PubMed: Redesigned Interface
PubMed's interface has been redesigned and the new interface has been released. You can access the 'new' PubMed via Himmelfarb Library's link which also incorporates links to Himmelfarb Library's full-text holdings and Himmelfarb's custom clinical/EBM limits to help users assess their search results.
PubMed's redesigned interface is geared toward simplicity and was retooled with the goal of making PubMed easier to use. While PubMed's search algorithms and search processing, including MeSH term mapping, remain unchanged, the search interface and screens are quite different. Some highlights of PubMed's redesign include:
- New header, search bar, and footer which are common to all PubMed pages.
- Advanced Search allows you to view your search history, search by field (e.g. author, journal, etc.), and limit your search (e.g. by full-text availability, language, article type, etc.).
- Links to related information are displayed along the right side of the search results screen including article titles containing your search terms; articles freely accessible on PubMed Central; related information from other NCBI databases; and your recent PubMed searches.
- Links to Himmelfarb Library's full-text journal collection are displayed on the upper-right portion of the screen.
- Each article includes an expandable area for publication types, MeSH terms, and substances which are hyperlinked for immediate searches or which can be used to build a more complex search strategy.
To coincide with the debut of PubMed's redesigned interface, Himmelfarb Library has integrated several new limits into PubMed to help you identify high-quality clinical information. These limits will display in the upper-right of the search results screen. The goal of these limits is to reduce your search time for high-quality evidence in order to allow you to maximize your time for reading and analyzing the available information. The new limits are:
- Clinical Reviews/EBM - limits articles to systematic reviews, practice guidelines, and meta-analyses, written in English.
- Clinical Trials - limits articles to controlled clinical trials, multicenter studies, and randomized controlled trials, written in English.
- Reviews - this tab contains review articles, written in English.
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