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Getting the Most out of PubMed Medline: Filters Sidebar

Filters Sidebar

Filters are search tools that allow you narrow search results by text availability, publication dates, species, article types, languages, sex, subjects, journal categories, ages, and search fields.

To learn more about Filters in PubMed, click the image to the right for a brief video tutorial, Searching in New PubMed: Applying Limits and Filters, from East Carolina University's Laupus Library, February 2020.

Button to access video tutorial on applying limits and filters in PubMed

Using Filters

Steps to apply filters to your search results:

  1. Run a search in PubMed.
  2. Click on a filter sidebar selection.
  3. Click on "Additional Filters"  at the bottom of the filters sidebar to see other filter options.

More information about filters is available in the PubMed User Guide,