MEDLINE (MEDLINE)
All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing
Why select this database?
- Corresponds to the print indexes Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index.
- Includes thousands of records with substantial abstracts.
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| Sources | 19,000+ For more information view: | ||||||||||||
| Number of records | 18,700,000+ | ||||||||||||
| Dates covered | 1950 to present | ||||||||||||
| Updated | Daily | ||||||||||||
| Producer information | National Library of Medicine | ||||||||||||
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Index labels and examples of an expert search in MEDLINE
Use a colon after an index label (for example, au:) when you are not certain of your search terms. Use an equal sign after an index label (au=) for an exact match search. You can search with an index label from any search screen. The information you type overrides any default menu selections. The following examples show sample rather than actual searches.
| Search indexes | Labels | Examples |
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| Keyword | kw: | parkinson |
| Abstract | ab: | hemolymphoid |
| Accession number | no: | 10977382 [displays with label PMID] |
| Address | ad: | denver general |
| ljo@umich.edu becomes ljoumichedu [use e-mail addresses without special characters such as @ and dots] | ||
| Article type phrase | at= | clinical trial [use to limit other search terms; browse index for available article types] |
| Author | au: | o'hara ohara |
| Author phrase | au= | smith ab 3rd [last name first; browse index for exact name formats] |
| Central concept | cc: | placebo effect |
| Chemical substance | cs: | formaldehyde |
| Citation owner | ow: | nasa [browse index for citation owner formats] |
| Corporate author phrase | co= | french university association for surgical research |
| Date of entry | da: | 19861015 |
| Date of last revision | ud: | 20001218 |
| Division | sb: | aim |
| Grant information | gi: | NEI |
| Identifier | id: | genetics |
| Identifier phrase | id= | nasa discipline exobiology |
| Issue | is: | 2 |
| Language phrase | ln= | french [browse index for available languages] |
| MeSH heading | mh: | family |
| MeSH heading phrase | mh= | family practice |
| Molecular sequence | ms: | k01239 |
| Named person phrase | na= | ewing j [last name first; browse index for exact name formats] |
| Notes | nt: | erratum |
| Number references | nr: | 448 |
| Page (first) | pg: | 2 |
| Place of publication | pl: | italy [use name of country] |
| Publication date | pd: | 1998 [browse index for exact name formats] |
| Record type phrase | rt= | dentistry [use to limit other search terms; browse index for available record types] |
| Record status phrase | rs= | in-process [browse index for record status formats] |
| Registry number | rn: | 50-00-0 |
| Source | so: | viral immunol* |
| Source phrase | so= | viral immunology |
| Standard number | sn: | 0369-8394 |
| SubHeading (MeSH) | sh: | genetics |
| SubHeading (MeSH) phrase | sh= | growth & development |
| Subject | su: | transplant+ |
| Subject All | sa= | receptors serotonin genetics |
| Subject phrase | su= | corneal transplantation |
| Title | ti: | end-diastolic flow |
| Title phrase | ti= | compensatory response of colon tissue to dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis |
| Volume | vo: | 34 |
| Year | yr: | 1998-1999 |