Vol.48  No.2 Fall 2006

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Contents
· Going Electronic!
  E-Books
  E-Journals

· EMBASE

· Announcements
  ExamMaster,
  Protein Lounge,
  What's New, and
  Sunday Hours!

Columns
· Search Hints
  PubMed Redesign
· Staff News

· Publishing Information


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Search Hints:
PubMed Redesign

You've come a long way, baby.

Did you know? PubMed (link removed) recently celebrated it's 10th anniversary (link removed)!

New PubMed features for 2006 include a redesigned limits page and AbstractPlus, which provides the first 5 related articles on your search in addition to an the article's abstract and full-text holdings.

Unlimited Limits
Enhancements to PubMed Limits include links to full text, easier limitations by date (i.e. "published in the last five years"), the ability to choose one or more selections under categories such as Languages, and a search builder for authors and journals. Simply click on the Limits tab to check it out!
PubMed limits
Detailed information is also available (link removed).

Abstracts and more
Another improvement you may have noticed is AbstractPlus, which not only provides the articles abstract & full text holdings, but list the titles, which are also links, for the first five related articles for your search - saving you time and patience! PubMed AbstractsPlus Finding the AbstractPlus view is easy - simply select "AbstractPlus" from the Display menu.

PubMed AbstractsPlus dropdown menu

Other improvements abound
You may have noticed a couple more changes in PubMed. More features include a separate tab for Review articles, RSS feeds (link removed), and the ability to save searches.* PubMed review tab

PubMed RSS feeds

PubMed Save Search

*Users must create a free myNCBI (link removed) profile to access the Save Search feature. More information is available (link removed).

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