Read about the updates to the NIH Public Access policy and view a short video about the new public access compliance monitor tool. The compliance monitor is a web-based tool that allows administrators to monitor policy compliance across their institution.

Publishers will soon have the opportunity to submit non-English abstracts to PubMed. The additional language view(s) will be links on the Abstract display, with bold text indicating the language currently displayed. The abstract text will default to English when a citation has an accompanying non-English abstract.

Visit the following link to view images of the how this will appear in the Abstract display.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf13/jf13_pm_abstract.html

Read the who, what, when and why about MEDLINE, PubMed and PubMed Central.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/dif_med_pub.html

See post from January 30th: Two Upcoming Changes in PubMed.

Read about them in the NLM Technical Bulletin:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf13/jf13_pm_history_search_bar.html

From Connie Malamed’s Blog:

“People can typically hold around 4 or 5 pieces of information in working memory at one time. As you design interactions, limit the number of elements, instructions or moving parts that the learner will need to simultaneously keep in mind. In addition, limit the number of choices. It’s easier for people to make decisions when there are fewer choices compared to many choices.”

Mobile sites: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mobile-app/#mobile 

Apps for your smartphone: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mobile-app/#native

This session of PubMed for Librarians focused on using some of the tools and features built into PubMed that are designed to help you search more effectively. Explore the new filter Sidebar, topic-specific subsets, History, the advanced search Index feature and building a search using broad subject terms applied to journals in the NLM catalog.

Watch the recording at:  https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p51958291/

The most recent article added to the National Library of Medicine’s Technical Bulletin outlines 2 new features in PubMed.

1) A Download history link will be added to the PubMed, MeSH and NLM Catalog Advanced page History feature. This will download as a .csv file. (Click on the image to make it larger)

2) The search bar that includes a drop-down list of all the databases will be updated to show the last four databases searched at the top of the pull-down database menu. The alphabetic list with all the databases will also include the recently searched databases.  (Click on the image to make it larger)

Read the article online at:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf13/jf13_pm_history_search_bar.html

Stephanie Evergreen is the Director of eLearning Initiatives at the American Evaluation Association, as well as having her own company Evergreen Evaluation. She recently wrote a blog post about how to make evaluation findings more exciting and interesting. Follow the link to learn how to make a scratch-off chart. If you’re a little crafty (person who likes hands-on crafts), you may like this.

http://stephanieevergreen.com/scratch-off-graphs/

NCBI has just released a new blog called NCBI Insights at ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. We created NCBI Insights to provide an insider’s perspective to help you better understand us and our resources, explore issues of scientific interest that drive our resource development, and demonstrate how you can use our resources to help enhance your research.

We will post articles in four categories:

* NCBI Explained – provides an insider’s perspective on our resources and policies to help you better understand us and avoid some common misconceptions and misunderstandings.
* What’s New – introduces our new and updated resources and include specific examples that demonstrate how you can use these to enhance your research.
* Quick Tips & Tricks – explain hows to perform specific tasks using our website. Selected topics will be chosen based on questions you have asked and suggestions you have provided.
* Science Features – explores current topics in science and demonstrate how you can find relevant data or resources on our website for further exploration.

This blog is a complement to our existing education and outreach efforts, such as News and Social Media publicity, Webinar and Workshop training programs, and Help Desk user support.

Be sure to check in to the NCBI Insights Blog every week or so and let us know what you think!