Report:MEDLINE/Data Coverage/Subject Coverage

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Subject Coverage

Subject coverage in MEDLINE is not explicitly tagged or labeled outside of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH terms) labeling. For more information on MeSH terms, see the controlled vocabulary section.

Generally, coverage includes journals that specialize in the following subject areas:[1]

  • biomedicine
  • health
  • life sciences
  • behavioral sciences
  • chemical sciences
  • bioengineering


Some coverage is also included for:[2]

  • public health
  • health policy development
  • biology
  • environmental science
  • marine biology
  • plant and animal science
  • biophysics
  • chemistry


Sources

  1. "MEDLINE Fact Sheet." National Library of Medicine website, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/medline.html. Accessed on January 16, 2009.
  2. "MEDLINE Fact Sheet." National Library of Medicine website, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/medline.html. Accessed on January 16, 2009.
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