{"id":61,"date":"2005-09-13T09:56:58","date_gmt":"2005-09-13T17:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nnlm.gov\/pnr\/dragonfly\/2005\/09\/13\/localize-pubmed-results-for-your-library-users\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T17:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:45:06","slug":"shared-myncbi","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/shared-myncbi\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkOut: Localize PubMed Results for your Library Users"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overheard at the reference desk: “I only want to see results in PubMed that the library has full-text access to – either online or in the library.” Now you can astound and impress your library users with a filter tab personalized to your library<\/strong>. All it takes is a shared My NCBI account and a few minutes of your time.<\/p>\n

Before you can do this, your library will have to register for a My NCBI account that will be the “shared” account. We recommend using your library’s LinkOut user name as the User Name for this account.<\/p>\n

The new name on the filter tab will appear within 24 hours.<\/p>\n

Instructions to set up the library filter tab:<\/p>\n

1. Sign in to My NCBI using the shared account.<\/p>\n

2. Select Filters<\/strong> in the blue side bar menu.<\/p>\n

3. On the Filter Selection<\/strong> page, there is a checkbox labeled Institutions – share My NCBI settings<\/strong>. Click the checkbox.<\/p>\n

4. Select PubMed<\/strong> from the list of databases.<\/p>\n

5. On the page Filter Selection: grouping search results, select Browse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

6. Select LinkOut<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

7. Under the Sub-Categories of Linkout, select Libraries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

8. On this page under Filters in Category Libraries<\/strong>, scroll to find your library and click on it.<\/p>\n

9. Under Selections<\/strong>, check both boxes (1. to add a result tab and 2. to add a link icon).<\/p>\n

10. Sign out of My NCBI.<\/p>\n

11. In order to see the new tab in search results, users must enter PubMed through the following URL:
\nhttp:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?myncbishare=[account username]<\/strong>
\n(bolding is not necessary)
\n
\n*If you currently have bookmarks to PubMed, you will need to replace them with the new URL.<\/em><\/p>\n

Personalize the filter tab with your library’s name:<\/strong> log into the LinkOut Library Submission Utility<\/a>. Under Library Information, select Edit Identity<\/strong>. Type your library’s name in the Display Name textbox, and select Update Identity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For more information:<\/p>\n

NLM Technical Bulletin: Share My NCBI Settings (August 24, 2005)<\/a>
\nLinkOut: Share My NCBI Account Settings<\/a>
\nFAQ: Can I activate filter tabs using a special URL?<\/a><\/p>\n

Please let me know if you have any questions or need assistance. I just tried it myself and I would be happy to help you through the process!<\/p>\n

Andrea Ryce
\nrycea@u.washington.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Overheard at the reference desk: “I only want to see results in PubMed that the library has full-text access to – either online or in the library.” Now you can astound and impress your library users with a filter tab personalized to your library. All it takes is a shared My NCBI account and a… Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-regional-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17650,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/17650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}