Today, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) made some changes to PubMed.

Limits

• There is a link to a Limits page from the PubMed homepage.
• The Limits have been separated from the rest of the Advanced Search page into a page of its own.
• Limiting by dates is possible from the Limits page.
• On the Results page, the Limit Activated message in yellow is more prominently displayed.

Advanced Search

• The Advanced Search page now has a Search Builder section. This replaces the Search by Author, Journal, Publication Date and more section. The Search Builder allows users to construct a search using different fields and Boolean operators.
• Instructions on how to use the Search Builder are also accessible on this page.

Emailing Results

• A larger number of citations can now can be sent using the Send to Email option. The Start from citation field allows users to send the results in batches of up to 200 at a time.

My NCBI

• Within My Bibliography, users can download citations in the MEDLINE format.
• Preferences now includes an option to turn off Details. The default is to have it turned on.
• eRA Commons users can now use My Bibliography to manage their compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy.

For more information see the following NLM Technical Bulletin articles:

Canese K. PubMed® Advanced Search, Limits, and Homepage Revised. NLM Tech Bull. 2010 Jan-Feb;(372):e7.

Hutcherson L. My NCBI: Managing Compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy Using My Bibliography. NLM Tech Bull. 2010 Jan-Feb;(372):e8.

Hutcherson L. My NCBI Enhancements. NLM Tech Bull. 2010 Jan-Feb;(372):e9.

Nahin AM. Easy E-mailing of Large Search Results Restored in PubMed®. NLM Tech Bull. 2010 Jan-Feb;(372):e11.

A recent article in the NLM Technical Bulletin, PubMed® Advanced Search, Limits, and Homepage Revised, describes the changes that will be available in early February.  The biggest changes included a new Limits page and a redesigned Advanced Search page.

The National Training Center and Clearinghouse (NTCC), in conjunction with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region (NN/LM SCR), is offering FREE hands-on classes at the Briscoe Library in San Antonio, TX and the Preston Smith Library in Lubbock, TX!

The following classes will be taught by the staff of the NTCC:
PubMed in San Antonio
Thursday, February 25, 2010
8:30am to 5:00pm

TOXNET and Beyond in San Antonio
Friday, February 26, 2010
9:00am to 4:00pm

PubMed in Lubbock
Thursday, May 6, 2010
8:30am to 5:00pm

TOXNET and Beyond in Lubbock
Friday, May 7, 2010
9:00am to 4:00pm

To REGISTER for any or all of these classes, or to look for other class locations, simply click on this registration form link (http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/classes/register.html).

PubMed® (7.5 MLA CE Hours)

Anyone who has used PubMed regularly has noticed some of the many recent changes, and more extensive changes are anticipated in the upcoming months. This PubMed® class is of particular interest to those who want a review of recent changes to the system, including medical librarians, researchers, medical editors, and anyone who searches for biomedical journal article citations. This full-day class is designed to teach students how to use PubMed® which includes MEDLINE citations. The class also includes an overview of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) and its importance as a tool to both searchers and indexers.

TOXNET® and Beyond (6 MLA CE Hours)
This full-day class is designed to convey the basics of searching NLM’s TOXNET®, a Web-based system of databases in the areas of toxicology, environmental health, and related subjects. Students learn the content and structure of files covering toxicology data, toxicology literature, toxic releases, and chemical searching and nomenclature. Among the databases highlighted will be TOXLINE®, the Hazardous Substances Data Bank, the Integrated Risk Information System, the Toxic Release Inventory, and ChemIDplus.

For further information about our classes, please go to: http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/

PubMed Central (PMC) has a new  URL, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc.  The change was made to help make PMC more fully integrated with NCBI resources.  The old URL (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov) will automatically redirect users to the new address.

For more information on the new format convention, see Fogelman M. PubMed Central® (PMC) — New URL Format. NLM Tech Bull. 2009 Nov-Dec;(371):e12.

The November 2009 issue of NCBI News, from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), is now available. The feature article is “New Discovery-oriented PubMed and NCBI Homepage.” It discusses the design and features of the new PubMed and NCBI homepages. It also provides information on searching the PubMed interface with tips on using advanced features.

The preview of the redesigned PubMed is now available as a link from the homepage of PubMed. To go there directly, go to: http://preview.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed

Electronic Health Records is the newest Special Queries available in PubMed.

From the NLM Technical Bulletin:

The MEDLINE/PubMed® Search & Electronic Health Record Information Resources page offers a PubMed search including subject terms and other keywords. Areas of coverage include implementation, attitudes, beliefs and use, data privacy, health data standards, and consumer access to the EHR and personal health records. This search strategy retrieves literature in many languages and from more than 27,000 PubMed citations, including research from many countries.

Read the full article at: Burke C. Electronic Health Record Resources Added to Special Queries. NLM Tech Bull. 2009 Jul-Aug;(369):e5.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Online Users’ Meeting at the 2009 Medical Library Association (MLA) annual meeting provided a preview of the upcoming PubMed redesign. David Gillikin, Chief of NLM’s Bibliographic Services, will reprise this preview for anyone who did not get to attend the user meeting in Honolulu. This 15 minute presentation will review the draft design for the new search results page and abstract view presented at MLA. David will remain on the call for questions and answers. This session will be recorded for those unable to attend.

Meeting Name:  PubMed Redesign
When:  08/05/2009  1:00 pm (CT)

To join the meeting: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/pubmedredesign/

After joining the meeting, you can let the system call you for the audio. If you need to manually dial into the meeting:

Dial-In:  1-866-846-3997
Pass-Code: 974772

If you have never attended a Connect Pro meeting before:

Test your connection: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm

All of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Presentations from the Medical Library Association (MLA) Annual Conference 2009 have been posted on the NLM Technical Bulletin.

MLA 2009: NLM® Online Users’ Meeting: Remarks

MLA 2009: NLM® Online Users’ Meeting: Questions and Answers

MLA 2009: NLM Online Users’ Meeting: PowerPoint® Presentations for Meeting Remarks, MedlinePlus®, and DOCLINE®

MLA 2009: NLM® Theater Presentations

MLA 2009: NLM® Update PowerPoint® Presentations

One topic covered in many of these presentations was the PubMed redesign. In developing the redesign concepts, NCBI has the following goals:

• Make PubMed easier to use
• Simplify the interface
• Refresh the look of the site
• Organize information better
• Make “power features” readily accessible
• Promote scientific discovery

On May 29, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) added two enhanced features to My NCBI.  Users can now share their bibliographies and collections, and they can create custom filters. To share the bibliographies and collections, users will need to change the setting from  “Private” to “Public.” The custom filters are created under the Search Filters section.

See the NLM Technical Bulletin article, Share Your PubMed® Collection and Customize Filters with My NCBI, for detailed instructions.