There are two main reasons why you might want to save your search history. One, you might want to save your search and run it again at a later date. And two, you might want to capture your search history to share with a professor or a librarian.
You can save your search in PubMed to run it again at a later date. This requires you set up a free My NCBI account.
To create a free My NCBI account (only needs to be done once):
(see PubMed Account for instructions)
To save your search to run later:
Note: if you created your search before signing in, start at step 4. You will be prompted to login with your My NCBI credentials.
To run your saved search:
Sometimes a professor or librarian will want to see how you searched. You can share your search history either as text or an image. Ask the person you are sharing with which is their preference.
To share your search history as text:
To share your search history as an image: