Medical Research / National
Library of Medicine
Attention: This link will take you to what is perhaps the
most technical and highly sophisticated medical search engine in the
world that is available on the Internet. The site is provided by the
United States of America's National Library of Medicine and
is primarily aimed toward expert physician use. Individuals without
significant medical education may have difficulty understanding the
material.
Helpful Tip: To search multiple words, such as the term
"pulmonary edema" - use the connector AND, for example:
Another example
would be:
An even more
specific example would be:
| breast AND cancer AND treatment |
Use
lowercase for the search word and uppercase for the connector.
You may have to look through several pages before you find a
citation that is helpful to your search. If abstracts are not
available, it will be noted just after the citation. Full articles
often are not available, but you may want to call a medical school
library such as the University of Missouri, University of Oklahoma,
University of Arkansas, etc. to inquire about purchasing a copy,
should you desire.
After you find relevant articles with abstracts, look to the
right for the "Related Articles" term and click to narrow your
search. Best wishes in finding helpful information.
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