Create your own filter in PubMed
Ever wanted to filter your results to those that contain a certain term, are written by a specific author, or maybe appear in a specific journal or group of journals? Well... now you can!
A new feature in My NCBI (the place in PubMed where you can save searches, create collections of citations, etc.) allows you to customize your filters for any of the Entrez databases. To create your own filter, simply log in to your My NCBI account (or create one... it only takes a moment) and click on the My NCBI link and then "Search Filters." On the PubMed filters screen, click on the "Custom Filters" tab and follow the link to "create a new one." You'll be asked to enter your own search strategy for your filter. This can be one term or multiple terms and should NOT include History search statement numbers.
For a filter to be effective, the search strategy should include field tags. For example, a filter for articles in BMJ, JAMA and NEJM would have the search strategy: "BMJ (Clinical research ed.)"[Jour] OR "JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association"[Jour] OR "The New England journal of medicine"[Jour]. The best way to get the field tags is to run your search in PubMed, then copy the strategy off the Details screen and then paste it back into the Custom Filters area mentioned above.
Once you've created your custom filter, you'll need to place a checkmark next to it to add it to your list. Note that you can only have a total of 5 filters, whether they are standard or custom does not matter.
Full instructions appear online. If you need assistance creating your search strategy for your filter, please call, email or IM the reference librarians.
Happy filtering!
A new feature in My NCBI (the place in PubMed where you can save searches, create collections of citations, etc.) allows you to customize your filters for any of the Entrez databases. To create your own filter, simply log in to your My NCBI account (or create one... it only takes a moment) and click on the My NCBI link and then "Search Filters." On the PubMed filters screen, click on the "Custom Filters" tab and follow the link to "create a new one." You'll be asked to enter your own search strategy for your filter. This can be one term or multiple terms and should NOT include History search statement numbers.
For a filter to be effective, the search strategy should include field tags. For example, a filter for articles in BMJ, JAMA and NEJM would have the search strategy: "BMJ (Clinical research ed.)"[Jour] OR "JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association"[Jour] OR "The New England journal of medicine"[Jour]. The best way to get the field tags is to run your search in PubMed, then copy the strategy off the Details screen and then paste it back into the Custom Filters area mentioned above.
Once you've created your custom filter, you'll need to place a checkmark next to it to add it to your list. Note that you can only have a total of 5 filters, whether they are standard or custom does not matter.
Full instructions appear online. If you need assistance creating your search strategy for your filter, please call, email or IM the reference librarians.
Happy filtering!
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