How to set up automated research notices from PubMed:
by Nan Bernstein-Ratner
- Go to the PubMed main page at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
- Locate the My NCBI link (hint: sometimes it is a central icon right in
the middle of the main page; at other times it is in the upper right hand
quadrant) -- it may look like this:
- Set up your account by supplying the requested information
- Run a search related to stuttering (or other topics).
- In running your search, make use of meta-characters and alternates to
ensure that you get the widest response. For instance, run the search on
stutter* rather than stuttering; this will locate articles using the terms
stutter, stuttering, stutterers, stuttered, etc. You may wish to save
alternate searches that use the term stammer* or *fluen* to get British
terminology articles as well as articles that more broadly address
dis/dysfluency, disfluent speech, etc.
- Select a notification preference (daily, weekly, etc.)
- Don't get discouraged by "bad hits" -- the term stuttering is used in
genetic sequencing and is also a symptom of some medical conditions, such as
priapism.
- When you receive notifications, you may access the abstract at the
PubMed site; in order to obtain full-text, you will need to do the
following:
a. Use your available library resources or the ASHA web site (for ASHA
journals)
b. Purchase articles directly through the PubMed link usually supplied
next to the abstract
c. BEST: if you cannot easily obtain the article through a library
service, contact the first author, whose e-mail is usually linked through
the abstracting information. Because authors now typically receive pre-print
copies of their articles electronically, they can usually send you a
pre-print pdf version of the article very easily through e-mail and are
typically very happy to do so quickly.
added February 18, 2008