PubMed Referenties
1. Display Options
The display options menu allow you to change the way results are shown. By default, references are sorted by relevance (Best match). This can be adjusted to publication date or most recent (date the record was added to PubMed).You can also switch from a short Summary format to Abstract format.
2. PMID
Every record in PubMed has a unique number: the PMID (PubMed Identifier). To quickly find a specific article, just enter the PMID.
3. My NCBI & Alerts
With an NCBI account (free) you can:
- save search strategies to continue working on them at a later moment
- set up e-mail alerts for search strategies, keeping you up to date with relevant new articles
To create an account go to Log in. Then, click 'Sign up' (bottom of the page) and 'Create new NCBI account'. To save a search strategy or set up an alert click Create alert. Watch this short tutorial for more information.
4. Save, Send to, Cite
Via Send to records can be sent to reference managers, e.g. EndNote (See tab: Tips & Tricks). Or use Cite to export a single record.
Using Send to search results can also be:
- temporarily saved to the Clipboard (8 hours)
- saved for a longer time in Collections (NCBI account needed)
5. Assigned MeSH terms (See tab: MeSH)
In the Abstract format you can see whether MeSH terms have already been assigned to an article. It also shows which MeSH terms are considered the major topic of the article. These Major Topic MeSH terms are marked with an *.
The / indicates that a particular aspect (subheading) of a MeSH term is being covered in the article.
6. More Information
The button Proceed to details brings you to a more detailed Abstract view. You will find suggestions for similar articles and for some open access articles you can preview the figures of the article directly in PubMed.
Based on a publication from the University Library of Nijmegen, https://libguides.ru.nl/