The questions most frequently posed to our librarians, with their answers, are available through the link below:
Save your searches but remember that the searches may need to be revised.
You've created a PubMed search strategy that retrieves most of an investigator's publications. Save the search in My NCBI, but remember it may need to be revised on occasion when the investigator works with new co-authors, or adds new affiliations, or begins work on new research topics.
Automatic search updates of saved searches may be useful
You've created a PubMed search strategy that retrieves most of an investigator's publications. You save the search and are offered an automatic search alert option. You may want to choose to receive the updates. Why?
When adding non-PubMed citations to "My Bibliography," you may find that the "Choose the type of citation to create:" drop-down menu does not work in certain internet browsers. Try Firefox.
If, after clicking on the "NIH & eRA Commons" linking option, a blank page appears instead of an eRA Commons login page, try switching browsers (we suggest Firefox).
When checking "Public Access Policy" compliance in "My Bibliography," be sure to select the "Award" view.
If the "Award" view isn't available, you haven't yet linked your "My NCBI' and eRA Commons accouts. See hadnout available through the "My Bibligraphy/SciENcv" tab for instructions.
Consider Adding (Cited by #) Notes to the End of Citations in "Contributions to Science" Section.
Perhaps you only have one or two publications or other research products that are relevant to each contribution. If your research products, while few in number, have been important, you might want to consider emphasizing the importance of your publications by adding the number of times each has been cited by others at the end of each citation. You can usually obtain this information from Scopus or Google Scholar. You can contact askus@unmc.edu, 402-559-6221 if you need help finding the "cited by ___" numbers for your work.
PMCIDs and NIHMSIDs are more important than PMIDs.
If you have published a peer-reviewed journal article reporting research funded by the NIH that was accepted for publication in April 2008 or later, that article or the manuscript you submitted for publication must be deposited in PubMed Central and the PMCID's must appear in your citations of that work in your grant application and biosketch.
If you are affiliated with UNMC, Nebraska Medicine, or are an investigator or student working with a UNMC or Nebraska Medicine group, we will be happy to provide one-on-one help or group training sessions.
Contact Cindy Schmidt (cmschmidt@unmc.edu 402-550-7077) or the AskUs Desk at 402-559-6221 or askus@unmc.edu