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National Library of Medicine (NLM), PubMed, NCBI, & MEDLINE help, tutorials, documentation, & support
[edit]Full, searchable list of all tutorials - training materials in HTML, PDF and Video formats
YouTube channel for the National Library of Medicine: Tutorial videos from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), part of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Includes presentations and tutorials about NCBI biomolecular and biomedical literature databases and tools.
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[edit]National Library of Medicine (NLM) Catalog
[edit]NLM Catalog Help - This book contains information on the NLM Catalog, a database which provides access to NLM bibliographic data for journals, books, audiovisuals, computer software, electronic resources, and other materials via the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Entrez retrieval system. The NLM Catalog includes links to full text materials and the library's holdings in LocatorPlus, NLM's online public access catalog.
NLM Catalog (rev. December 19, 2019).
Finding journals that comply with WP:MEDRS standards
[edit]Full comprehensive instructions, go to: Searching for Journals in NLM Catalog
Determine if a specific journal is indexed in MEDLINE
[edit]If you know the full or abbreviated name for a journal, and you want to see if it is indexed in MEDLINE, see the instructions at searching by journal title, which I will also reproduce here:
If you know the journal’s exact title, enter it in the NLM Catalog search box followed by the field qualifier [jo].
Example: The Journal of Supportive Oncology [jo] Results = 1 record retrieved: The Journal of Supportive Oncology If you know the journal’s NLM Title Abbreviation, enter it in the NLM Catalog search box, followed by the field qualifier [ta].
Example: n engl j med [ta] Results = 1 record retrieved: The New England journal of medicine
Review the list of Abridged Index Medicus journals
[edit]Via a search of the NLM Catalog: List of Abridged Index Medicus journals, also known as "Core clinical journals".
Stand alone list: List of current Abridged Index Medicus (AIM) journals (118 journals as of 5 May 2020)
Create a list of all Index Medicus journals
[edit]Search the NLM Catalog using jsubsetim[All Fields] to find all Index Medicus journals (5021 journals as of 29 May 2020); or go directly to the search results for all Index Medicus journals. (Note that immediately above "Search Results" on that page, you can change the default "20 per page" to as many as 200 results per page, and you can change how the results are "sorted", e.g., if you are looking for a specific journal, you can sort by Title, instead of the default.)
Create a list of all journals indexed in MEDLINE
[edit]Search the NLM Catalog using currentlyindexed[All] to find all journals indexed in MEDLINE (5266 journals as of 29 May 2020); or go directly to the
search results for all journals indexed in MEDLINE. (Note that immediately above "Search Results" on that page, you can change the default "20 per page" to as many as 200 results per page, and you can change how the results are "sorted", e.g., if you are looking for a specific journal, you can sort by Title, instead of the default.)
MEDLINE, PubMed, and PMC (PubMed Central): How are they different?
[edit]MEDLINE, PubMed, and PMC (PubMed Central): How are they different?
MEDLINE Scope and coverage
[edit]For Publishers: MEDLINE® | MEDLINE Journal Selection, Submission and Indexing | PubMed Central™
Scope and coverage: The journals brought to the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee (LSTRC) for review will contain articles predominantly on core biomedical subjects. Journals whose content is predominantly a subject peripheral or related to biomedicine are occasionally brought to the Committee when they have some biomedical content. In these cases, the Committee's advice is sought not only on the quality of the content but also on the contribution it makes to the coverage of the subjects in question. Generally, such journals will not be indexed if their biomedical content is already adequately covered. See Fact Sheet: MEDLINE® Journal Selection
What does "suitable for the NLM collection" mean?
The National Library of Medicine was established "to assist the advancement of medical and related sciences and to aid the dissemination and exchange of scientific and other information important to the progress of medicine and to the public health..." (42 U.S.C. 286) Central to this mission is the development of a collection that supports contemporary biomedical and health care research and practice as well as future scholarship.
To this end, NLM attempts to aggregate and to maintain, for permanent access, library materials that:
- Record progress in research in biomedicine and the related areas of the life sciences
- Document the practice and teaching of medicine broadly defined
- Demonstrate how health services are organized, delivered and financed
- Chronicle the development and implementation of policy that affects research and the delivery of health services
- Illustrate the public perception of medical practice and public health