My NCBI Improvements

O n December 10, 2008, the following improvements were made to My NCBI:

• You can now view the contents of your bibliographies (i.e., My Bibliography and Other Citations) in PubMed®. Click the magnifying glass icon on the Actions bar (see Figure 1).
  
  
  
  Figure 1: New option for viewing bibliography contents in PubMed.
• The magnifying glass icon was also added to the Collections Actions bar. You can view the contents of a collection using either the Collection name link or this new icon on the Actions bar reached from the (Edit) link (see Figure 2).
  
  
  
  Figure 2: Additional option for viewing collection contents in PubMed.
• PMC IDs, when available, display on My Bibliography and Other Citations screens (see Figure 3).
  
  
  
  Figure 3: PMC ID on an item in a My NCBI Bibliography.
• The LinkOut icons you select to display on PubMed citations are now listed along with PubMed Filters under PubMed Preferences on the Preferences screen.
  
  
• "Pet's Name" is now the default Security Question on the Register screen. "Mother's Maiden Name" remains as another choice.
  
  
• A (Settings) link has replaced the (Edit) link next to the name of the search on the list of saved searches. Use this to create a schedule to receive e-mail updates or make changes to updates currently received.
  
  
• Other minor text changes have been made. In the future, minor text changes to PubMed screens may not always be announced.
  
   

By Margaret McGhee
MEDLARS Management Section

McGhee M. My NCBI Improvements. NLM Tech Bull. 2008 Nov-Dec; (365):e25.