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Choosing the appropriate database

We are going to choose MEDLINE for this search. MEDLINE is the most comprehensive database for the biomedical literature, indexing over 3,900 journals. There are over 15 million citations in the database which covers 1966 to the present.

The Library offers access to MEDLINE and other databases through Ovid, Inc. The search screens and process will be similar for all of these databases. However the subject headings may be different. Contact your Librarian for assistance with the other databases.

For this search we are going to choose Medline.
NOTE: these tutorial screens were captured in 2001, but the important search functionalities reviewed remain the same. Graphics have been changed, breakdown of years covered in file segments has been altered, and, of course, new citations have been added.

To select a database, you will click on the name of the database. To find out more information about the database, you will click on the  Scope Note to the left of the database name
(Scope Note in the current version, in this earlier version  i ).


Questions?
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