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:
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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