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PubMed Mobile Update

Canese K. PubMed Mobile Update. NLM Tech Bull. 2014 Sep-Oct;(400):e11.

2014 October 03 [posted]
2014 November 04 [Editor's note added]

[Editor's note: These features and modifications were implemented on October 27, 2014.]

PubMed Mobile will soon be updated with a variety of new features and modifications.

Highlights include a restyled homepage and modified query box (see Figure 1). Auto-suggest has been added to the query box.

Screen capture ofPubMed Mobile homepage.
Figure 1: PubMed Mobile homepage.

PubMed Commons comment indicators (see Figure 2) and “Related searches” have been added to the summary display.

Screen capture of PubMed Mobile summary display with PubMed Commons comment indication.
Figure 2: PubMed Mobile summary display with PubMed Commons comment indication.

These comments have also been added to the abstract display. In addition, the abstract display includes collaborator names and multiple author affiliations under an open/close widget. The abstract display includes search links on author and collaborator names (see Figure 3).  

Screen capture of PubMed Mobile abstract display with PubMed Commons comment icon and Author information widget.
Figure 3: PubMed Mobile abstract display with PubMed Commons comment icon and Author information widget.



By Kathi Canese
National Center for Biotechnology Information

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