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MEDLINE Ultimate (via Ebsco)

Access

If required login using your university email address and password.

The new look Ebsco interface is now live.  

We have the following guides to help you use the new website:
Quick Guide to Using Ebsco Eresources  
Advanced Searching in Ebsco Eresources 
Subject searching

Key updates:

  • Searching functionality stays the same in terms of entering keywords, building search strategies and viewing results
  • Any previous saved searches you had should have carried over into this new look
  • Ability to save and download more results than previously
  • A ‘Recent Activity’ log of searches and viewed records
  • New ‘Add to Project’ feature to save results for specific named projects
  • A new MyEbsco area which includes access to projects, saved items and recent activity log

If you previously created custom folders in the old version you will get a report to work with when you first login again.  Visit the Ebsco guidance for assistance with this. 

Any queries please email skills@cumbria.ac.uk  

Full Details

The most comprehensive companion to the MEDLINE index, MEDLINE Ultimate offers the largest collection of top-tier biomedical journals, many with no embargo, to provide you with access to the information as soon as it is published.
In addition, MEDLINE Ultimate gives you access to a broad range 
of medical research subjects, including: 
• Behavioral sciences
• Biomedicine
• Health policy developments
• Life sciences 
• Pre-clinical science
• And more

Additional Features:
• Easy-to-use interface with basic and advanced search features
• Subject Headings that follow  the structure of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) 
• Active full-text medical journals
• Ongoing full text and deep backfile coverage for many key journals


PubMed vs MedLine. Some people find the search easier in Pubmed and it searches wider content but it does not provide full-text, just occasional links to freely available content. MEDLINE is better for targeted Medical subject searching (has better indexing) and quick access to the full-text content.

Date Range

Coverage dating back to 1949 and full-text back to 1965.

Size

Active full-text journals and magazines 1466
Active full text peer reviewed journals 1457
Active full-text journals indexed in Web of Science or Scopus 1434
Active full text, peer reviewed journals with no embargo 600

Features

Simple and advanced search options.
Search specific journals.

Search Tips

Can search using MeSH terminology.

Other information

A tutorial is available from the website.

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