My NCBI Quick Tours

The following are brief animated tutorials with audio on using My NCBI with PubMed. Click on the link to launch the tour.

Retrieving Your My NCBI Username or Password (2 min., September 2008)
How to register, sign in and out, change your password, and what to do if you've forgotten your password.
Saving Searches (4 min., revised February 2009)
How to save a PubMed search, to run later or to have results sent to your e-mail account.
- Changing Saved Searches (approx. 2 min., March 2009)
  How to change a search strategy saved in My NCBI.
Collections (3 min., revised February 2009)
How to save citations for future use in PubMed using My NCBI Collections.
- Editing Collections (3 min., revised March 2009)
  How to append to, delete items from, and rename collections of PubMed citations in My NCBI.
- Sharing Collections (2 min., May 2009)
  How to make a collection public, to share with others.
Creating Your Bibliography (3 min., revised February 2009)
Filters (5 min., revised March 2009)
How to create and edit filter tabs for your PubMed results.
- Library LinkOut Filters (3 min., revised March 2009)
  How to set up links and filter tabs for your library's full text subscriptions.
- Custom Filters (2 min., May 2009)
  How to create your own filters.
E-mail Alerts for Articles from Your Favorite Journals (3 min., revised March 2009)

The above demos require the Macromedia Flash™ Player. They were created using Qarbon Viewlet Builder™.

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Last reviewed: 24 October 2008
Last updated: 29 May 2009
First published: 21 June 2005
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