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Manuscripts

Help added to Bookshelf. 2006 Sep-Oct:e1

History of Medicine. 2009 Mar-Apr:e15

NIH Manuscript Submission System. 2008 Jan-Feb:e6; 2009 Jul-Aug:e7

PubMed Link to Author Manuscripts in PMC. 2005 Jul-Aug:e3

Resources & Tools Web Page. 2009 Mar-Apr:e7

MARC

Artificially Reconstructed Subject Strings

MBR, see MEDLINE®/PubMed® Baseline Repository

McClintock, Barbara. Materials Added to Profiles in Science. 2002 Sept-Oct:e1

McKusick, Victor. Materials Added to Profiles in Science. 2009 Mar-Apr:e5

MedDRA (Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities). 2010 Nov-Dec:e3; 2011 May-Jun:e3; 2011 Nov-Dec:e3

Medical Library Association (MLA) Annual Meeting

MLA 2011.

MLA 2012.

Medical Microbiology, PDA Version Added. 2005 May-June:e1

Medical Subject Headings, see MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)

Medical Terminology

Tutorial. 2009 May-Jun:e6

Medical Text Indexer. 2002 Sep-Oct:e2

Medications, see DailyMed.

MEDLARS Questions and Answers at MLA Annual Meeting. 1998 May-Jun:e3; 1999 May-Jun:e5; 2000 May-Jun:e5b; 2001 Jul-Aug:e9b; 2002 Jul-Aug:e7b

MEDLARS Remarks at MLA Annual Meeting. 1997 May-Jun:2; 1998 May-Jun:e3; 1999 May-Jun:e5; 2000 May-Jun:e5a; 2001 Jul-Aug:e9a; 2002 Jul-Aug:e7a

MEDLINE see also PubMed

10 Millionth Journal Citation Added. 1999 Sep-Oct:e4

12 Millionth Journal Citation Added. 2003 Mar-Apr:e1

14 Millionth Journal Citation Added. 2006 Jul-Aug:e1

15 Millionth Journal Citation Added. 2008 Mar-Apr:e13

20 Millionth Journal Citation Added. 2010 Sep-Oct:e3

35th Anniversary. 2006 Sep-Oct:e4

Austria Grant Numbers. 2010 Sep-Oct:e2.

Baseline Data Statistics. 2004 Sep-Oct:e1
Canadian Grant Numbers. 2010 Jan-Feb:e2

Changes for 2006. 2005 Oct-Dec:e7

  • EC/RN Numbers (RN) and Name of Substance (NM)
  • Entry Combination Revisions
  • Heading Mapped-To (HM) Maintenance
  • Pharmacological Action (PA) for Supplementary Concept Records
  • Publication Types
    • Review
  • Supplementary Concept Records (SCRs) Elevated to MeSH Headings


Changes for 2007

Changes for 2008. 2007 Nov-Dec:e6

  • EC/RN Numbers (RN) and Name of Substance (NM)
  • ELocationID
  • Entry Combination Revisions
  • Grant Number
  • Heading Mapped-To (HM) Maintenance
  • Investigators
  • ISSNLinking
  • Pharmacological Action (PA)
  • Publication Types
  • Supplementary Concept Records (SCRs) Elevated to MeSH Headings.


Changes for 2010. 2009 Nov-Dec:e8

  • Cites
  • Entry Combination Revisions
  • Grant Support
  • International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Abbreviations
  • ISSN Linking
  • Language
  • Publication Types


Changes for 2012. 2011 Nov-Dec:e6a

Citations Linked to Evidence-Based Medicine Assessments. 2002 May-Jun:e2

Citations Linked to LocusLink. 2002 Sep-Oct:e6

Cited Medium

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier Added to MEDLINE/PubMed Data. 2005 May-Jun:e13

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Added. 2002 Jan-Feb:e6

Consumer Health Journals Added. 1998 Mar-Apr:e1

EC/RN Numbers (RN) and Name of Substance (NM). 2005 Oct-Dec:e7; 2005 Oct-Dec:e7; 2007 Nov-Dec:e6

ELocationID. 2007 Nov-Dec:e6

Entry Combination Revisions. 2005 Oct-Dec:e7; 2007 Nov-Dec:e6; 2011 Nov-Dec:e6a

Full Journal Title. 2005 Oct-Dec:e7

Gene Indexing. 2002 Sep-Oct:e6; 2003 Mar-Apr:e1; 2003 Nov-Dec:e1; 2004 Jan-Feb:e1; 2005 Mar-Apr:e6

Gene Indexing Provided for Citations. 2002 Sep-Oct:e6

Grant Number. 2007 Nov-Dec:e6; 2011 Nov-Dec:e10; 2012 Jan-Feb:e1

Heading Mapped-To (HM) Maintenance. 2005 Oct-Dec:e7; 2007 Nov-Dec:e6

Indexing Requirements for Electronic Journals Policy. 2011 Mar-Apr:e4.

