PubMed has a NEW LOOK!

Is the new PubMed look for better or for worse? Maybe you would just say it is different.

Have a look and see:

• An Item gone
  • Tabs on the home page.
• Items moved
  • Limits page link – is now behind the search box at the very top.
  • Search history – is now on either the Advance search or Results pages.
  • The Clipboard - a temporary place to save search results – is now under the "Send To" link (top right side on the Results page).
• Items you should know about:
  • Clinical queries and the focus on searches.
  • Systematic reviews are available.
  • Topic-Specific Queries are on the advanced search page.
  • Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) database is linked the home page.

Tips on searching with PubMed

• Search with a question in mind, break up the concepts into 1-2 terms, and think of synonyms for each concept.
• Place an “OR” between the synonyms enclosed in brackets, and an “AND” between the concepts.
• Incorporate PICO in a search. P = population/patient; I = intervention; C = comparison; O = outcome.
• Save articles citations to My NCBI, if you do not want to download them immediately.

For more details see PubMed Tips Sheet March 2010