You are on:

Frequently Asked Questions

• Can save only 25 articles of interest
  1. How can I get quick access to an article that is not in my Saved list?


• Cannot open link to PubMed abstracts
  1. When I click on the Read the Abstract... link, PubMed doesn’t open.


• Changing personal information
  1. How do I change personal information such as my email address?


• Font too small
  1. How do I adjust the font size in PRE-OBESITY+?


• Forgot user name or password
  1. What if I forget my user name or password?


• Full text access in PRE-OBESITY+
  1. Is there full text access through PRE-OBESITY+?


• Links in email alerts not working
  1. Why do the links in my email alert not work?


• Logging In
  1. Why am I unable to log in?


• Not receiving email alerts
  1. Not receiving email alerts yet?


• Only receiving alerts with Preliminary Clinical Research Articles
  1. Only receiving alerts with Preliminary Research Articles


• RSS Feed
  1. What is RSS and how do I use it in PRE-OBESITY+?


• Saving PRE-OBESITY+ references into Reference Manager and EndNote
  1. How do I download PRE-OBESITY+ references into EndNote?
  2. How do I download PRE-OBESITY+ references into Reference Manager?

Question: How can I get quick access to an article that is not in my Saved list?
Answer:

Only 25 articles can be saved using the Save feature in Alerts. If you would like to retrieve an article of interest that is not in your saved listing, please use the Search tool that can be found on the toolbar.

Back To Top

Question: When I click on the Read the Abstract... link, PubMed doesn’t open.
Answer:

This is likely because you have Windows XP Service Pack 2 installed on your computer (released August 25, 2004) and have the Popup Blocker Setting set to High. You can correct this problem by either of the following fixes:

Solution 1
(i) on the toolbar in Internet Explorer go to Tools / Internet Options and select the Privacy tab. Then select Settings under the Popup Blocker area at the bottom of the screen;
(ii) in the Address of website allowed field, add http://plus.mcmaster.ca/preobesity/Default.aspx and then click the Add button. The PRE-OBESITY+ website should now appear under the Allowed sites section.

Solution 2
2. Follow the instructions for (i) in Solution 1 above, then go to Notification and Filter Level and change the Filter Level from High to Medium.

Using either of the options above should allow PubMed to open in PRE-OBESITY+. If you still are unable to access PubMed, please contact us.

Back To Top

Question: How do I change personal information such as my email address?
Answer:

To change any personal information such as your email address or your user name and password, please log in at www.preobesityplus.org and go to My Account on the toolbar. Make any required changes in the editable fields and be sure to select the Update button at the bottom of the screen to update your profile.

Back To Top

Question: How do I adjust the font size in PRE-OBESITY+?
Answer:

To adjust the font size in Internet Explorer, click on View / Text Size, and choose a size larger than currently set until the font size is appropriate for you.

In Netscape Navigator, choose Edit / Preferences, then select Fonts under the Appearance tree on the left side of the preferences box. Choose your favourite font and font size.

In Firefox/Mozilla, click on Tools / Options / Fonts & Colors, and choose the Minimum Font Size value from the drop-down menu.

Back To Top

Question: What if I forget my user name or password?
Answer:

Click here to go to our automated password recovery page. Enter your email address, and your user name and password will be sent to you shortly.

Back To Top

Question: Is there full text access through PRE-OBESITY+?
Answer:

Full text is available through the PubMed link if you have access through a personal or institutional subscription.

The Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) provides free full text articles for >1500 journals to registered non-profit institutions in developing countries (list of eligible countries). To see if your university is registered, please go to registered universities. To view an alphabetical list of free journal titles through HINARI, go to journal titles. For instructions on HINARI access through PubMed, click here.

Back To Top

Question: Why do the links in my email alert not work?
Answer:

This is likely because HTML is not enabled in your email program.

In Outlook, please go to Tools / Options / Mail Format and ensure that HTML is chosen for "Send in this message format."

In Outlook Express, please go to Tools / Options / Read and under "Read Messages" ensure that the "Read all messages in plain text" option is NOT selected.

In Eudora, please go to Tools / Options / Viewing Mail and ensure that "Enable allowable executables in HTML" IS selected.

