

**http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/gquery**

In PubMed, access this search engine through the **All Databases** link
to search molecular and chemical databases from the National Center for
Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

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Toxicology Data Network

**http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/**

Search databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental
health, and toxic releases -- and search international databases with
ToxSeek

*Developed and updated by NN/LM staff. Funded by in part or whole by NLM
under contract No. NLM-N01-LM-6-3503. This brochure may be freely
reproduced.* **http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/gwtri.pdf**

*Revised: September 2008*

![](media/image7.png){width="0.6458333333333334in"
height="0.6458333333333334in"}**NLM Gateway**

**Basics**

This portal allows one-stop searching across multiple U.S. National
Library of Medicine^®^ (NLM) databases and collections. Access the NLM
Gateway at: **http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/**

**Gateway Features**

-   Search and access:

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-   **6 Literature Databases** -- including PubMed^®^, Meeting Abstracts
    and the Bookshelf

-   **9 Consumer Health Resources** -- including MedlinePlus^®^,
    Genetics Home Reference, ClincalTrials.gov, and Household Products
    Database

-   **8 Other NLM Resources** -- including research and toxicology
    databases such as the Hazardous Substances Data Bank

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-   Customize and focus searches

-   Save citations and references for future access, download and review

-   Links within and across the NLM databases

**Help with NLM Gateway**

Locate **Help** and **FAQ** links in the upper of the page.

*The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), an outreach
program of NLM, provides assistance and training nationwide. To find a
local library, please call 800-338-7657 or go to
http://nnlm.gov/members/*

![](media/image8.jpeg){width="10.0in"
height="1.0416666666666667in"}**NLM Gateway Searching**

To search the NLM Gateway, enter a word or phrase by typing into the
text box and clicking on Search or pressing Enter. Gateway recognizes
many phrases automatically, without quotes, including MeSH and UMLS
terms. However, multi-word search phrases may need quotes, e.g. "hospice
benefit."

**Results**

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The **Results Summary** page shows the number of records found in each
of the databases and collections.

Click the desired link to open a page which displays results from the
selected database. The left column links to all database and collection
results permitting easy exploration of other search results.

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height="1.2916666666666667in"}Click an item for more details on it OR
check desired items and select an action

-   [Email]{.underline} -- Send up to 500 items in a specified format to
    an email address

-   [Download]{.underline} -- Reformat up to 500 items to display, print
    or save

-   [Put in Locker]{.underline} -- Store item(s) in **My Locker** for
    later access and review

-   [Clear Check Marks]{.underline} -- Clear current selections

-   Additional options depend on the database (e.g. **Order Documents**
    is available for PubMed)

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Use Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms and subheadings to clarify
and/or focus the search. Click **Term Finder** and enter the search term
in the **Find Term** text box. Click **Go**.

Click on the term(s) and/or check boxes desired, then use the **Add to
Search** button and the appropriate **Connector**. Additional terms may
be added to the search. Click **Search** to run the search.

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Use **Limits/Settings** to focus a search. Settings are only valid for
the current session unless **Saved** to My Locker.

-   [Search Limits]{.underline} -- limit to a specific category (subset)
    or publication date.

-   [Results Settings]{.underline} -- identify number of items per page
    and/or format desired

-   [Select Fields]{.underline} -- choose fields to display for
    individual collections

-   [Download/Display]{.underline} -- customize displays and downloads

Click **Apply** or **Go**, then run searches. A check-marked box with
the selected **Limits** appears under the search bar. Remove limits by
unchecking the box and clicking **Search**. The **Restore** links
removes all limits and settings.

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View or delete 25 past searches in **History**. Combine searches using
the pound (#) sign followed by the search number and either AND, OR, NOT
and the next search term (e.g. #2 AND lung).

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Click **My Locker** and sign into your **User Account** to permanently
store up to 500 items. Click **Put in locker** to add selected items or
all items displayed on Results page.