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MEDLINE® (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online) is a database of predominantly biomedical bibliographic citations maintained by the U.S. [[National Library of Medicine]] (NLM).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/medline.html |title=MEDLINE Fact Sheet |author=National Library of Medicine|accessdate=2007-11-09 |format= |work=}}</ref> Each citation includes bibliographic data, abstract if available, links to full text of the article and keywords. The keywords are indexed with the NLM's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/mesh.html |title=Medical Subject Headings (MESH®) Fact Sheet |author=National Library of Medicine |accessdate=2007-11-09 |format= |work=}}</ref> | MEDLINE® (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online) is a database of predominantly biomedical bibliographic citations maintained by the U.S. [[National Library of Medicine]] (NLM).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/medline.html |title=MEDLINE Fact Sheet |author=National Library of Medicine|accessdate=2007-11-09 |format= |work=}}</ref> Each citation includes bibliographic data, abstract if available, links to full text of the article and keywords. The keywords are indexed with the NLM's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/mesh.html |title=Medical Subject Headings (MESH®) Fact Sheet |author=National Library of Medicine |accessdate=2007-11-09 |format= |work=}}</ref> | ||
There are many third party interfaces to search MEDLINE such as OVID<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ovid.com/site/catalog/DataBase/901.jsp |title=MEDLINE® - Ovid's MEDLINE |accessdate=2007-11-09 |format= |work=}}</ref>. The National Library of Medicine's own search interface, PubMed (http://pubmed.gov) | There are many third party interfaces to search MEDLINE such as OVID<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ovid.com/site/catalog/DataBase/901.jsp |title=MEDLINE® - Ovid's MEDLINE |accessdate=2007-11-09 |format= |work=}}</ref>. The National Library of Medicine's own search interface, PubMed (http://pubmed.gov) has been freely available since its first search was performed by Vice President [[Al Gore]] from a press conference at the US Capitol on June 26, 1997.<ref name="aug97">{{cite web |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Web/Newsltr/aug97.html |title=August 1997 |author=Anonymous|accessdate=2007-11-09 |format= |work=}}</ref> | ||
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June 26, 1997: The first search of PubMed by Vice President Al Gore at the US Capitol.[1]
June 26, 1997: The first search of PubMed by Vice President Al Gore at the US Capitol.[1]
MEDLINE® (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online) is a database of predominantly biomedical bibliographic citations maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM).[2] Each citation includes bibliographic data, abstract if available, links to full text of the article and keywords. The keywords are indexed with the NLM's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®).[3]
There are many third party interfaces to search MEDLINE such as OVID[4]. The National Library of Medicine's own search interface, PubMed (http://pubmed.gov) has been freely available since its first search was performed by Vice President Al Gore from a press conference at the US Capitol on June 26, 1997.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Center for Biotechnology Information. August 1997. Retrieved on 2007-11-09. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "aug97" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ National Library of Medicine. MEDLINE Fact Sheet. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
- ↑ National Library of Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MESH®) Fact Sheet. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
- ↑ MEDLINE® - Ovid's MEDLINE. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.