Bailey Library > Databases and Indexes

Medline

Coverage
On-Campus Access:	http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,url,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=cmedm
Off-Campus Access:	http://voyager.ship.edu/remote/validate.cgi?db=EBSCO&custom=%22profile=web&defaultdb=cmedm%22
Description:	Provides authoritative information collected by the National Library of Medicine on 500 plus health topics, medical encyclopedia, drug information, interactive patient tutorials, videos on surgical procedures, formulated MEDLINE searches, and the latest news.
Dates Covered:	1966-present
Types of Coverage:	Index and Full Text
Source List:	Click on the Publication link at the top of the interface screen
Frequency of Updates:	Varies
Subjects Covered:	Nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, allied health, and pre-clinical sciences
Types of Items:	Premier source of full-text and abstract on bibliographic coverage of biomedical literature. MEDLINE encompasses information from Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing, as well as other sources.
Number of Items:	As of 01/01/04: 14 million references to journal articles
Source
Vendor:	Ebsco http://www.ebscohost.com
Publisher:	National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov
Other Information
Aggregate Database:	On-Campus: http://search.ebscohost.com/ Off-Campus: http://voyager.ship.edu/remote/validate.cgi?db=EBSCO
Related Resources:	Cochrane Library
Additional Assistance/Help:	Help button located in the top right of the interface screen. Tutorial: http://support.epnet.com/training/tutorials.php
Number of Users:	Unlimited
What's New:	My EBSCO: is a personal account; create one by, clicking on the sign in to my ebsco link at the top left interface screen Alert Service: located in the Advance Search link, under the search history/alert tab. Allows the topic to be search in a time interval and can have the search results be emailed.
Special Features:	MeSH link at the top of the interface screen; allows one to browse information by (Terms begin with, Terms contain and relevancy rank)
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