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Redesign for PubMed

The PubMed interface has had a major facelift. Though the look of PubMed has changed it will continue to offer all the same functionality. Many of the features that were offered under the tabs such as limits, history and details will be found under the “Advanced” option in the new version.

To see a preview of the new PubMed go to

http://preview.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed

It is expected the switch to the new version will happen within the next couple of weeks. As always, help with your searches is available at the Kellogg Library. Walk in during reference desk hours or contact a librarian for an appointment.

PubMed Central Adds Historically Significant Journal

In celebration of Black History Month, the National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce an important addition to PubMed Central (PMC), its free digital archive of full-text journal articles: the complete archive of the Journal of the National Medical Association (JNMA), which observes its centennial this year.

Established in 1895, the National Medical Association is the largest and oldest national organization representing African American physicians and allied health professionals in the United States. This landmark journal has enabled African American health professionals to keep current regarding the latest medical and public health practices, even in the face of segregation and discrimination. This archive provides historical insight into the social, medical and public health issues that continue to be of particular concern to African American patients and physicians. It has also served as a venue to challenge disparaging interpretations of African American health history published in other medical and social science journals.

The archive currently represents over 77,000 digitized pages of issues, cover to cover, through 2007. Current content will be coming at a later date. For details follow this National Library of Medicine link.

New Linking Features for PubMed

Starting Monday 17 December 2007 a new and more complete linking service will be replacing our current full text links in PubMed. The new service will display the “GetIt@Dal button” (seen below) on every citation and will take users to all full text options as well as a range of other services like: direct searching in Novanet, direct links to Document Delivery forms, links to Refworks and more.
To activate this new service we will be replacing our current PubMed URL on our website with a new address. For users who prefer to access the Dalhousie customized version of PubMed by bookmark rather than coming to our web site, remember to add this new URL to you list of Bookmark Favourites:
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