Searching for Medical Articles on Medline

 

 

 

To get connected:

 

Click Google  >  type medline  >  click I’m Feeling Lucky  >  click PubMed

 

OR

 

Type in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi 

 

 

Now that you are connected:

 

Type your search word or words in the box and click GO

Boolean operators, AND, OR, NOT must be entered in upper case.

 

 

To search a specific journal:

 

Type the journal’s abbreviated title or the journal’s ISSN # space [ta] space AND space

         your search term     click GO

either of these will work:

            am j nurs [ta] AND lupus

            0002-936X [ta] AND lupus

 

Abbreviations of Medical Journal Names:

 

 

ABBREVIATION

ISSN #

TITLE and holdings

 

Am Fam Physician

0002-838X

American Family Physician, *

 

Am J Nurs

0002-936X

American Journal of Nursing, **

 

Am J Public Health

0090-0036

American Journal of Public Health, *

 

Emergency

0162-5942

Emergency, 1993-June 1998

 

Emerg Med

0013-6654

Emergency Medicine, *

 

Harv Health Lett

1052-1577

Harvard Health Letter, October 1990-

 

Hastings Cent Rep

0093-0334

Hastings Center Report, 1991-

 

Hosp Health Netw

1068-8838

Hospitals and Health Networks, June 1993-

 

JAMA

0098-7484

JAMA, 1990-

 

J AHIMA

1060-5487

Journal of AHIMA     [American Health Information Management], September 1994-

 

J Gerontol Nurs

0098-9134

Journal of Gerontological Nursing, June 1991-2000

 

J Holist Nurs

0898-0101

Journal of Holistic Nursing, December 1998-

 

J Law Med Ethics

1073-1105

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Spring 1994-2000

 

 

ABBREVIATION

ISSN #

TITLE and holdings

 

J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv

0279-3695

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 1985-

 

J Sch Health

0022-4391

Journal of School Health, 1988-2000

 

J Am Diet Assoc

0002-8223

Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 1995-2000

 

Lancet

0140-6736

Lancet, 1994-

 

MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs

0361-929X

MCN: the American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 1990-2000

 

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep

0149-2195

MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 1998-

 

Mod Healthc

0160-7480

Modern Healthcare, current 3 years

 

Nature

0028-0836

Nature, April 1994-

 

N Engl J Med

0028-4793

New England Journal of Medicine, 1990-

 

Nursing

0360-4039

Nursing 2000, 2001, **

 

Nurs Clin North Am

0029-6465

Nursing Clinics of North America, **

 

Nurs Res

0029-6562

Nursing Research, 1990-2000

 

Nutr Rev

0029-6643

Nutrition Reviews, *

 

RN

0033-7021

RN [Registered Nurse], **

 

Top Health Inf Manage

1065-0989

Topics in Health Information Management, May 1994

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

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LM  26 February 2001, revised on 3 April 2001