Search Results Screen

Once you enter search terms and click Go or press the Enter key, PubMed will automatically:

• Run the search.
• Retrieve and display citations.
• Provide an option to Save Search.

Now let's take a quick look at how PubMed displays the results of the search:

• The retrieved citations are displayed in the Summary format. This includes the author, title, and source information. [Show Me]
  Note: Retrieval of a single citation is displayed in Abstract format
• Results are displayed in batches of 20. [Show Me]
• The total number of citations retrieved by the search will appear as "All" in the Filter section. [Show Me]
• The number of citations from search results that have been assigned the Publication Type, Review will appear in the Filter section.[Show Me]
• The number of citations from the search results that have free full text online will appear in the Filter section. [Show Me]
• The Manage Filters link takes you to My NCBI where users who are signed in can add or modify their Filter selections. [Show Me] See Filters section for further information.

This is how PubMed initially displays the retrieval. You can modify the display in various ways. Click Next to learn about the display settings.

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