Table of Contents: 2021 SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER No. 442
Updates on PubMed and NLM Catalog Filters and Subsets. NLM Tech Bull. 2021 Sep-Oct;(442):e8.
In April, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) announced an Update on PubMed Specialized Search Queries: Selected Queries No Longer Updated; Remain Available for Download and Customization.
The last version of the selected PubMed Special Queries are available to use as a base to customize, update, and save as your own search strategies in My NCBI. To create your own search strategies, visit Saving and Managing Searches. There is also information and instructions on using MeSH and searching PubMed more effectively.
Several of these specialized queries were available in the PubMed filters sidebar using the "Additional filters" button. These queries have been removed from the filter sidebar options in PubMed (see Figure 1).
The SUBJECT category and associated filters have been removed from the PubMed interface:
The following filters from the JOURNAL category have been removed from the PubMed interface:
The Systematic Reviews filter is still available as a default--always visible--filter under the ARTICLE TYPE filter category.
In early December, the associated filters and subsets will be removed from the PubMed and NLM Catalog indexes during NLM’s Annual MEDLINE/PubMed Year-End-Processing activities.
After the Year-End-Processing update, these filters and subsets will no longer work when searched in PubMed or NLM Catalog as part of a query, such as: aids[sb], or jsubsetn.
Additionally, the PubMed EFetch, FTP baseline and update XML files will no longer carry these subset values, e.g., <CitationSubset>AIM</CitationSubset>.
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Query |
PubMed filter |
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AIDS |
aids[sb] |
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Bioethics |
bioethics[sb] |
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Cancer |
cancer[sb] |
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Complementary Medicine |
cam[sb] |
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Core Clinical Journals |
core clinical journals[sb] |
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Dental Journals |
dental journals[sb] |
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Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology (DART) |
dart[sb] |
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Dietary Supplements |
dietsuppl [sb] |
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Health Disparities |
healthdisparities[sb] |
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History of Medicine |
history[sb] |
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Nursing Journals |
nursing journals[sb] |
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Research Reporting Guidelines and Initiatives |
reportresearch[sb] |
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Space Life Sciences |
space[sb] |
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Toxicology |
tox[sb] |
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Veterinary |
veterinary[sb] |
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Subset code |
Journal/Citation subset |
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AIM |
Core Clinical Journals |
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B |
Citations from non-Index Medicus journals in the field of biotechnology (not currently used) |
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C |
Citations from non-Index Medicus journals in the field of communication disorders (not currently used) |
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D |
Dental Journals |
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E |
Bioethics |
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F |
Older citations from one journal prior to its selection for Index Medicus; used to augment the database for NLM International MEDLARS Centers (not currently used). |
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H |
Citations from non-Index Medicus journals in the field of health administration (includes records from the former HealthSTAR database) |
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J |
Citations in the field of population information (not currently used; on records from the former POPLINE® database) |
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K |
Citations from non-Index Medicus journals relating to consumer health |
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N |
Nursing Journals |
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Q |
History of Medicine |
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QIS |
History of Medicine |
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QO |
History of Medicine |
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R |
Citations from non-Index Medicus journals in the field of population and reproduction (not currently used) |
|
S |
Space Life Sciences |
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T |
Citations from non-Index Medicus journals in the field of health technology assessment (includes records from the former HealthSTAR database) |
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X |
AIDS |
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