Wednesday, May 6, 2020

New PubMed


After years of careful planning, the National Library of Medicine has rolled out a new version of the PubMed health sciences research website.

If you use PubMed frequently, you likely have already encountered this website. It will become the default for KUMC this May, replacing the legacy version.

In addition to the modern interface and mobile-friendly design, new features include:

  • Powerful new search engine facilitates rapid retrieval of combined search terms
    • (‘ gene therapy nejm 2019’ retrieves articles published in New England Journal of Medicine in 2019 on gene therapy)
  • New search algorithm improves coverage of keyword synonyms and MeSH term mapping in basic search
    • (‘pancreas cancer’ also retrieves articles using other terminology, such as pancreatic cancer, pancreatic neoplasms) 
  • New and improved features in search results display
    • ( Advanced search, abstract snippets, downloadable search history, citing features in APA, MLA etc.) 
New PubMed simplifies exporting search results lists into a citation manager such as Endnote, and the new PubMed file format allows you to save more complete information about each citation you download.

Other popular features, including the MeSH database, search filters, My NCBI, and citation sharing are still available, but may be moved to a new location within the site.
  
Access to full-text content from Dykes Library will continue to be integrated into PubMed. Drag this PubMed link into your bookmarks toolbar to access content only available remotely after KUMC web authentication.

We are developing trainings and resources for you to use, and the National Library of Medicine has created excellent training content as well.
  
To learn more, view the PubMed transition FAQ, the new PubMed trainings or the new PubMed tip sheet. 

If you have questions, please contact us! 


Monday, March 9, 2020

New Database: Embase

We now have access to Embase, a comprehensive biomedical literature database. Embase is a great place to start your systematic review and to research information about drug effects or medical devices.

Notable features:
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Comparison to PubMed
Embase (Details)
PubMed (Details)
Medline (Details)
·  37 million records including Medline
·  8,500 journals; 2,900 not in PubMed
·  Records indexed using Emtree
·  30 million records including Medline
·  Articles in journals prior to their inclusion in Medline
·  All NIH funded author manuscripts (PMC)
·  26 million citations
·  5,200 journals
·  Records indexed using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Contact your librarians for help with your research and to learn more about Embase!