National Library of Medicine Databases

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MedlinePlus

 

MedlinePlus - Consumer Health website with information on diseases, prescription medicines, genetics, and treatments.

PubMed

 

PubMed - Large medical literature database (indexes thousands of journals, books, and papers). Many articles have free-full text.

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Medline - A smaller medical literature database that is part of PubMed. These are indexed using official MeSH subject terms from the National Library of Medicine. Many articles have full-text links.

Clinicaltrails

 

ClinicalTrials.gov - Look for current and upcoming clinical trials as well as the results and analysis of past trials.

PubChem logo

 

PubChem - PubChem is the world's largest collection of freely accessible chemical information. Search chemicals by name, molecular formula, structure, and other identifiers.





Medline Plus is designed for consumer health users. Medical terminology is kept to a minimum.

PubMed and Medline are designed largely for medical professionals. However many of these articles may be of interest to consumer health users.

ClinicalTrials.gov is designed for both consumer and professional users. Be aware that your physician's permission is required to participate in a trial.

PubChem is designed for both professional users and students of chemistry.

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Learn more about MeSH Subject headings

Using the CINAHL/MeSH Subject Headings Feature in EBSCOhost - Tutorial

Using CINAHL/MeSH Subject Headings