web service : "my NCBI": the PubMed optional facility; tutorial.

My NCBI
The PubMed optional facility "My NCBI" (with free registration) provides tools for

• saving searches
• filtering search results
• setting up automatic updates sent by e-mail
• saving sets of references retrieved as part of a PubMed search
• configuring display formats or highlighting search terms
• and a wide range of other options.

"My NCBI" is a tool that retains user information and database preferences to provide customized services for many NCBI databases.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3842/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3830/

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The following are brief animated tutorials with audio for using PubMed. Running times are rounded to the nearest minute. 

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed.html

Managing Results

• Downloading Results for Use in Reference Management Software (2 min., revised April 2011)
• Changing Your Default Display Settings (2 min., revised April 2011)

Links to Full Text (My NCBI)  

Your library may use LinkOut Filters or Outside Tool to link from PubMed to full text articles.  Ask your librarian.

• Links to Full Text from Your Library (Library LinkOut Filters) (3 min., revised April 2011)
• Selecting Your Outside Tool Preference (3 min., revised April 2011)

Saving Searches (My NCBI)  

• Saving Searches and Creating E-mail Alerts (4 min., revised April 2011)
• Changing Saved Searches (2 min., revised April 2011)
• E-mail Alerts for Articles from Your Favorite Journals (3 min., revised April 2011)

Collections and Bibliographies (My NCBI)

• Collections (3 min., revised April 2011)
• Editing Collections (3 min., revised May 2011)
• Creating Your Bibliography (4 min., revised April 2011)
• Sharing Collections (2 min., revised May 2011)

Preferences and Filters (My NCBI)

• Retrieving Your My NCBI Username or Password (2 min., revised April 2011)
• Changing Your Default Display Settings (2 min., revised April 2011)
• Filters (3 min., revised May 2011) 
  • Custom Filters (2 min., revised May 2011)
  • Links to Full Text from Your Library (Library LinkOut Filters) (3 min., revised April 2011)
• Selecting Your Outside Tool Preference (3 min., revised April 2011)

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• My NCBI (tri-fold handout in PDF, March 2010)
• Full Text and PubMed (tri-fold handout in PDF format, February 2011)

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