MEDLINE (Overview)

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Description International coverage of all areas of medicine (clinical and experimental), dentistry, nursing, health services administration, etc. Searches 12 million records. Three difference search screens, with slightly differing features, are available.
  • MEDLINE (EBSCO) - full-text linked via SFX. EBSCO features such as personalized folder, emailing, and citation generation are included.
  • MEDLINE (FirstSearch) - Interface is through OCLC, and resembles that for ArticleFirst and WorldCat. Full-text linked via SFX.
  • MEDLINE (PubMed) - freely available. Links to some full-text free on-line, does not include library's SFX linking. Most frequently updated.
Thesaurus All 3 versions use MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) with tree tree hierarchy, subheadings, and tree-expansion capabilities.
Covered Journals All three versions provide indexing for more than 4,800 biomedical journals.