Medline
Medline
Medline (/ˈmɛdlaɪn/) is a bibliographic database of life sciences and biomedical information. It includes bibliographic information for articles from academic journals covering medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and health care. Medline also covers much of the literature in biology and biochemistry, as well as fields such as molecular evolution.
Etymology
The term "Medline" is a portmanteau of "Medical" and "online". It was first used in 1971 as the name for the online access to the MEDLARS (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System) database of the National Library of Medicine.
Related Terms
- PubMed: A free search engine accessing primarily the Medline database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics.
- MEDLARS: An early computerized biomedical bibliographic retrieval system developed by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM).
- National Library of Medicine: The world's largest biomedical library which maintains and makes available a vast print collection and produces electronic information resources on a wide range of topics.
- Biomedical Information: Information about biological processes, diseases, treatments, and other health-related topics.
- Bibliographic Database: A database of bibliographic records, an organized digital collection of references to published literature, including journal and newspaper articles, conference proceedings, reports, government and legal publications, and books.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Medline
- Wikipedia's article - Medline
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