pubmed-database
PubMed Database
Overview
PubMed is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's database providing free access to 36M+ biomedical citations from MEDLINE and life sciences journals. This skill covers programmatic access via the E-utilities REST API and advanced search query construction using Boolean operators, MeSH terms, and field tags.
When to Use
- Searching biomedical literature with structured Boolean/MeSH queries
- Building automated literature monitoring or extraction pipelines
- Conducting systematic literature reviews or meta-analyses
- Retrieving article metadata, abstracts, or citation information by PMID/DOI
- Finding related articles or exploring citation networks programmatically
- Batch processing large sets of PubMed records
- For Python-native PubMed access, prefer BioPython (
Bio.Entrez) — this skill covers direct REST API usage - For broader academic search (non-biomedical), use OpenAlex or Semantic Scholar APIs
Prerequisites
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