Something Old
OLDMEDLINE link removed is a database from the National Library of Medicine link removed, which includes over 1.5 million biomedical citations dating from 1951 through 1965. Records include author, title, and bibliographic information, but will not include any abstracts. Subject headings are fewer in number than regular MEDLINE citations and are NOT the current subject headings, but the ones assigned at the time of original indexing. Searches may be limited to OLDMEDLINE by using the Limits Menu in PUBMED or by selecting the OLDMEDLINE database in Ovid.

For more information about OLDMEDLINE, please consult either the NLM database information sheet link removed or click on the information icon in Ovid link removed. For more information or to access any of the Library's databases, please consult the Search System & Database link removed web page.

Something New
The LSUHSC Library now has access to a current awareness database specifically designed for the allied health and nursing fields, Pre-CINAHL link removed. Current awareness databases allow researchers to access the most recent citations before they are fully indexed. The indexing process often creates lag time between when a citation or table of contents is available to a database and when it is available to a researcher. This lag time could be anywhere from a few days for the most important journals to several months, especially for foreign language publications. For more information or to access any of the Library's databases, please consult the Search System & Database link removed web page.

Pre-CINAHL is considered a companion database to CINAHL link removed (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature). Items appear in the Pre-CINAHL database only until they are fully indexed and are then rotated into CINAHL. Author, title, and keyword searching are available, but there is no subject access to the citations. This database has been created by EBSCO link removed, the company that purchased CINAHL Information Systems in October 2003. As such, it is available through the EBSCOhost search system, but not through Ovid.

As always if any assistance is needed with these or any other Library database, or if you have any questions, please contact the Reference link removed Department at the Isché Library (504) 568-6102 / (504) 568-8339, or at the Dental link removed Library (504) 619-8507.