MEDLINE
§Dates
from 1966 to the present time
§Indexes
approximately 3900 journals
§Contains
11 million + citations, many with abstracts
§Uses
the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) controlled vocabulary thesaurus§English language articles comprise
75% - 80% of the database§Approximately
1-3 months lag time between publication and inclusion in database
§Updated
weekly