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Sign in to NCBI when off campus

Mary McFarland — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:26:41 +0000

Solutions for known issue when trying to Sign in to NCBI via library’s EZproxy (off-campus access button.)

Two options for University of Utah users listed below:

Sign in to NCBI via library’s EZproxy at https://ezproxy.lib.utah.edu/login?url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/account/signin/ — bookmark this!
Or use two browsers or two tabs:
1. Open PubMed first, sign in to NCBI
2. then Open new tab or browser and log in via “off-campus access” button from the library homepage.

PubMed LinkOut Icons Updated

Mary McFarland — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:01:44 +0000

Our LinkOut icons in PubMed have a new look. See our PubMed example.

When viewing the “abstract” display from the library’s link to PubMed, you will see our new icons for either online fulltext, “Eccles Online” or the physical print volume, “Eccles Print” which is available in the physical journal collection, located lower level of the library.

Note: When off campus, University of Utah affiliates still need to connect to the campus network first.

PubMed Filters Sidebar Replaces the Limits Page

Mary McFarland — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:45:50 +0000

On May 10, 2012, PubMed added a filters sidebar on left side of the results screen, and removed the “Limits” link listed below the search box.

Watch the YouTube video or read the NLM Technical Bulletin to learn more.

Want help using the new interface? Please do Ask Us.

Upcoming webinar for librarians

Todd Vandenbark — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:18:54 +0000

Do you serve pre-med, nursing, or health sciences students? Do you have faculty or students asking for help on how to identify the latest research on a given health topic? Need a refresher on PubMed so you can effectively aid your users with their literature searching? Then join us on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. MDT (11:00 a.m. Central) for a one-hour online session presented by Rebecca Brown, a trainer for the National Library of Medicine Training Center, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library. Rebecca will discuss how to keep current with changes in PubMed, tips on how to use many of PubMed’s special features, explain and explore PubMed’s controlled vocabulary (MeSH), and more! Also learn whom you can contact to get help when you are stumped with a search.

Here are the details:

“Refresh and Extend Your Health Literature Search Skills to Better Support your Users: PubMed Update” webinar
Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Time: 10:00 a.m. MDT (11:00 a.m. Central)
Presenter: Rebecca Brown, National Library of Medicine Training Center
Be sure to read the equipment requirements and login information prior to the start of the webinar.
Questions? Contact Todd Vandenbark, Web Services Librarian, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, 801-581-5263, email:

Good review of mobile apps for PubMed

Todd Vandenbark — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:24:14 +0000

The blog iMedicalApps took on the challenge of evaluating the various mobile applications for searching PubMed in detail, which took a whopping seven pages for the final report. The blog’s editors conclude:

Of the reviewed apps, only two are worth considering, namely Pubmed Clip and Pubmed on Tap. Of these, Pubmed on Tap is the most solid choice, with basically everything you will need onboard for a reasonable price. For a little more you can get Pubmed Clip, which has by far the best looking interface and offers some distinct features that set it apart from the rest. On the iPad it gave a lot of errors, but as an only recently released initial version, we expect it to improve with time [Both Pubmed Clip and Pubmed on Tap are customized for both the iPhone and iPad].

PubMed also has its own mobile version, but as these authors accurately point out, “Although Pubmed has a mobile version of its website, it looks outdated and is not the easiest to use.” The first page opens without any search box, but instead offers a list of links to select from. Clicking on “Search MEDLINE/PubMed” takes the user to a page with not one but three search boxes:

Search with no filters
Search systematic reviews
Search via Clinical Queries

For a quick-and-dirty way of getting a site up, this actually has some merit if you are using a mobile device to find fast answers. Using the Clinical Queries search box with the “therapy” option selected, a search on “preeclampsia” comes up with 434 items. Unfortunately, there is no way obvious or easy way to narrow these results, which come 20 to a page, forcing the user to scroll excessively.

Perhaps with more practice, one could learn to use this site more effectively, but for now, a 3rd-party app appears to be a better solution.

Funding support tags on NLM website

Todd Vandenbark — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:53:29 +0000

The National Library of Medicine has updated its web page that explains “the various research funding support tags that are searchable in PubMed.”

Spotlight on NLM resources

Todd Vandenbark — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:57:36 +0000

Did you know that you can access PubMed resources from your mobile device? Learn how at the monthly “Spotlight! On National Library of Medicine Resources” online workshop on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010, at 8:30 am MDT, 9:30 am CDT. This workshop is free but registration is requested. And in July, learn about using Mobile MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus Twitter. This second workshop will be offered on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, also at 8:30 am MDT, 9:30 am CDT.

The Eccles Health Sciences Library serves as a regional medical library (RML) for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) in the MidContinental Region (MCR), supporting collaboration among over 400 member libraries and information centers in the states of Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri. The monthly “Spotlight!” series is being presented by our knowledgeable NLM colleagues, and archives of all the workshops in this series are available online. Topics range from using the Household Products Database to genetics, family health history, and much more.