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IndMED and medIND databases

ICMR-NIC Centre for Biomedical Information(Indian MEDLARS Centre)

indmed.nic.in; medind.nic.in

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Indian MEDLARS Centre

p ICMR-NIC Centre for Biomedical Information set up in 1986 to cater to information needs of biomedical professionals in India

p Recognized as 17th International MEDLARS Centre - Indian MEDLARS Centre (IMC)

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IMC servicesp Provide information from NLM’s

databases plus from other internet resources & CD databases

p Support services like training, full-text of journal articles, Union Catalogue of Biomedical Periodicals

p Website (http//indmed.nic.in) ranked 1st amongst Indian health site by Google

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IndMED databasep IMC has designed and developed a

bibliographic database of 76 peer reviewed Indian medical journals… IndMED

p Database developed to cover non-Medline journals

p Bibliography of journals from 1985

p Simple & Advanced search mode available

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IndMED database

p Database accessible, free of cost, from IMC’s website

p Links provided to existing sites of journals

p IndMED articles made searchable through search engines

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Online full-text database..medIND

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Objectives…p Full-text of 3 Indian journals (Indian

Journal of Medical Research, Indian Paediatrics and Neurology India) covered in MEDLINE

p To develop a one-point resource of Indian biomedical literature

p Include full-text of journals covered in IndMED

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Features…p Browse / Search directly & / or from

IMC site

p Options for viewing / downloading depending on Internet connection

p 2nd Phase - Include full-text of Indian journals covered in MEDLINE

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p MOU signed with 26 editors (16 journals received in soft copy format)

p Coverage from 2000 onwards

p Site launched in August 2003

p Free hosting of contents; copyright with editors while ownership with IMC

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Journals

p Endodontology p Health Administrator p Indian Journal of Aerospace Medicine p Indian Journal of Allergy Asthma &

Immunology p Indian Journal of Anesthesia p Indian Journal of Chest Diseases &

Allied Sciences

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p Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

p Indian Journal of Community Medicine

p Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

p Indian Journal of Medical & Pediatric Oncology

p Indian Journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine

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p Indian Journal of Occupational Therapy

p Indian Journal of Pharmacology p Indian Journal of Preventive and

Social Medicinep Indian Journal of Thoracic &

Cardiovascular Surgery p Indian Journal of Tuberculosis p Indian Pediatricsp J.K. Practitioner

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p Journal, Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine

p Journal of Indian Rheumatology Association

p Journal of The Anatomical Society of India

p Journal of Indian Association of Pediatrics Surgeons

p Medical Journal of Armed Forces of India

p NTI Bulletin

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Methodology…p Links provided to existing full-text

journals in IndMED database

p Available soft copy format (Page Maker) made available from medIND website

p Hard copy formats scanned, OCRed, verified, converted to PDF and made available from medIND website

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Open Archive of Biomedical Literaturep Open Archive of Biomedical Literature

being designed by Indian MEDLARS Centre

p Developed using E-Prints softwarep Has Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

vocabularyp To include Indian as well as

international literaturep Include all forms of publicationsp To be launched shortly

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