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FAQ: How to Tell if a Journal is Owned by NLM

Question: When I am using PubMed, how can I tell if the journal is owned by NLM?
Answer:

You can link from the PubMed Journals Database to LocatorPlus, to see journals owned or not owned by the NLM. Follow these instructions.

  1. In PubMed, you must be in the Abstract or Citation display of a citation. Click on the journal title abbreviation. A small Links window will appear.

  2. Select Journals. This will take you to the record for the journal in the PubMed Journals Database.

  3. Either click on the linked NLM ID at the bottom of the record, or click on the Links menu, to the right of the record and select -- NLM Catalog. These steps take you to the record for the journal in the NLM Catalog.

  4. Click on the box labeled -- NLM Holdings in LocatorPlus -- at the top of the record, or click on the Links menu, to the right of the record and select LocatorPlus.

  5. In the LocatorPlus record, look for Location:
    Beneath Location is important information:
    • General Collection means the NLM owns the title.
    • Availability indicates which issues the NLM owns. If the date range includes a dash (such as 2001-), the NLM continues to receive that journal.
    • Status lists issues that are not available at the NLM at this time.

The FAQ: NLM LocatorPlus -- Item Availabilty explains more about the status information in LocatorPlus at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/lpstatus.html

Information to get items shown as "not at NLM" is at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/lpnotatnlm.html

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Last reviewed: 18 September 2008
Last updated: 18 September 2008
First published: 25 November 2002
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