The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) will release an improved user interface for My NCBI. The new interface will be streamlined, more responsive and have intuitive navigation. All functions will be viewed directly from the My NCBI homepage and will be readily accessible for set up and customization.  

Librarians at the Kornhauser Health Sciences Library will conduct literature searches for faculty, staff, and students of the HSC at no charge. It is one of the library's services. If you need a literature search, please email   kornref@louisville.edu or call 852-8532. Include a detailed description of the search topic, a list of keywords, the time frame you'd like to search and the date by which you need it completed. You will be sent a list of abstracts and citations with

Search PubMed on your mobile device via PubMed Mobile Beta. This new interface provides access to PubMed. It includes the same basic search functionality and content as Standard PubMed; that is, all search terms and fields work similarly. PubMed Mobile does not include specialized search pages, such as Limits and Advanced search, or added features, such as My NCBI, Clipboard, or LinkOut/Outside Tool. To use these and other PubMed features, display your retrieval in Standard PubMed via the link at the bottom of the screen.

You may have noticed a new look and functionality for the MeSH database. A few minor changes have been made to make MeSH easier to use and to match the streamlined look of PubMed.

Among the new features are:

1. autocomplete function for the search box

2. simpler method to launch PubMed searches directly from MeSH with the search box now located on the right side of the page

3. clearer layout of subheadings

4. the "substance name" field is now called "supplementary concepts" (i.e., lead nitrate).