New Pubmed Interface: A Pediatrician’s Perspective

We all woke up to the new PubMed interface in late October, 2009. The interface of the Pubmed has now been simplified, while still maintaining its functionalities. Major changes include (a) Limits, Preview/Index, History and Details tabs are consolidated in Advanced Search; (b) Display, Show and Sort By drop-down menus have been consolidated into Display Settings; (c) 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; (d) Limits Indicator and Results filters have been moved to the right side of results pages; (e) For printing, we now need to use our browser print function; and (f) display formats are modified to now include: Summary, Abstract, Abstract Text, MEDLINE and XML. Brief, Citation, and AbstractPlus formats are no longer available. One of the most helpful new features is the auto-suggestions when entering search terms. This can help with spelling, give search term ideas, and save time by reducing the amount of typing. Find Related Data has replaced the database "Links" selections previously available on the Display pull-down menu on the right lower side.