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Finding a List of Current MEDLINE Journals by Country or Language in the NLM Catalog

Question: How do I find a list of current MEDLINE journals by Country of Publication or Language in the NLM Catalog?

Answer:

To retrieve a list of current MEDLINE journals by country or language, search the NLM Catalog at http://nlmcatalog.nlm.nih.gov

To find:

All MEDLINE journals - enter the following in the search box:
medline [itag]
Currently indexed journals - enter the following in the search box:
"Currently-indexed" [itag]
Currently indexed MEDLINE journals - combine these searches with AND:
medline [itag] AND "Currently-indexed" [itag]
Currently indexed MEDLINE journals in English - add this:
medline [itag] AND "Currently-indexed" [itag] AND english [la]
You can also use the Limits tab to limit to a specific language.

To search for publications from a specific country, add a place of publication to query box:

medline [itag] AND "Currently-indexed" [itag] AND english [la] AND australia [pl]

For more information, or for a list of all search field descriptions and tags for the NLM Catalog, see the NLM Catalog Help at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/nlmcat_help.html#search_tags.

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Last reviewed: 13 December 2007
Last updated: 13 December 2007
First published: 19 October 2006
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