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MEDLINE: PubMed and Ovid Platforms: Filters

Platforms for searching MEDLINE.

Applying Filters to Searches

Filters allow you to make your search results more relevant.  Filters allow you to limit your search results by date, article type, and other characteristics. Be careful when applying filters as the newest material added to the database may be eliminated from your results.  Some Filters are MeSH terms and their use limits retrieval to indexed MEDLINE records.

 

PubMed Filters:

  • Appear on the left of search results
  • Click to apply a filter and click twice to deselect.
  • Remember to Clear all when finished.

 

Ovid Platform Filtering Results feature:

  • Appears in Results Tools section
  • Displays when applicable
  • Indicates "Filters Applied" in results table when chosen
  • Select All option to clear filters

 

 

               

  

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Applying Filters in PubMed

Filters allow you to make your search results more relevant.  Filters allow you to limit your search results by date, article type, and other characteristics. Be careful when applying filters as the newest material added to the database may be eliminated from your results.  Some Filters are MeSH terms and their use limits retrieval to indexed MEDLINE records.

 

PubMed Filters:

  • Appear on the left of search results
  • Click to apply a filter and click twice to deselect
  • Remember to clear all when finished

 

Examples of filters (on left-hand side of page) that can be used to refine a PubMed search:

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