PubMed 2024 Baseline Released and DTD updated
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has released the 2024 production year PubMed Baseline files and the first set of 2024 PubMed Update files have been posted. Regular daily updates have resumed.Theupdated 2024 PubMed DTD is available here . (Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy)
Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy - December 20, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
GR Field Renamed From " Grant Number " to " Grants and Funding "
The GR field in PubMed has been renamed from"Grant Number" to"Grants and Funding" anda new section about grants and funding has been added to the PubMed User Guide. These updates to the field name and supporting documentation are being made to increase the overall transparency of funding information in PubMed. These updates do not affectsearching in the GR field , and do not make any changes to the data contained in the GR field. (Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy)
Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy - September 21, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Proximity Searching Now Available for Affiliation Search Field
Proximity searching is now available in PubMed for the Affiliation field in addition to the Title and Title/Abstract fields. Proximity searching in PubMed was introduced in November 2022; for more information and FAQs, see: PubMed Update: Proximity Search Now Available in PubMed . (Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy)
Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy - August 16, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
" Sort by " Moved Out of Display Options for Quick Access
The"Sort by" drop-down menu used to change the sort order of PubMed search results has been moved out of the"Display options" button and now appears as a standalone feature at the top of the search results page, making it easier and faster to change the sort order of your search results. (Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy)
Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy - July 27, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Lengthy author lists truncated in search results
PubMed has been updated to streamline the display of lengthy author lists in search results. When viewing search results in the Summary display format, author lists are now truncated after 1,200 characters followed by an ellipsis (…) and a link to"See abstract for full author list". In practice, this change applies to citations with approximately 100 or more authors, or around .01% of citations in the PubMed database. (Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy)
Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy - March 29, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Journal Filter Category Renamed
The JOURNAL filter category has been renamed to OTHER. This filter category contains the MEDLINE filter and a new “Exclude preprints” filter. You can add these filters to your filter sidebar using the “Additional filters” button. (Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy)
Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy - January 5, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
MESH Update
PubMed MEDLINE indexed citations and the MeSH database have been updated with 2023 MeSH vocabulary. (Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy)
Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy - December 8, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Proximity Searching
Proximity searching is now available in PubMed. You can use proximity searching to search for multiple terms appearing in any order within a specified distance of one another in the [Title] or [Title/Abstract] fields. (Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy)
Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy - November 29, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Favorites Button Updated to Collections Button
The Collections button has the same functionality as Send to: Collections. Send to: Collections will continue to be available in PubMed with no changes. The change from a Favorites button to Collections button was made to provide the same functionality and user experience in both PubMed and PMC. It will also be added to article pages in PMC soon. Users can still add an item to their Favorites using the Collections button, as"Favorites" is the default selection when using the Collections button-- just hit Enter or click"Add" and the citation will be added to Favorites. (Source: PubMe...
Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy - November 16, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Updated PubMed E-utilities
PubMed will be moving to an updated version of the E-utilities API on November 15, 2022. As previously announced, this updated version of E-utilities will use the same technology as the web version of PubMed released in 2020. So, search results returned by the updated ESearch E-utility will now match those of the PubMed.gov website. (Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy)
Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy - September 13, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Journals Search Improvement
?The PubMed journals translation table has been updated to include journal names without initial articles such as: the, le, la, a, an, etc. This means that such journal titles can now be searched with or without initial articles and they will map to the appropriate journal.? (Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy)
Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy - August 1, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
MEDLINE 2022 Initiative: Transition to Automated Indexing
As part of the efforts of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to transform and accelerate biomedical discovery and improve health and health care, we are transitioning to automated MeSH indexing of MEDLINE citations in PubMed. Automated indexing will provide users with timely access to MeSH in dexed metadata and allow NLM to scale MeSH indexing for MEDLINE to the volume of published biomedical literature. Human indexers have been and will continue to be involved in the refinement of automated indexing algorithms and will play a significant role in the quality assurance approaches for auto mated indexing. (Source: ...
Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy - January 26, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
MeSH Updated
PubMed MEDLINE indexed citations and the MeSH database have been updated with 2022 MeSH vocabulary. (Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy)
Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy - December 14, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
PubMed Update: Navigation Interface Improvements
The PubMed search results interface has been updated to support user-friendly, flexible navigation. Based on user feedback, page navigation is now available at the top and bottom of search results, including one-click navigation for first, previous, next, and last pages. (Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy)
Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy - November 1, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Updates on PubMed and NLM Catalog Filters and Subsets
In April, NLM announced selected queries will no longer be updated. As these queries are no longer updated, the associated filters were removed from PubMed. In early December, the associated filters and subsets will be removed from the PubMed and NLM Catalog indexes during NLM’s activities. Aft er the Year-End-Processing update, these filters and subsets will no longer work when searched in PubMed or NLM Catalog as part of a query, such as: aids[sb], or jsubsetn. (Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy)
Source: PubMed New and Noteworthy - October 15, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
