Basic Medical Library Management: Databases and Internet Sites

Three Essential Databases

1. PubMed

   The web based interface to MEDLINE. MEDLINE holds over 11 million citations from more than 4,000 journals.

   • Fact Sheets, Guides and Tutorials
   • Making PubMed Work for You
   • PubMed Training Manual
   • Medical Subject Headings (MESH) is NLM's controlled vocabulary thesaurus. The MESH Browser is available online and is also directly linked to PubMed for more efficient searching.

2. Medlineplus

   NLM's consumer health resource provides access to extensive information about specific diseases and conditions and also links to a drug information database, medical encyclopedias, dictionaries and doctor locators.

3. Locatorplus

   NLM's catalog of books, audiovisuals, and journals.