Subscribe to the FSU Maguire Medical Library BlogThe PubMed Search Builder section of the Advanced Search page will soon be updated to provide users with more cohesive search-building options.
On the PubMed Advanced Search page, users will see a streamlined search box just above the Search Builder and Search History sections of the page.
An "Add to Search Box" button will be added to clearly indicate that terms in the Search Builder box should be added to the main search box before executing the query.
The "AND," "OR," and "NOT" options are now selected by a pull-down menu. Terms entered in the Search Builder search box will be added with the default Boolean operator AND unless users choose OR or NOT from the pull-down menu, before clicking the "Add to Search Box" button. If both the search box and Search Builder box include terms, the system will combine the terms from both locations in the search results.
The Advanced Search page sections may be shown or hidden using the triangular collapse button located on the right-side of each section's label.
