PubMed has a new look!

While maintaining the functionality of PubMed, the interface is simplified to make it easier to use. All the normal features of PubMed are still available, but have been moved around. See Preview to try it out. We recommend using the Advanced Search page for optimal searching.

PubMed Redesign Changes

• Limits, Preview/Index, History and Details tabs are consolidated in Advanced Search.
• Display, Show and Sort By drop-down menus have been consolidated into Display Settings.
• Display formats are modified to now include: Summary, Abstract, Abstract Text, MEDLINE. Brief, Citation, and AbstractPlus formats are no longer available.
• The blue left side navigation bar is gone. Many of the links, such as Clinical Queries, Single Citation Matcher, Journals database, and MeSH, are now at the bottom of the Advanced Search screen. Help is located at the top of every page.
• Limits Indicator and Results filters have been moved to the right side of results pages.
• For printing, use your browser print function.

For more detailed information, see the September 30th NLM Technical Bulletin article entitled PubMed Redesign.

Where has it gone?

Old PubMed	Redesigned PubMed
AbstractPlus Display	Combined into current Abstract display
Brief Display	No longer available
Citation Display	Combined into current Abstract display
Clinical Queries	Linked from homepage and at bottom of Advanced Search page
Clipboard	To send to Clipboard, use Send To link. Citations included in Clipboard flagged on Summary Results page as Item in Clipboard. To access the Clipboard: see right side of Results page or Search History.
Consumer Health/MedlinePlus	Go directly to medlineplus.gov
Details	Located on Search results page, above Search box on Advanced Search page and in Search History when clicking on the number of the search
Display drop-down menu	Part of Display Settings
Entrez databases	Located under Resources drop-down menu near top left of page
Help	Located at top of each PubMed page
History	Section of Advanced Search page
Journals database	Linked at bottom of Advanced Search page, on the homepage and under the Resources drop-down menu near top left of page
Limits	To set Limits, go to Advanced Search page. Activated Limits indicated on right side of Results page.
MeSH database	Linked at bottom of Advanced Search page, on the homepage and under the Resources drop-down menu near top left of page
MyNCBI	Located on top right of all PubMed pages
Preview/Index	On Advanced Search page
Printer option in Send To Drop-down menu	Use browser print function
RSS feed in Send To Drop-down menu	Available above Search box on Results page
Save Search	Above Search box on Results page
Show Drop-down menu	Part of Display Settings
Single Citation Matcher	Linked at bottom of Advanced Search page
Sort By Drop-down menu	Part of Display Settings
Text option in Send To drop-down menu	Incorporated in Display Settings and Send To options
Topic Specific Queries	At bottom of Advanced Search page and on the homepage
University of Washington Online tab	Located under Filter on right side of Results page

Last updated: November 23, 2009