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Journal Search Links Added to PubMed® Displays

Canese K. Journal Search Links Added to PubMed® Displays. NLM Tech Bull. 2005 Nov-Dec;(347):e3.

November 04, 2005 [posted]

The journal abbreviation displayed on PubMed's Abstract and Citation formats will soon be available as a search link. If you click on a journal abbreviation search link, a menu will display three options (see Figure 1). You can search for this journal in PubMed or in the Journals database.

Screen capture of citation context menu.
Figure 1: Search menu for the Journal Lancet.

The third option adds a search for the journal to the current search strategy (see Figure 2).

Screen capture of citation context menu.
Figure 2: Search with Lancet added.

Please note that the search link for a journal abbreviation will retrieve citations only for that journal; additional mappings that sometimes occur with journal searching will be turned off.

See announcements of other search links:
Author Search Links Added to PubMed®. NLM Tech Bull. 2005 May-Jun;(344):e15.
Search Links Added to PubMed® Displays. NLM Tech Bull. 2005 Sep-Oct;(346):e5.