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RN to BSN

This Guide is for nursing students.

Saving a PubMed Search

Saving Your Search Strategy

Keep track of the work you have done, including filters applied, by saving your search.

You can save your search by clicking on "Advanced" underneath the PubMed search bar

An image displaying the search bar in PubMed with the "Advanced" option under the search bar pointed out.
 

On this Advanced page your search history listed and you can save that by clicking on "Download History"
An image displaying the search history in PubMed with the "Download History" option pointed out.

 

Send to Clipboard

The Clipboard tool lets you add articles / results that you would like to keep track of in one place. Much like a shopping cart in an online store, this feature allows you to add articles to your Clipboard, go to all of those results, and then export them. To find the Clipboard go to the ellipses on your search results or in a record.

Screenshot of the "Clipboard" option selected in the PubMed dropdown.

 

The contents of the Clipboard will be deleted after 8 hours of inactivity, so make sure you go through the step of exporting the results.

My NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information)

My NCBI is a personalized account that works with National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) databases, like PubMed. 

Setting up a My NCBI account allows you to:
  • Save searches & automatic e-mail alerts
  • Display format preferences
  • Filter options
  • Highlight search terms
  • Saves recent activity searches & records for 6 months
  • Use My Bibliography to save your own citations and manage your compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy

account, or login with your eRA Commons account or a Google account.  If you have an eRA Commons account, you should use that login to create your NCBI account

Saving Searches in Cinahl

Running the Search

  1. Run the search you want to save in  CINAHL or PsycINFO.

  2. Click on the Search History tab.

  3. Click on the Save Searches/Alerts link.

  4. Login to your account.

  5. Once you have signed in, a dialog box will appear asking you to enter a name for your search, a description of your search (optional), what databases you want the search run in, and how you want it saved. 

To create an email alert:

  1. If you select Alert, the next dialog box will ask how often you want to receive updates, what format you want to receive them in, how many items to send, etc.  Change the options to match your preferences and click OK.

To save your search strategy:

  1. If in Step 5 you select “Permanently” in response to the question about email alerts, and click Save, EBSCO will save your search strategy.  

  2. To view the strategy or rerun the search, click on Sign In in the right hand corner, and you will be taken to a list of your saved searches.

  3. Click on View Results to run the search.