How to Use Index Medicus, Psychological Abstracts, Excerpta Medica

Barry Strickland-Hodge

Gower, 1994 - Medical - 114 pages

Updated edition (1st ed., 1986) of a manual that aids the improvement of searching techniques in the most widely used indexing and abstracting services in the medical sciences, by highlighting the most effective ways of searching the sources, pointing out potential problems and how to overcome them. A companion volume to How to Use Biological Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, and Index Chemicus. For students, medical librarians, researchers, and practicing medical personnel. Comb-binding. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• Tools used in searching Index Medicus: 9
• Details of headings used in MeSH: 29
• Index Medicus: 39
• PSYCHOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS: 45
• TABLE OF CONTENTS: 53
• Tools used in searching Psychological Abstracts: 55
• The individual parts of Psychological Abstracts: 67
• Health Mental Health Treatment Prevention: 72
• EXCERPTA MEDICA: 83
• EM List of Journals Indexed: 88
• Guides to using Excerpta Medica: 95
• The individual sections: 105

Bibliographic information

• Title: How to Use Index Medicus, Psychological Abstracts, Excerpta Medica
• Author: Barry Strickland-Hodge
• Edition: 2, illustrated
• Publisher: Gower, 1994
• Original from: University of Chicago
• Digitized: Apr 19, 2011
• ISBN: 0566075555, 9780566075551
• Length: 114 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Reference; Reference / Bibliographies & Indexes