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Evolution of Genomes, Cells and Development: MCB 143: Pubmed Tips

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Use Clinical Queries a PubMed interface that applies pre-set search filters to focus your search in three areas.

  • Clinical Study Categories: Select a Category (Etiology, Diagnosis, Therapy, Prognosis, or Clinical prediction guide) and a Scope (Broad or Narrow) to filter your search results. These options are available after you enter your search.
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PubMed URL for UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley faculty, staff, students, and campus visitors should use the UC Berkeley-specific PubMed URL or click the PubMed link from any library website. The UC-eLinks icon to access full text will be displayed for every article record:

Review papers

Two types of abstracts:
1. Informative: use for research reports. Summarizes a study, includes findings and conclusions.
2. Descriptive: use for reviews. Summarize the subject of the review and the approach the reviewer has taken in the coverage of the subject, does not report original findings.

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