PubMed

What is PubMed?

PubMed is a free database providing abstracts to articles in the biomedical and life science literature sourced from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. PubMed was established in 1996.

Who creates and maintains PubMed?

PubMed is a service of the National Library of Medicine.

What is included in PubMed?

The abstracts and citation information for over 37 million journal articles published in 5600+ journals in 30+ languages. Articles date back to 1946.

Abstracts and citation information are available for a variety of disciplines in the biomedical and life sciences, including: medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, allied health, environmental science, and more. 

What is not included in PubMed?

• Full text journal articles, though links to the full text are often present via a variety of sources (open access resources, publisher websites, PubMed Central [PMC], or subscription databases from the Medical LIbrary). 
• Meeting abstracts
• Conference proceedings
• Dissertations
• Patents 
• Websites

How do I search PubMed?

Searching PubMed is a little different than searching other library resources. NLM indexers add words called Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) to the information about each article. Searching with MeSH words helps you find more relevant articles. This guide will help you learn how!

Below you will find the direct link to PubMed, as well as a short video introducing you to this valuable resource.