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FAQ: Finding a List of Abridged Index Medicus or Index Medicus Journal Titles

Question: How do I find a list of Abridged Index Medicus (AIM or "Core Clinical") or Index Medicus (IM) journal titles?

Answer:

To find AIM or Core Clinical journal titles, go to the list of:

Abridged Index Medicus (AIM or "Core Clinical") Journal Titles at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/aim.html or the
List of Journals Indexed for MEDLINE at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/serials/lji.html
The symbol * indicates those titles in the AIM (or "Core Clinical") subset.

To find either the AIM titles or the Index Medicus titles, you can search either the NLM Catalog or LocatorPlus:

Go to the NLM Catalog
http://nlmcatalog.nlm.nih.gov.

To find Abridged Index Medicus (AIM) titles, enter the following in the search box and click Go:
abridged index medicus[itag]
To find Index Medicus titles, enter the following in the search box and Click Go:
index medicus[itag]
To restrict your search to currently indexed titles, add AND (currently-indexed[itag] OR currently-indexed-title-changed[itag]) to your search. For example:
abridged index medicus[itag] AND (currently-indexed[itag] OR currently-indexed-title-changed[itag])

Go to LocatorPlus
http://locatorplus.gov

to get a list of the journals that are currently indexed, follow all the steps.
to get a list of the journals that were ever indexed, skip steps 7-9.

Go to LocatorPlus at http://locatorplus.gov/
Click on the "Search LocatorPlus" button
Click on the "Advanced Menu Search" tab
In the "Search For:" box, type either:
- abridged index medicus
- index medicus
In the drop-down box to the right, select "as a phrase"
In the "Search In:" drop-down box, select "Abstract/Index Tags"
Make sure that the AND radio button is selected.
In the next "Search For" box, type 1 5 (that's 1 space 5),
In the drop-down box to the right, select "any of these"
In the "Search In:" drop-down box, select "Indexing Status"
Click on the gray "Search" button (towards the bottom of the page)

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Last reviewed: 10 July 2008
Last updated: 29 February 2008
First published: 17 March 2001
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