PubMed

Below is a video about PubMed Basics, Filters, Narrowing and Managing Results. To access the video, you will need to log into your MyUTampa account. 

PubMed offers you several ways to manage your search results. Once you find the articles you want, you can save them either temporarily or permanently, send to someone, export the citation, save the search, or set up an alert for the search. 

To save your searches look at the options below the search box. 

To use "Save", "Email, or "Send to" options, you will need to first select the articles you want to save, cite, or send. Then click Save, Email or Send to.

The clipboard provides temporary storage (on that browser for 8 hours) for items selected. You can save searches from multiple searches. 

After sending your selections to clipboard, you will then see "Clipboard" under the search box, and can find all of the items in your clipboard. 

Why save to a Clipboard? 

• It will allow you to build a list of your results that you can easily edit before saving to a collection or emailing to somone. 
• You can then exclude clipboard results in your searches by using the advanced search or putting: NOT (#0). Example search string: Child* AND diet AND exercise AND obesity NOT (#0)

Reminder: At the end of your searching, make sure to go to your clipboard and save the items by sending them to email, saving the citation, or exporting the citations. You clipboard expires after 8 hours of inactivity.

The "Send to" Citation Manager option creates a file to download for import into a citation manager such as EndNote or RefWorks.

To save articles to a citation manager file, click on Send to and then on Citation manager.

The Macdonald-Kelce Library guide provides more instructions on using RefWorks. 

In addition to saving individual articles, you can save the search strategy and create an alert for new results. 

Why would you want to save the search strategy? Well if you are working on publishing a dissertation or paper, you want to know when an article comes out on the topic so you can include it before your item is published. It is great way to stay current with the literature on your research topic interests as well. 

To save a search:

1. Enter the search in the search box. 
2. Under the search box, click the "Create alert." 
3. When you click on Save search, if you are not logged into your account then you will be prompted to create an account. Learn more about how to create a PubMed account on our guide. 
4. After you have signed into your account, you will fill in the information about your saved search including adding the name, search terms, and if you would like to receive the saved search via email. 

Saved searches are stored in your PubMed (MyNCBI) account.