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<tr><td width="30">&nbsp;</td><td width="470"><font size="2"><strong>June 24, 2005</strong> [posted]</font><br />
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<tr><td width="30">&nbsp;</td><td width="470"><font size="5"><strong>PubMed<sup><font size=-2>&#174;</font></sup> Search Terms Highlighted</strong></font><br /></td><td width="30">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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<em><a name = "note">[Editor's</a> Note: This feature was implemented in PubMed on July 19, 2005.]</em>
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highlighting feature will soon be implemented in PubMed to help users quickly find where their search terms appear in their search results. Search terms will be highlighted in pale yellow in the Summary, Abstract, and Citation display formats (see <a href="#fig1">Figure 1</a>).
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Highlighted terms will include your search terms as well as terms that have been added by PubMed to enhance your search. For example, a search of cancer translates to include the term neoplasms. Use the Details tab to see how a search has been translated (see <a href="#fig2">Figure 2</a>). PubMed will also highlight words or phrases retrieved by a truncated term.
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Highlighting will appear in any field, not just fields included in the search. For example, in Figure 1, notice that Cancer is highlighted in the affiliation field even though this field was not included in the search (see <a href="#fig2">Figure 2</a>). Please keep in mind that some terms, while searchable, do not display on the Summary, Abstract, or Citation formats, (e.g., the Publication Type, Journal Article). Also, terms searched as a phrase will be highlighted as the phrase.
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<p>Terms that appear only as MeSH headings on a record will be highlighted in the Citation format. Note, however, if a search includes a broad MeSH term, indented terms included by the automatic explosion feature will not be highlighted.</p>
<p>Highlighting in search results is also available in the <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books">Entrez Books</a> database. </p>
<p><a name = "added"><em>[This section was added on July 12, 2005.]</em></a><br />
<strong>Activate Highlighting and Choose a Color</strong><br />
Highlighting must be turned on in My NCBI and is only active when you are signed into My NCBI. Register/Sign in to My NCBI and click on <strong>User Preferences</strong> on the My NCBI sidebar. The default will be "Off." Selecting a color and clicking <strong>OK</strong> activates this feature.
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<p><strong>Color Change for Links</strong><br />
In preparation for providing this capability, the link color in search results now works differently. The color change for "visited" links will work only within a single search. For example, if you view the abstract for a citation and that citation shows up in a subsequent search, the link on the author names in the Summary display will appear in the default color (blue for most users). Record numbers for citations that have been added to the Clipboard will continue to display in a contrasting color even for subsequent searches.</p>
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<strong>By Annette M. Nahin</strong><br />
<strong>MEDLARS Management Section</strong><br />
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<p>Entrez Databases. Highlighted Search Terms.</p>
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<p>Highlighting. Books Search Terms.</p>
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<em>Nahin AM. PubMed<sup><font size=-2>&#174;</font></sup> Search Terms Highlighted. NLM Tech Bull. 2005 May-Jun;(344):e14.</em>
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