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