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Tag Archives: PubMed
The Library’s Pop-Up Consultation Services
Maybe you’ve researching a health topic but can’t seem to find relevant papers in PubMed and are too busy to make a regular appointment with an export searcher. Or, you’re having trouble using reference management software such as EndNote or … Continue reading
Scopus: a Database Inspired by the Hamerkop Bird
This is a photograph of the Hammerkop bird (Scopus umbretta). Impressive looking, isn’t it? But what’s it doing strutting around on this blog? It just so happens that UCSF has a trial for the Scopus database … Continue reading
New feature in PubMed: Clinical trials link to Systematic Reviews which cite them
If your PubMed search turns up a clinical trial, you may see a box linking to systematic reviews which have cited that trial. Not every clinical trial or systematic review in PubMed is included (yet). For now the National Library … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged Clinical trials, PubMed, PubMed Health, Randomized control trials, Systematic Reviews
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PubMed Commons: A System for Commenting on Articles in PubMed
Last October the NCBI launched the pilot phase of a program called PubMed Commons, designed to allow users to comment on published abstracts on the PubMed website. PubMed Commons enables authors to share opinions and information about scientific publications in … Continue reading
Transferring a Word Bibliography to EndNote
We’re quite often asked if it’s possible to transfer references to an EndNote library from a bibliography formatted in Word. If the Word document has been formatted using a recent version of EndNote it’s easy to do this using the … Continue reading
Posted in Citation management, Publishing, PubMed, Tools & Technology
Tagged EndNote, HubMed, Microsoft Word, PubMed
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MyNCBI: Managing Search Results
The My NCBI “Collections” feature is a means of managing results from different searches. PubMed recently made it easier to save items to a collection during a search. The PubMed Abstract display now includes a “Save items” portlet, an easy … Continue reading
MyNCBI: Saving PubMed Searches & Creating Alerts
Are you searching a topic but can’t save the search? Want to be alerted when the most recent literature is available? You can do this by creating a free MyNCBI account (see “My NCBI: Making the Most of Your PubMed … Continue reading
MyNCBI: Making the Most of Your PubMed Search
As a frequent PubMed user, I’m always looking for ways to keep better track of my searches, especially the complicated ones. I sometimes spend hours crafting and re-crafting a search strategy in PubMed, but forget to save the search. PubMed … Continue reading
A Quick Way to Find Information on Dietary Supplements in PubMed
If you’re searching for information on, say, supplements used by athletes, or the efficacy of glucosamine and chondroitin extracts in treating rheumatoid arthritis, use the relatively new PubMed Dietary Supplements subset to refine your search. This subset of records is designed … Continue reading
Posted in Life Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Research
Tagged Dietary Supplements, PubMed
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Beyond MEDLINE: Biomedical Information in Patents
You’re doing in depth research on, say, artificial knee implants. Perhaps you’re applying for a research grant or thinking about applying for a patent. You need to do a comprehensive search and find everything that’s out there. You’ve searched PubMed, … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Sciences, Database, Drug info, General, Life Sciences, Medicine, Research, Uncategorized
Tagged Biomedicine, Drug Development, Patents, Protocols, PubMed, Research
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