Performing a Literature Search

The Literature Search on the PhenoGen website allows you to perform a Literature Search for a gene list as well as the co-references for each gene in the list.

Choose Genes List Analysis Tools in the main menu.
Click Analyze a gene list. A page displays the gene lists to which you have access.
Click the gene list for which you want to perform a literature search
Click the Literature tab. The Literature page displays.

You can:

Click the Delete icon to delete a literature search.

Click a literature search to view the results of the selected literature search. See "Viewing Literature Search Results".

Click Run a New Literature Search to begin a new search.

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Creating a Literature Search

Click Run a New Literature Search on the Literature tab to begin a new search.
Select a value from the drop-down list in the Categories field. The category field provides you with a way to categorize your keywords.

Note: The Category name is NOT used in the search, but is a required field. ONLY values in the keyword fields are used in the search.

Enter a keyword or keywords for the category you selected.
OPTIONAL:Click Clear Fields to clear all the categories and keywords fields.
Enter a Literature Search Name.
Click Submit Literature Search. The Literature Search uses iDecoder to determine the synonyms for all genes in the gene list that is searched. The search looks at PubMed articles for all synonyms and keywords that were entered in the search page.

Literature searches take time. When your results are available for viewing, an email is sent to the address you provided in the Registration page.