PubMed Central

• Access PubMed Central
• Brief description An archive of free access full-text health journals
• Resource type Full-text journals, references and abstracts
• Accessibility Statement

Access

Direct, no login required.

Full Details

An archive of free access full-text health journals provided by National Institute of Health (US).

Date Range

Some from late 1800s.

Size

500,000+ articles.

Features

• PMC News mail list.
• RSS feed.
• The link on the right of an article links to cited articles.
• Use the “send to” menu to save print email, send to etc.
• Send results to the clipboard, where they can be stored for 8 hours.
• To save results permanently register to access “My NCBI” .
• Limits tab give full range of limiting options.
• History tab allows you to combine searches.

Search Tips

• The main search box is used for keyword, journal title or author.
• To search on author include the initials without punctuation, e.g. Brown PH.
• If you don’t know the initials put [au], e.g. Brown[au].
• Use “Citation search” to find a known article.
• Search the “Journals list” to find a journal.