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March 06, 2003 [posted] |
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September 11, 2003 [updated] | |||
Change to PubMed's® Automatic Term Mapping Affects Phrase Searching |
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acute[All Fields] AND ("otitis media"[MeSH Terms] OR otitis media[Text Word]) To resolve this problem and improve searching, the phrase list will be removed from Automatic Term Mapping. At that time ATM will work with:
[Editor's Note: This change to Automatic Term Mapping was implemented on April 10, 2003.]
Phrase Searching
These formats for phrase searching instruct PubMed to bypass ATM and look for the phrase in PubMed's Index of searchable terms. If the phrase is in the Index, PubMed will retrieve citations that contain the phrase. The Index, which includes phrases from the former ATM phrase list, can be browsed on PubMed's Preview/Index screen. For more information about Phrase searching on PubMed, please see Help. (If you are unable to search a phrase in PubMed, please write to custserv@nlm.nih.gov and let us know.)
Check Searches ![]() ![]() If, after this change is implemented, you find that terms have mapped in an undesirable way (see Figure 3), you may want to consider re-storing your search with the phrase in quotes (see Figure 4) to ensure a phrase search in All Fields. ![]() ![]() After you have re-stored a search, use the Delete Selected Searches option in the Cubby to remove the old strategy. For more information about using the Cubby, see PubMed's Help and also our article, Revising PubMed® Cubby Stored Searches. This change is expected to go into effect in early April. Watch PubMed's Home Page for an announcement or check New/Noteworthy.
By Annette M. Nahin ![]() Nahin AM. Change to PubMed's Automatic Term Mapping Affects Phrase Searching. NLM Tech Bull. 2003 Mar-Apr;(331):e3. |