Tuesday, December 8, 2009

More on the new PubMed

Have you tried the new version of PubMed yet? As mentioned in the Library Corner back in October, the look has changed but the functionality and power of the database have remained. One of the new features added with the PubMed redesign is the “auto-suggest” feature. Type in the search box, for example, “low back pain” and you will see searches that other users of PubMed have recently done on this topic and associated therapies and conditions. Choose the search you would like to copy (e.g. low back pain exercise) and PubMed will automatically launch that search and will map the search to best relevant subject terms as it always has. More tips and tricks on the new PubMed coming in the weeks ahead.