PubMed Central Has a New Look

PubMed Central (PMC) the National Library of Medicine (NLM) free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature, has a new look. The PMC update provides a more consistent design with PubMed and Bookshelf navigation features.

PMC currently includes 2.2 million archived articles. For a list of journals included in PMC visit: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/

Improved features include:

• A revamped homepage, which offers better navigation through the site as well as direct access to resources such as the Users’ Guide and NIH Public Access information
• Redesigned Advanced Search and Limits pages
• An updated search results format
• Direct access to images in PMC articles
• A new organization and updated appearance for PMC’s informational pages, including drop-down menus for navigation links

For more information about the redesign, including screenshots of the various improvements please refer to the NLM Technical Bulletin article.

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