There are many versions of MEDLINE, with the main difference being the interface. The quality of the interface can make the difference between a messy MEDLINE search and precise search. The Mulford Library provides access to a number of versions of MEDLINE (OhioLink, PubMed, EBSCOhost, MD Consult); a comparison sheet is available.
OhioLINK MEDLINE
Most recent 5 years
1950-present *
1950-1965 (OLDMEDLINE) *
The OhioLINK interface is the most powerful search interfaces provided by the Mulford Library, making it easy to do powerful searches. It includes links to related records, full-text of the articles (if available), and local journal information. Access is restricted to faculty, residents, staff, and students who are registered with the University of Toledo Libraries or any other OhioLINK library.
* The 1950-present segment of MEDLINE includes references from 1950-1966 that have updated medical subject headings; to search all references from OLDMEDLINE (including those without updated subject headings), search OLDMEDLINE separately.
Mulford Library help guides
OhioLINK searching guide and MEDLINE help
PubMed
1950-present
PubMed is the free version of MEDLINE made available by National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Searchers on the University of Toledo Health Science Campus or those who are registered with the Mulford Library should search PubMed using this link; it tells PubMed to show information about locally-available online journals. To include locally-available online journals for the PubMed search via the Entrez cross-database search page use this URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gquery/gquery.fcgi?holding=ohiolinklib,mcolib_fft,f1000&otool=ohiolink
Mulford Library help sheets
PubMed online tutorial (from NLM)
PubMed animated tutorials (from NLM; Macromedia Flash required)
MEDLINE/PubMed FAQs (from NLM)PubMed also includes some special search features and databases:
Journals database (to look up journal names, abbreviations, ISSNs)
MeSH database (to find Medical Subject Headings to use in searches)
Single citation matcher (to verify a citation)
Clinical queries (research methodology/systematic reviews)
IndexCat: Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, 1880-1961 [information]
NCBI PMID-PMCID Converter (translate PubMed I.D. umbers to PubMed Central I.D. numbers)
EBSCOhost MEDLINE
1966-present [off-campus access]
Users sometimes find this interface a little difficult to use, but it also provides links to the full-text articles that are available at the Mulford Library. Access is restricted to faculty, residents, staff, and students who are registered with Mulford, Carlson, or any other OhioLINK library.
Mulford Library help sheet
EBSCOhost database help for MEDLINE
EBSCOhost online tutorials (Macromedia Flash Player required)
EBSCOhost user guides
