MEDLINE AND OTHER MEDICAL INDEXES

Compiled by Frank Stitt MBBS FRACP
Online Medical Education, Sydney, Australia

• Direct Links
  
• PUBMED (MEDLINE)
  
• POPLINE (POPulation information onLINE)
  
• National Library of Medicine (U.S.) Databases

Direct Link to MEDLINE and Other Key Medical Indexes

1. Combined Health Information Database
2. Databases Accessible Through NLM
3. HealthGate: MEDLINE+
4. HealthLink Online Bibliographic Database
5. Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT)
6. List of Serials Indexed for Online Users: (U.S.) National Library of Medicine
7. MEDLINE Plus (consumer health index from the [U.S.] National Library of Medicine)
8. National Center for Biotechnology Information (U.S.)
9. National Institutes of Health (U.S.): Clinical Alerts
10. OMIM: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
11. POPLINE (POPulation information onLINE)
12. PubMed Help
13. PubMed Online: Guides
14. PubMed Tutorial
15. PubMed: Visual Map
16. PubMed Retrieval System: MEDLINE
17. TOXNET: Toxicology Data Network

PUBMED (MEDLINE)

1. PubMed Retrieval System: MEDLINE
   "a free access search tool to the 9 million citations (1965 to date) in MEDLINE; a service of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the (U.S.) National Library of Medicine; search by author, journal title, keyword or ID number; contains links to several other NLM databases (Nucleotide, Protein, Genome, Structure, PopSet, Taxonomy, OMIM)"
2. PubMed Help
   "the basics of how to search MEDLINE using the PubMed Retrieval System; covers basic, advanced and boolean searching, the components of the documents and special features"
3. PubMed Online: Guides
   "regarding PubMed, site contains linked listings of fact sheets and overviews, guides and courses and presentations; maintained by the U.S. National Network of Libraries of Medicine"
4. PubMed Tutorial
   "designed to teach you how to use and navigate the many search features of PubMed; initial page contains links to how to search, print and save in PubMed, descriptions of other features plus self paced exercises; developed by the University of Florida Health Science Center Library"
5. PubMed: Visual Map
   "site contains extensive visual access to PubMed that allows the user 'to navigate with greater ease and efficiency'; initial graphical icons include anatomy, biological sciences, chemicals and drugs, diseases, health care, humanities, organisms, physical sciences, persons, psychiatry and psychology, etc; within each icon, there are further graphical subcategories plus textual links and keyword search engine"

POPLINE

• POPLINE (POPulation information onLINE)
  "provides citations with abstracts of the worldwide literature on population, family planning, and related health issues; database is maintained by the Population Information Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health"
  

National Library of Medicine (U.S.) Databases

1. Combined Health Information Database (U.S. National Institutes of Health)
   "a bibliographic database produced by health-related agencies of the U.S. Government; provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information, health promotion and health education resources and fulltext information; includes a simple and detailed keyword search engine"
2. Databases Accessible Through NLM
   "information about access to forty online databases, fee based and free, from the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)"
3. Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT)
   "free, electronic resource that provides access to the full-text of documents useful in health care decision making; includes clinical practice guidelines, quick-reference guides for clinicians, and consumer brochures"
4. List of Serials Indexed for Online Users
   "National Library of Medicine's (U.S.) list of complete bibliographic information on serials cited in three MEDLARS (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System) files: MEDLINE (including the backfiles), AIDSLINE, and HealthSTAR"
5. MEDLINE Plus (consumer health)
   "a subset of the (U.S.) National Library of Medicine's databases designed to direct users to resources containing information personal or consumer health questions; for educational use only and are not intended to replace advice from a health professional"
6. National Center for Biotechnology Information (U.S.)
   "linked access to various electronic resources and databases of the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes for Health"
7. National Institutes of Health (U.S.): Clinical Alerts
   "links to NIH's clinical trials alerts from 1993 to date; access to findings of trials that could significantly affect morbidity and mortality"
8. Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM)
   "database is a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders authored and edited by Dr. Victor A. McKusick, et. al.; developed for the World Wide Web by the US National Center for Biotechnology Information; contains textual information, pictures, and reference information"
9. TOXNET: Toxicology Data Network
   "a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas; contains sophisticated search engines to all the databases; sponsored by the (U.S.) National Library of Medicine, through the Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program"
10. see also: Source Bibliographic Database: International Health and Disability
    

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