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Avoid hitting a paywall: Use the HSLS link for PubMed to ensure the best possible access to the full text of articles.
We offer several ways to help you become more efficient and effective when searching PubMed for research articles.
Before you search, take a little time to think about your research question. Who/what do you want to study? Are you interested in an intervention or exposure of some sort? The PI/ECO+ form can help you work through key components of a research question as well as help you to construct the start of smart search.
If you use the HSLS Library PubMed link, when you click on a record title, you will see the Links @ Pitt-UPMC button. Click on it rather than the publisher button to avoid hitting a paywall if you are off campus.