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<h1><img src="//www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj10/graphics/skillkit.gif" alt="skillkit graphic" align="left" />Skill Kit: Save Time Finding Citations by Title Matching in the PubMed® Search Box</h1>
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<strong>When using Citation Sensor:</strong><br />
Do copy/paste the entire article title not just a few words from the title. <em>(Title matching works best for titles that have at least 6 words.)</em><br /><br />
Dont tag the search terms.<br /><br />
Dont use Boolean Operators.
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<strong>Note:</strong><br />
You can also use the <a href="//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/pubmedutils/citmatch">PubMed Single Citation Matcher</a>.<br />
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<p>The <a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj08/mj08_pubmed_atm_cite_sensor.html">Citation Sensor</a> was introduced to the PubMed search box in May 2008. At that <br /> time we described the sensor as being able to "recognize combinations of search<br /> terms that are characteristic of citation searching, e.g., volume/issue numbers,<br /> author names, journal titles, and publication dates, which it then matches to citations." We also want you to know that the Citation Sensor does a great job<br /> finding citations when the <strong>article title </strong>is copy/pasted into the search box. Here<br /> is an example:</p>
<p>When trying to find this citation in PubMed:</p>
<p><em>Zinc and diarrheal disease: current status and future perspectives.
Scrimgeour,<br /> Angus G. Lukaski, Henry C.
Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition &amp; Metabolic Care.<br /> 11(6):711-7, 2008 Nov.</em></p>
<p>...the PubMed searcher tried this <strong>traditional</strong> approach employing search tags and Boolean operators:</p>
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<p>Unfortunately, this search retrieved thirty-two items and had to be modified with an author name to get the one item of interest:</p>
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<p>After two tries, the exact item was found.</p>
<p>But when the article title is entered into the search box (copy/paste works great), the <strong>citation sensor</strong> matched the terms to the exact item the first time.</p>
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<p>Please do try this at home (or work)! </p>
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