Saving Searches

You regularly search for citations to articles about asthma in teenagers. Let's use My NCBI to save the search strategy and set up an automatic e-mail update.

Demonstration
Click the steps to run the demonstration.

• Step 1: First run your search in PubMed. Enter asthma in the query box, limit the search to Adolescent: 13-18 Years and click Go.
   
• Step 2: From the Results screen, click on the Save Search link to the right of the query box.
   
• Step 3: PubMed will open a separate window to start the saving process. (If you are not already signed into My NCBI, you will be prompted to do so.) You can edit the name of the search if you wish. This name will be part of the Subject line of automatic e-mail updates.
   
• Step 4: Next, select the Yes button indicating you want updates automatically e-mailed. The window will extend to display additional options for customizing the update. Note: If you leave the setting as No, the search is saved and you can update it at your convenience [See Manually Updating Searches].
   
• Step 5: Select how often you want updates and the format if you wish to change the defaults.
   
• Step 6: Select the maximum number of items to be sent with each update. We’ll keep the default of 5. Don’t worry about picking a number that is too low. You can use a link in the e-mail that takes you to the total update results in PubMed. If you want to know when an update retrieved no citations, select that option. Finally, you can include additional text if you wish. Once you have made all your selections, click the OK button.