A redesign of PubMed’s My NCBI interface was released on September 25, 2008. The My NCBI Sign-In page now has additional features to help users easily access their accounts. (more…)

On May 7, 2008, a new feature became available on MedlinePlus, which provides access to high quality health information in languages other than English and Spanish. The new service benefits people who prefer to read health information in their native language. It also helps the information professionals and health care providers who serve them. The collection contains over 2,500 links to information in more than 40 languages and covers nearly 250 Health Topics. (more…)

The LinkOut Team at NCBI is releasing a new LinkOut Library Submission Utility during the first week of April 2008. (more…)

In September 2007, NLM’s ClinicalTrials.gov launched a new user interface, the first significant change introduced since February 2000. New features include the ability to highlight search terms, more display options, and additional capabilities for viewing studies and search results by topic. Improvements were also made to “Advanced Search” mode and the display by location on the world map. (more…)

A network member writes:

“Here’s something that’s stumping me in PubMed. Say I find an article that’s in a foreign language. I want to find Related Articles that are only in English and Human. How do I do that?

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The Medical Library Association has declared October as National Medical Librarians Month. (more…)

PubMed is designed so that the novice user can simply type search terms in a box with automatic mapping to MeSH terms. Therefore, some ask: “Do I really need to know how articles are indexed?”

“Yes, you do!” experienced searchers generally agree. They know how often they are challenged to find the five most useful references from a database of over 17 million citations. They also intuitively recognize that a feature such as PubMed’s Related Articles is shaped not only by the occurrence of words in article titles and abstracts but by the use of MeSH headings and subheadings. (more…)

The NLM Technical Bulletin continues to be a primary resource to keep up-to-date with PubMed. Here are some recent examples: (more…)

Usability studies identified several areas for improvement in the old design of Health Topic pages. Recommendations included adding a summary of the topic, better navigation, making the page visually appealing, and creating subcategories to aid in finding specific information. The team at MedlinePlus recently unveiled the new design for individual Health Topic pages. If you haven’t had a chance to see the new features, here is a quick guide. (more…)

The decision regarding consolidation of MeSH® Subheadings was announced in the NLM Technical Bulletin on January 30, 2007. The complete text of the announcement is given below. (more…)