LibGuides: Nursing: MEDLINE vs. PubMed

PubMed vs. MEDLINE

MEDLINE (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) premier bibliographic database that contains more than 29 million references to journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine. A distinctive feature of MEDLINE is that the records are indexed with (and research is traceable through) NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
To get the full-text of articles, use the "Find It" button to access CSU Stanislaus library article sources and Get It services.
PubMed Central This link opens in a new window
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PubMed comprises of citations for biomedical journal articles from MEDLINE (or queued to be included in MEDLINE in the future), other life science journals, and selected medical books.
The Stan State library link adds a code (?otool=cacsuslib) to tell PubMed to add a Find It! link to let you access Stan State library subscriptions or an Interlibrary Loan request form for an article.

PubMed vs. MEDLINE

Both databases search a similar group of medical literature (mostly medical journals) compiled by the NLM. PubMed includes "future MEDLINE" articles that have not yet been fully indexed (assigned detailed MeSH / Medical Subject Headings), as well as a small amount of additional content (from life sciences journals and selected medical books).
All MEDLINE content is from medical journals and all content includes detailed indexing according to carefully controlled and applied Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), insuring all research on a specific content is accessible under standardized terms.

Access to the full articles On PubMed:

PubMed links to the publisher's site of most articles, and also links to free online access for many articles (but not all).
For articles that are not free to the general public online, use the University Library (linked via Find It! or by visiting the library website) to access content already purchased by Stan State (or to have the library acquire a copy for you via Interlibrary Loan).