A bibliographic listing of references to articles from approximately 3100 biomedical journals worldwide. The National Library of Medicine indexes the literature that has been judged most useful to Index Medicus users by a group of distinguished physicians, medical editors, and medical librarians. Materials selected for inclusion are indexed by highly trained literature analysts. Citations are published only under subjects appearing in MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Monthly issues consist of two volumes: Part 1 Subject A-P and Part 2 Subject Q-Z, Authors, and Bibliography of Medical Reviews. The cumulated contents of the twelve monthly issues comprise the annual Cumulated Index Medicus.

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1879-1949: Clendening History of Medicine Library
1950 - 2001: Dykes Library in the Reference Stacks

This index is available electronically using the MEDLINE database. MEDLINE provides citations and abstracts, if available, to articles from approximately 3400 journals worldwide. MEDLINE is available for use by members of the KUMC community or Dykes Library cardholders. It is available to the public via PubMed.

1966-present
Location: Workstations

Science Citation Index

The ISI Web of Science provides seamless access to the Science Citation Expanded® Index, Social Sciences Citation Index®, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index™. It enables users to search current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,500 research journals. ISI Web of Science also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching. With it, users can navigate forward, backward, and through the literature, searching all disciplines and time spans to uncover all the information relevant to their research. ISI Web of Science is available to all KUMC affiliates and covers 1983 to the present.

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