Using specialized databases is a way of narrowing to a particular discipline. Often easier than doing it in HOLLIS Everything.
Periodicals Index Online (PIO) indexes over 5500 English and Western European language journals from their inceptions to 1995. Limit to journals on a particular discipline by adjusting Journal Subject(s) menu. PIO searches the full text Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) which contains a, roughly 700 journal subset of the journals in PIO. PAO extends to 2000, and to 2005 for recently added journals.
You can use the Cited Reference Search in Web of Science find articles (or books, 2005- ) citing a book or article.
Open Cited Reference Search. Put your author in the first box (initials only): Harris E. Specify the work with its date, not its title (Titles are abbreviated variously). Select the pertinent records, which are largely unordered, in the results screen. Searching a common name will yield numerous irrelevant results. Finish search.
For example:
Disease Diplomacy International Norms and Global Health Security, by Sara E. Davies, Adam Kamradt-Scott, and Simon Rushton. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015, 193 pages.
Search:
Cited author: Davies se
AND
Cited year(s): 2015
Note that the title of a book may be abbreviated in the results list variously and obscurely.
Business Premium Collection (1971-) indexes academic management, marketing, and general business journals
Business Source Complete (early 20th century- )
EconLit (1969- ) indexes articles from over 525 journals. Since 1987 includes books and dissertations. Earlier years available in print in Index to Economic Journals (1886- ) and Index of economic articles in collective volumes (1960- )
International bibliography of economics (1953- ), included in International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, is a bibliography of periodical articles, books, essays in books, and government publications.
Economist Historical Archive (1843-2004).
Global health (1973- ) and Global health archive (1912-1983) cover the literature of public health
PubMed is the major source for medical articles since 1947. The National Library of Medicine offers search guides. For pre-1947 articles see the Index Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, below.
--Be sure to look at the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) at the bottom of pertinent records. Very recent articles may not as yet received their MeSH terms. So look at older records to find the MeSH terms, and use a variety of keywords as well as MeSH terms to find the new records.
--The MeSH terms are the same as the Medical Subject terms found in HOLLIS.
--MeSH Database defines MeSH terms and shows their place in the hierarchy. Narrower terms are automatically searched when searching a broader term (called term explosion). Entry Terms section gives related and obsolete terms.
--Obsolete terminology. Medical terms are often changed and new terms introduced. On pre-1960 records, after noting the MeSH terms, switch to Medline display to see obsolete terms under the OT field.
See also:
Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office (U. S. Army), Authors and Subjects.
The Library of the Surgeon General’s office, now called the National Library of Medicine, published its catalog in book form 1880-1895. The catalog includes an author and a subject entry for books and just a subject entry for articles. Having reached authors and subjects beginning with the letter Z in 1895, they started a 2nd series covering material purchased since the first series. They did this twice more, until, in the 4th series, when cataloging literature beginning with Mn (as in Mnemonic) for the year 1949, they were overwhelmed by the periodical literature and terminated periodical indexing. The 5th series covers books only. Each volume covers the literature for its letter span until about a year before its publication date. Thus, although series 4 indexes the literature through 1949, authors and subjects beginning with the letter A are indexed through about 1935 only. The Library continued to buy older material, so 17th century books may occur in any series. Use Index Medicus for article author access. Biographical data and obituaries are included.
- 1st ser.: 1880-95, 16 v.
- 2nd ser.: 1896-1916, 21 v.
- 3rd ser.: 1918-32, 10 v.
- 4th ser.: 1936-55, 11 v.; Covers A - Mn only; 11th volume (Mh-Mn) includes literature through 1949 (v.1:A(1936); 2:B(1937); 3:C(1938); 4:D(1939); 5:E-F (1940); 6:G(1941); 7:H(1942); 8:I-J(1943); 9:K-L(1945);10:M-Mez(1948); 11:Mh-Mn(1955 but indexed -1949)
- 5th ser. (suppl.): 1959-61, 3 v.; Books only, periodicals not indexed
Click the periodical abbreviation to obtain the full title.
For the years 1930 through 1946 (when PubMed coverage begins), there is a gap in coverage. This applies to all subjects beginning with Mo and after, and with pre-Mo subjects depending on the letter of the alphabet. For example, the volume covering the letter A appeared in 1936, so there is no coverage for Angina for about 1935-1946 when PubMed begins. For this era use Index Medicus:
Quarterly Cumulative Index Medicus (1927-1956) American Medical Association. 60 v.
HOLLIS Record
--Alphabetical arrangement, subjects and authors in one alphabet.
Current List of Medical Literature (1941-1959). Army Medical Library; Armed Forces Medical Library, 36 volumes
HOLLIS Record
HathiTrust Version (1941-1958)
You can also browse and search online via Hathitrust versions. Search "index catalogue of the library" as a phrase in the Hathitrust Advanced Catalog search. This yields several records each of which lists several digitized volumes. There is not one master record.
--You can also search the whole Index Catalog full text in Hathitrust Advanced Full Text search. Put your search term in one search box and the phrase "Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon" in the other, choosing Title from the menu.
Web of Science Citation Indexes (1900- ) articles in all areas of science. Includes medical articles not in PubMed. You can use the Cited Reference search in the Web of Science find primary source articles that cite a specified article, thus getting an idea of its receptrion. More information.
JSTOR offers full-text of complete runs (up to about 5 years ago) of over 400 journals. JSTOR allows simultaneous or individual searching, full-text searching optional, numerous journals in a variety of fields of science and medicine. JSTOR searches the "Notes and News" sections of journals (Science is especially rich in this material). In Advanced Search choose Item Type: Miscellaneous to limit largely to "Notes and News".
Medical Heritage Library. Information about the Medical Heritage Library. Major subcollections include:
Most online sources, other than HathiTrust (for pre-1923 issues), contain articles only, not advertisements. The Medical Heritage Library has digitized most of the state medical journals up to the present.
State Medical Society Journals. Open the collection tab. You may wish to change Sort by from Views to Titles, then shift to List on extreme right. Note search box on left.
For post1922 ads, you can also browse the paper copies.
Journal of the American Medical Association. (later called JAMA)
HOLLIS record
Online access
The New England Journal of Medicine.
HOLLIS record
Online access
Continues the:
Boston medical and surgical journal. 1828-1928.
HOLLIS
Online (1828-1922)
International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text (1900- ; full text 1998- ) indexes over 150 scholarly and popular journals, newspapers, and newsletters from the US, Africa and the Caribbean.
Race Relations Abstracts (1975-Present)
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) (1915- ) indexes international public and social policy literature. Includes journal articles, books, book chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, government documents, etc.
JSTOR includes the full text of 119 political science journals from their date of inception to about 5 years ago.
International bibliography of political science (1953- ), included in International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, is a bibliography of periodical articles, books, essays in books, and government publications.
Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts: ASSIA (largely 1987- )
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences(1951- ) includes: International bibliography of sociology
Sociological Abstracts (1952-)
Urban Studies Abstracts (1973 - )