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Finding a List of MEDLINE Journals by Subject


Question: How do I find a list of current MEDLINE journals on a particular subject?

Answer:

For a list of broad subject terms applied to MEDLINE journals, see http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/journals/subjects.html. These categories are not as specific or comprehensive as the subject terms applied to records in the NLM Catalog.

You can also use LocatorPlus, our web-searchable library catalog, to search for a list of current MEDLINE journals on a topic:


LocatorPlus mainly uses Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). If you do not know the appropriate MeSH term for your subject, you can use the MeSH Browser to identify it at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html



  1. Go to LocatorPlus at http://locatorplus.gov/
  2. Click on the "Search LocatorPlus" button
  3. Click on the "Advanced Menu Search" tab
  4. In the "Search For:" box, type in the MeSH term
  5. In the drop-down box to the right, select "any of these" for one-word terms, or "as a phrase" for terms with multiple words
  6. In the "Search In:" drop-down box, select "Subject"
  7. Make sure that the AND radio button is selected
  8. In the "Search For:" box, type medline
  9. In the drop-down box to the right, select "any of these"
  10. In the "Search In:" drop-down box, select "Abstract/Index Tags"
  11. Make sure that the AND radio button is selected
  12. In the next "Search For" box, type 1 5 (that's 1 space 5),
  13. In the drop-down box to the right, select "any of these"
  14. In the "Search In:" drop-down box, select "Indexing Status"
  15. Click on the gray "Search" button (towards the bottom of the page)



screen snapshot of LocatorPlus

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Last reviewed: 16 January 2008
Last updated: 16 January 2008
First published: 31 October 2000
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