Add Journals to PubMed Searches                                                                                                  Journal Filters 
            Four ways to add specific journals to a search.                                                                                 PubMed provides preformatted journal subsets                                                                                                                                                                                                         
            •        Search with the ISSN, with or without the                                                                              which may be added to the search results.                                                                                                                                                                   ®
                     [IS] tag:                                                                                                              •        Click the Show Additional Filters link                                                                                                                      PubMed                                                             
                                                         0090-3493                                                                          •        Select the Journal Categories box and                                                                                                  Journal Searching
                                                   2044-5415 [IS]                                                                                    click the Show button                                                                                                    
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            •        Search with the complete title or the                                                                                                                                                                                                                   PubMed  is the U.S. National Library of 
                     specific NLM Title Abbreviation using                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Medicine’s (NLM) search system for nearly 25 
                     the [TA] or [Journal] tag:                                                                                                                                                                                                                              million citations on health information from 
                                      Critical care medicine [ta]                                                                           •        Filter options are: Core clinical journals,                                                                             biomedical literature, life science journals, and 
                                                      bmj [journal]                                                                                  Dental journals, MEDLINE, and Nursing                                                                                   online books. It is available free via the Internet 
                                                                                                                                                     journals; Click on a filter to activate it (e.g.                                                                        at http://pubmed.gov. 
            Note: capitalization for tags does not matter                                                                                                                                               )                                                                                               ®
            •        Use the Advanced search Builder in                                                                                                                                                                                                                      MEDLINE  
                     PubMed to identify journals                                                                                            More Information                                                                                                                 •        MEDLINE is a subset of PubMed and 
                    a.  Click the Advanced link                                                                                             •        Links to Tutorials are available from the                                                                                        contains over 22 million indexed citations 
                    b.  Select Journal in the drop-down menu                                                                                         NLM Catalog and PubMed home pages; a                                                                                             of articles published in biomedical journals 
                                                                                                                                                     link to Help is available on all pages                                                                                  •        Over 5600 journals are regularly indexed 
                                                                                                                                            •        Search Field Descriptions and Tags:                                                                                              for MEDLINE 
                                                                                                                                                     http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3799/                                                                              •        Nearly 90% of PubMed is MEDLINE  
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                                                                                                                                            •        MEDLINE® Journal Selection (includes                                                                                    Journal Searching Tips 
                    c.  Type in the first few letters of the                                                                                         links to the application process for editors):                                                                          •        Add individual journals to a PubMed 
                             journal title and select the correct title                                                                              http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/jsel.html                                                                                 search using one of four different methods 
                             from the auto complete feature                                                                                  
                    d.  Add additional journals as desired,                                                                                                                                                                                                                  •        Create a journal search in NLM Catalog 
                             changing the Boolean search to OR                                                                                                                                                                                                                        which can be saved in PubMed and used to 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      limit any future PubMed search to those 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      selected journals 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             •        Use a preformatted PubMed Filter to limit 
                    e.  Click the Search button                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       a search to specific journal sets 
                                                                                                                                            Funded under Contract No. HHS-N-276-2011-00005-C with the                                                                        The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), an 
            •        Search for a single journal title  using the                                                                           University of Illinois at Chicago and awarded by the DHHS, NIH,                                                                  outreach program of NLM, provides assistance and training 
                     PubMed Single Citation Matcher linked                                                                                  National Library of Medicine. This resource is freely available at:                                                              nationwide. To find a local library, please call 800-338-7657 or go 
                                                                                                                                            http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/journalstri.pdf                                                                               to http://nnlm.gov/members/ 
                     from the PubMed homepage                                                                                               Reviewed: June 2015                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                      Limit Future PubMed Searches 
                                                                                                                      Create a saved journal search that can be 
                                                                                                                      combined with any future PubMed search.
                                                                                                           
     Use the NLM Catalog to Find Journals                    2.  Identify and select desired journals 
      If you regularly restrict PubMed searches to a         a)  Search for journals in one of three ways:                                                            
      specific set of journals, you can select those             •   Enter one or more terms in the search            1.  In PubMed, combine multiple NLM Catalog 
      journals from the NLM Catalog and save a                       box and click Search                                searches by using History under the 
      PubMed search of that set. Use the saved                   •   Focus the search by using the Broad                 Advanced link (ignore duplicated journals) 
      search to limit future PubMed searches to those                Subject Terms option linked from                 2.  Save the completed journal search 
      specific journals.                                             NLM Catalog homepage, e.g.:                         a)  Click Create alert link (log into My 
                                                                                radiology [st]                               NCBI if necessary) 
      NLM Catalog provides access to NLM 
      bibliographic data for journals, books,                    •   Use a Medical Subject Heading term to               b)  In My NCBI, simplify the Name of 
      audiovisuals, computer software, electronic                    identify journals, e.g.:                                saved search, click the Save button 
      resources and other materials.  It also provides                       joint diseases [mh]                         c)  Select No, Thanks; click Save  
      the MEDLINE Indexing information on                    b)  Add a MEDLINE filter; either                         3.  Limit a search to these journals 
      journals found in PubMed.                                                                                          a)  In My NCBI, click on the journals 
     1.  Access the NLM Catalog                                  •   Click the filter Currently indexed in                   search link under Saved Searches  
         •   Use the Journals in NCBI Databases                      MEDLINE under Journal subsets (you                  b)  Use History to combine the saved 
             link on the PubMed homepage                             may first need to click Customize, check                journals search to other searches 
         •   Recommended: click on NLM Catalog                       the box, then click Show) or                      
             in the drop-down menu of the PubMed                 •   Add the following tag to the search              “Table of Contents” Search 
             search box; Click the Search button – it                      currentlyindexed[all]  
             is not necessary to enter a search term         c)  Use the check box to select the desired              Use the saved journals search in PubMed My 
                                                                 journal(s); Click the Add to search builder          NCBI to keep track of the latest citations added 
                                                                 button after you select the desired journals         to PubMed from those journals. Start by 
                                                             d)  Click the Search PubMed button to run the            clicking the Saved Search link in My NCBI. 
                                                                 search in PubMed                                     •  Click Create alert 
                                                                                                                         Select the appropriate options under: 
                                                                                                                         Would you like e-mail updates of new 
                                                                                                                         search results? 
                                                                                                                      •  Click Create RSS  
                                                                                                                         Select the desired options and click Create 
                                                             e)  Repeat as necessary in NLM Catalog                      RSS. Click XML and follow the directions 
                                                                                                                         to subscribe to the feed reader