PubMed
Official destination: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
PubMed is a free search resource for biomedical and life-science literature, maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the U.S. National Library of Medicine. It contains citations and abstracts from MEDLINE, PubMed Central, Bookshelf, and related sources.
Why it is useful
PubMed supports focused health and life-science searching with structured bibliographic information and Medical Subject Headings in MEDLINE records. Records can link to available full text from other providers.
Best for
Biomedical, health, and life-science literature
Not ideal for
General research outside its subject coverage or guaranteed full text
Limitations
PubMed primarily supplies citations and abstracts and does not contain the full text of every journal article. Search results are not personal medical advice, and individual studies must be interpreted within the broader evidence.
Destination and official information checked July 17, 2026. Private editorial draft; not yet approved for publication.
Why it is useful
PubMed supports focused health and life-science searching with structured bibliographic information and Medical Subject Headings in MEDLINE records. Records can link to available full text in PubMed Central, at a publisher, or through another provider. Its structured subject indexing also supports more precise searches than a general web search.
Limitations
PubMed primarily supplies citations and abstracts and does not contain the full text of every journal article. Search results are not personal medical advice, and individual studies must be interpreted within the broader evidence.