Medical Literature

PubMed (1946- ) covers, usually with abstracts, periodical articles on all areas of medicine. For pre-1946 articles see the Index Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office
--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.
--Hit Free article or Try Harvard Library, not the publisher's name to see full text
--You can narrow by particular Publication Type (Case Report, Interview, Personal Narrative and many others) by  going down to the bottom of the left hand column and hitting Additional filters Article Type. A list of Article types opens up.  Choose one or more types and hit Show.  The Article Type now shows up in the short list of article types near the top of the left hand column.  Now hit the Types desired.  You can also filter by date range.
--To limit to historical (secondary) articles use searches of the form: influenza AND history[MeSH Terms]
--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.

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 to find articles that cite a specified article, thus getting an idea of its reception. 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".

Global health (1973-Present) and Global Health Archive (1910-1983) cover international public health

PubMed (1950-Present) covers, usually with abstracts, periodical articles on all areas of medicine.

Medical Heritage Library. Information about the Medical Heritage Library.   Has most of the state medical journals. State Medical Society Journals (Countway guide)

Major US Medical Periodicals

Most online sources, other than HathiTrust (for pre-1923 issues), contain articles only, not advertisements.

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) '

African-American'

National Negro health news. Washington : United States Public Health Service. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan./Mar. 1933)-
HOLLIS Record

National Negro health news. Washington: United States Public Health Service, v. 1-18 no. 2, Jan./Mar. 1933-Apr./June 1950.
HOLLIS Record
HathiTrust Full Text (Reprint)
HathiTrust Full Text

National Negro Health Week: Annual observance under the auspices of the annual Tuskegee negro conference and the National negro business league, in cooperation with the United States Public Health Service, state health departments [etc.]. 1915-1939 (to 1951?). Washington, DC: United States Public Health Service.
HathiTrust Full Text, no. 9, 1923- 25, 1939

Journal of the National Medical Association. New York [etc.] : Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1909- . 
HOLLIS Records
PubMed Central Full Text 1909-2007