{"id":1689,"date":"2022-12-06T11:53:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T16:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/whscl-news\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2022-12-06T11:56:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T16:56:26","slug":"proximity-searching-now-available-in-pubmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/whscl-news\/?p=1689","title":{"rendered":"Proximity Searching Now Available in PubMed\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The following update is an exciting improvement for advanced searching in PubMed. For more information about advanced searching in PubMed see the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/help\/#proximity-searching\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">PubMed User Guide<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">. You can also view the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/oet\/ed\/pubmed\/quicktours\/proximity\/index.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">proximity searching tutorial<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0for more examples and information about proximity searching in PubMed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The recent search upgrade now means you can search for multiple terms appearing in any order within a specified distance of one another in the [Title] or [Title\/Abstract] fields in PubMed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">For example<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, to search PubMed for citations where the terms &#8220;hip&#8221; and &#8220;pain&#8221; appear with no more than two words between them in the Title\/Abstract search field, try the search:<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8220;hip pain&#8221;[Title\/Abstract:~2]<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Search results may include hip pain, hip-related pain, hip joint pain, hip\/groin pain, hip biomechanics and pain, pain after total hip arthroplasty, pain in right hip, and more.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>To build a proximity search in PubMed<\/strong>, enter terms using the following format:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8220;search terms&#8221;[field:~N]<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\" data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u00b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Search terms = Two or more words enclosed in double quotes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\" data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u00b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Field = The\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/help\/#using-search-field-tags\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">search field<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0tag for the [Title] or [Title\/Abstract] fields. You can also abbreviate using [ti] and [tiab].<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\" data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u00b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">N = The maximum number of words that may appear between your search terms.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Proximity searching is not compatible with\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/help\/#truncating-search-terms\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">truncation<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0(*). If the double quoted terms in a proximity search include a wildcard (*), the proximity operator will be ignored.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Remember to always start your PubMed searches using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/sites\/entrez?otool=emorylib\">Emory\u2019s instance of PubMed<\/a> to ensure that you have access to subscribed content.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">For more assistance, contact us at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.emory.edu\/health\/about\/contact\/ask-librarian\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ask a Librarian<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following update is an exciting improvement for advanced searching in PubMed. For more information about advanced searching in PubMed see the\u00a0PubMed User Guide. You can also view the\u00a0proximity searching tutorial\u00a0for more examples and information about proximity searching in PubMed.\u00a0 The recent search upgrade now means you can search for multiple terms appearing in any <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/whscl-news\/?p=1689\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1431,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-1689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-advanced-searching"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/whscl-news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/whscl-news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/whscl-news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/whscl-news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1431"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/whscl-news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1689"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/whscl-news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1692,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/whscl-news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions\/1692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/whscl-news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/whscl-news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/whscl-news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}