Back To Top

Question: Why am I unable to log in?
Answer:

This is likely because you have cookies disabled in your browser. Either of the following solutions should correct the problem; however, Solution 1 is a more secure option:

Solution 1
In Internet Explorer, go to Tools / Internet Options / Privacy. Under the "Web sites" section, click on the Edit button, under Manage sites add http://plus.mcmaster.ca/obesity/Default.aspx to the Address of web site field, and click on Allow.

Solution 2
In Internet Explorer, go to Tools / Internet Options / Privacy and move the security bar down until it no longer says Block All Cookies (about Medium-High on the scale is good; however, some browsers require the setting to be set at low).

Back To Top

Question: Not receiving email alerts yet?
Answer:

To receive email alerts, please register.

If you have already registered, go to My Account and

1. Be sure that you have a check mark in the Enable Alerts box.
2. Check that your email address is correct.
3. Click Update at the bottom of the page.

Back To Top

Question: Only receiving alerts with Preliminary Research Articles
Answer:

Email alerts are sent out to users based on the research area(s) chosen when registering for PRE-OBESITY+. If you have only chosen Epidemiology (incidence and prevalence) or Pathogenesis and Physiology, you will only receive Preliminary Research Articles, as these research areas only contain articles that do not meet our criteria for clinical readiness and report on an earlier stage of research in humans. To check which research area(s) you chose, please login to the system and click on My Account

Back To Top

Question: What is RSS and how do I use it in PRE-OBESITY+?
Answer:

What is RSS?
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is the new and easy way to receive automatic updates from websites. It is an XML file that can be read by special feed reading software. Instead of revisiting a site several times to check for updates, news readers scan for updates and display them for you. Using a news reader means you can stay in touch with many different sources of news and information.

How do I a get a news reader?
There are various news readers available for download from the Internet. Some of the best news readers are free. Click the following URL to locate one suitable for you: http://blogspace.com/rss/readers.

How do I use RSS?
First, install your news reader or aggregator software. The orange icons with "RSS" or "XML" denote an available feed. To subscribe, click on the icon and add the URL (from the address bar on your browser) into your reader. The reader will display the latest content specific to that feed, each with a synopsis and link to the full version of the information.

Want to learn more about RSS feeds?
There are many sites explaining what feeds do and how they work, such as this one at http://www.sixapart.com/about/feeds.

Back To Top

Question: How do I download PRE-OBESITY+ references into EndNote?
Answer:

If your version of EndNote is 7.0 or earlier, you may need to update your PubMed filter (click on http://www.endnote.com/enpmalert.asp; the PubMed filter is under the Jan 14, 2004 alert).

1. Select articles for download by clicking in the check-box next to the article title(s) (you can select multiple articles if they are on the same page).
   
2. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Create Text File.
   
3. Select a name and location for the text file and click on Save.
   
4. Open an existing Endnote database or create one by going to File / New.
   
5. To Import file click on Choose file Under Import Data File.
   
6. Under the Import option, click on PubMed. If this choice is not available, click on Other filters to get the extended list.
   
7. To select the text file you want to import choose File and select the file you saved.
   
8. Click on Import.

Back To Top

Question: How do I download PRE-OBESITY+ references into Reference Manager?
Answer:

1. Select articles for download by clicking in the check-box next to the article title(s) (you can select multiple articles if they are on the same page).
2. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Create Text File.
3. Select a name and location for the text file and click on Save.
4. Open an existing Reference Manager database or create one by going to File / New Database.
5. In version 10, select References from top menu (in version 11 select File) and select Import Text File… from its submenu.
6. Click on (the box with 3 dots beside the Edit filter button) to determine whether PubMed.cap is the current filter (if not select it from the list).
7. Click on (the box with 3 dots beside the View Text File button) to find the text file you wish to import.
8. Click on the Import File button. If this is the second import, choose either Clear or Append to a previously imported reference.
9. Wait until the “Import successfully completed” message appears, then click on the OK button, and then click on the Close button.
10. All imported references appear on the Imported tab and are also saved directly to the Reference Manager database.

Back To Top