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Medline: Resource of the week #24

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What is it?
Medline is a medical bibliographic database, containing the details and abstracts of thousands of articles relating to medicine. You can search across a wide range of medicine-related journals.

Key Features
We provide access to the Medline database via 2 routes:
  • Ebsco databases – for Keele staff and students
  • HDAS databases – for NHS staff
Both these routes allow you to use the following functionality:
  • Perform simple and advanced searching
  • Use thesaurus searching
  • Save searches
  • Export results
  • Access some full-text articles
How can it help you?
The Medline database allows you to search a wide range of medicine and related topics, to find the research you need for your assignments, dissertations and research.

How to access it?
Medline is available on the Internet via the Ebsco databases and the Proquest databases.

You will need to log on:
  • Keele staff and students have access via the Ebsco databases. You should use the Medline link on your subject page and log on with your Keele computer log in details.
  • NHS staff should log in to the HDAS database using your NHS Athens username and then select the Medline database to search.
More help?
For more help check our online guides section:


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