From the NLM Technical Bulletin, Nov-Dec 2005

Printer Friendly Format Option Added to PubMed
PubMed will soon be able to print search results in a printer friendly format. Use the Printer option under the Send to menu on the search results screen.

MeSH Database Adds Link to Search Headings as Major Topic
It is no longer necessary to go to the Full display use the Send to Search box feature to search for a term as a major topic. While searching the Entrez MeSH database, you click on the Links Menu to select PubMed -Major Topic to retrieve PubMed citations where the heading has been designated as a major topic of the article.

Journal Search Links Added to PubMed Displays
"The journal abbreviation displayed on PubMed's Abstract and Citation formats will soon be available as a search link. If you click on a journal abbreviation search link, a menu will display three options. You can search for this journal in PubMed or in the Journals database."

New Authority Index Feature in the NLM Catalog
The Authority Index Feature provides access to an index of full author names (including dates and name qualifiers), organizations, and conference names, as well as series titles, associated with the bibliographic records in the NLM Catalog. It can also accomodate variant forms of names and titles that may have changed over time.

PubMed Central: New Journals Participating and New Content Added
Cough, Head & Face Medicine, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, Plant Methods, Clinical Biochemist Reviews, Environmental Health Perspectives, Western Journal of Medicine, and Immunome Research are all participating in PubMed Central.

What's New for 2006 MeSH
For all you MeSHy people out in the world, there were 933 descriptors were added for 2006 MeSH, 138 descriptor terms were replaced with more up-to-date terminology, and 50 descriptors were deleted. Publication Types have been assigned Tree Numbers to create a hierarchical arrangement and new Publication Types were also added. Other changes were made to Organisms, Drugs and Chemicals, Biological Fusions, Non-Placental Animal Reproduction, and Vitamins Category.

Technical Notes: Licensees' Research Use of MEDLINE/PubMed Data
"NLM has created a freely accessible Web site containing summary-level information submitted by NLM's registered licensees about their MEDLINE/PubMed-related research projects. The site includes a brief description and summary of the licensee's research; citations and Web addresses of papers or related sites; and contact information."

Technical Notes: New Book Added to NCBI Bookshelf
The book, Blood Groups and Red Cell Antigens [Internet]. Dean, LauraBethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US), NCBI; 2005. has been been added to the NCBI bookshelf.