Enjoy this online, self-paced module at a time and place that works best for you.
This module was developed by Michele Klein Fedyshin.
Access the module for Filtering Your Results in PubMed with Custom Filters*
This module explains the utility of a custom filter in PubMed, then describes and demonstrates how to create one. Filters reduce the number of articles in your retrieval using the limits it sets. The module uses the example of creating a clinical journal filter in PubMed. Subsets of this clinically useful journals filter can also be input to drill down to articles in adult, pediatric, mental health, or high clinical usage journals.
Format: Learning module with mainly video
Level: Intermediate
Upon completing this class you should be able to:
- Explain why creating a custom filter in PubMed is useful
- Find the “Create Custom Filter” link in your My NCBI account
- Insert a custom filters query, test it, and save it
- Apply a clinically useful journals filter in PubMed
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