Pub Med Limits Here is the Limits page

Pub. Med Limits Here is the Limits page. Searches can be limited by restricting terms to fields or setting specific date or record tagging parameters. Note the new Advanced Search (12 2008) option that enables you to use Limits with other Pub. Med features.

Limits overview

Limit by Author(s)

Limit by Journal(s)

Limit by Free Full Text and Abstracts

Limit by Publication Date

Limit by Language, Type of Article, Topics and Ages

Exercise 11 -15 Complete exercises 11 -15 on the worksheet.

Advanced Search We now will use new Advanced Search option that enables you to use Limits with other Pub. Med features. Note that you can access Advanced Search from Limits, History or the other Pub. Med options listed above.

We have activated the Advanced Search option that displays the Most Recent Queries History. In this exercise, we will use Search #3 – a combination of the tuberculosis and africa and hiv and africa searches. By using Limits, we will refine this search.

For search #3, we have added the ‘English’ Languages, ‘Practice Guidelines’ and ‘Review’ Type of Article and the ‘All Child: 0 -18 years’ Ages Limits.

The results of this Advanced Search are 57 citations with 5 ‘Free full text’ and 27 ‘HINARI’ accessible citations. In the beige box, the Limits applied are listed. You also can use the Preview/Index, Details and Citation Search options in Advanced Search.

Exercise 16 Complete exercises 16 on the worksheet.

MY NCBI To access My NCBI, there are [Sign In] [Register] options on the top right-hand side of the webpage. You will now Register for My NCBI.

You now have to fill in a short Registration page. You will need to select a Username and a Password. Make sure this is written down for future reference. You will also need to set up a Security Question in case you forget your password.

For the 5 character image, enter this literally including capitals. An e-mail address is requested. When the form is complete, click on Register.

You will receive a confirmation e-mail from NCBI. Go to your email account and open the message - efback@mail. nih. gov Click on the hypertext link - the url or website address - that is below the ‘to complete your registration… ’ line. This will to verify the new My NCBI account.

After placing the MY NCBI website’s address in the search box, you will be sent to this page that verifies your email address. You can proceed to Sign in to MY NCBI.

To access My NCBI, you will need to Sign In with your Username and Password. Note: this is the process once you have registered and want to return to MY NCBI.

Proceed to sign into my NCBI by entering your Username and Password and clicking on either of the options.

Once in My NCBI, choose the Search Filters option from the left-hand menu. We need to choose Pub. Med as a database from those listed.

We have clicked on Frequently Requested Filters. Commonly requested filters are listed on this page and you can choose up to five. When we choose a filter, My NCBI will refresh and apply the filter. In this example, we will choose the Free Full Text Filter.

You now click on Search for Filters. In the Search for filters in Pub. Med Database box, enter HINARI and click on the Search button.

Filters matching the Search will appear below. Click on the box for Add as a result tab to apply it to your My NCBI account.

Now click on My Filters and your selected filters will be displayed. Remember that you can use up to five filters.

We have now completed a search for hiv and pregnancy. There are now three results tabs – All, Free full text, and HINARI. To retain this search, click on the Save Search hypertext link. Note: These three tabs are the default configuration when completing a HINARI/Pub. Med search.

MY NCBI gives you the option to save or cancel the specific search. In this We have now donecase, a search for hiv and you will save thepregnancy. search. There are now three results tabs – All, Free full text, and HINARI. To retain this search, click on the Save Search link. Note: These three tabs are the default configuration when completing a HINARI/Pub. Med search.

Proceed to a ‘yes’ option to receive email updates. In this example, the ‘Tuesday’ once a week and sent textemail options have been chosen from the drop down menus. You may choose the options you prefer.

In this example, the ‘Abstract’ option for Report format has been chosen. You may choose the option you prefer.

Here, the ‘ 5 items’ option for the Number of Items option has been chosen from the drop down menu. Again, you may choose the option you prefer.

When you enter the My Saved Data, you can see a list of the saved searches - ‘hiv and pregnancy’ and ‘malaria and bednets’ in this example. From this page, you can re-run a search by clicking on the title of the search. You also have the option to Delete Pub. Med Searches.

Exercises 17 -21 • Complete exercises 17 -21 on the worksheet. • You have completed the HINARI Short Course! • For further instruction, go to the HINARI Training page at www. who. int/training/en Updated 02 2009