MEDLINE (FirstSearch)

Additional Information

Description International coverage of all areas of medicine (clinical and experimental), dentistry, nursing, health services administration, etc. Searches 12 million records. Interface is through OCLC, and resembles that for ArticleFirst and Worldcat.
Format Citations; some full-text via SFX
Coverage Varies, begins as early as 1965
Availability Immediate for library holdings (print or electronic). Longer for Interlibrary Loan.
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Additional Search Aids

Truncation * (any ending of stem)
Wildcard # (any number of characters)
Thesaurus MeSH
Special Features Generates Interlibrary Loan form on request. Some of the generated catalog searches do not work, because they are not searching for the periodical. A few full-text links to articles
Additional Search Tips To search singular and plural terms simultaneously, use a + at the end of the singular form. The wildcard replacement for only a single character is ?, which can be repeated up to 9 times. Limit by field searched, publication types. Areas of medicine are labeled Record type. Does not allow age, gender or species search. Can limit to full-text.
On Campus Access No restrictions
Off Campus Access Off-campus access restricted to WTAMU faculty, staff and students.
Funding TexShare
Vendor OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
Help Guides
Help Guides
List of covered journals