Investigators. 2007 Nov-Dec:e6

Irish Grant Numbers. 2010 Sep-Oct:e2.

ISRCTN Added to MEDLINE®/PubMed® Data. 2006 Mar-Apr:e9

ISO Abbreviation. 2005 Oct-Dec:e7; 2007 Mar-Apr:e4

ISSN

ISSNLinking. 2007 Nov-Dec:e6

Italian Grant Numbers. 2010 Sep-Oct:e2.

Journals see also Title Abbreviations.

Journals Recently Accepted by NLM for Inclusion in MEDLINE Web Page. 2007 Jan-Feb:e1

Link to Entrez Gene. 2005 Mar-Apr:e6

MEDLINE Citations 1966-2000 in PubMed. 1999 Nov-Dec:e2

MEDLINE Maintenance. 2002 Jan-Feb:e8

Pharmacological Action (PA. 2007 Nov-Dec:e6

Pharmacological Action (PA) for Supplementary Concept Records. 2005 Oct-Dec:e7

PubChem IDs Added. 2007 Jan-Feb:e2

Publication Types. 2007 Nov-Dec:e6

Resources Web Page. 2006 Nov-Dec:e1

Scope Expands. 1999 Nov-Dec:e5

Structured Abstracts. 2008 May-Jun:e13; 2010 Jul-Aug:e11; 2011 Sep-Oct:e7

Supplementary Concept Records (SCRs) Elevated to MeSH Headings. 2005 Oct-Dec:e7; 2007 Nov-Dec:e6

System Re-invention. 2000 May-Jun:e1

Title Abbreviations. 2007 Mar-Apr:e4; 2009 May-Jun:e17

Unique Identifier Discontinued in PubMed. 2001 May-Jun:e2; 2003 Mar-Apr:e14; 2003 Jul-Aug:e1; 2003 Sep-Oct:e1; 2003 Nov-Dec:e6; 2006 Sep-Oct:e1; 2006 Nov-Dec:e5; 2007 May-Jun:e1

United Kingdom Grant Numbers 2011 Nov-Dec:e10



Year-End Processing, 2006. 2005 Oct-Dec:e7

Year-End Processing, 2007

Year-End Processing, 2008. 2007 Nov-Dec:e6

Year-End Processing, 2009. 2008 Sep-Oct:e7

Year-End Processing, 2010. 2009 Sep-Oct:e3; 2009 Nov-Dec:e8

Year-End Processing, 2011. 2010 Sep-Oct:e1

Year-End Processing, 2012. 2011 Sep-Oct:e1; 2011 Nov-Dec:e6a

MEDLINE Baseline Repository. 2005 Nov-Dec:e1

MEDLINE/PubMed Baseline Files. 2005 Nov-Dec:e1

MEDLINE/PubMed Licensees. 2005 Nov-Dec:e1; 2008 Nov-Dec:e4

Research Use. 2005 Nov-Dec:e1

MedlinePlus. 1999 Jan-Feb:e6

Adds Medical Encyclopedia. 2000 Mar-Apr:e1

Application Programming Interface (API). 2010 Sep-Oct:e12

Auto-complete Search Feature Added. 2011 Nov-Dec:e2

Content Sharing. 2011 Jul-Aug:e3

Debuts on NLM Web Site. 1998 Nov-Dec:e1

Diagnosis and Therapy Added. 2005 Jan-Feb:e1

Disaster Information Access Improved. 2008 Jul-Aug:e6

E-mail Feature. 2003 Mar-Apr:e15; 2010 May-Jun:e7

Features Added. 2003 Nov-Dec:e1; 2005 Jan-Feb:e1; 2011 Nov-Dec:e2

Find a Hospital Feature Added. 2004 Jul-Aug:e1

Genetic Alliance. 2007 May-Jun:e1

Health Check Tools Added. 2005 Jan-Feb:e1

Health Topics. 2011 May-Jun:e3

Herbal and Supplement Monographs Added from Natural Standard. 2005 Nov-Dec:e1

Information Rx Tool Kit. 2006 May-Jun:e6

Libraries Page Redesign. 2003 Mar-Apr:e15

Medical Encyclopedia

medlineplus4u

MedMaster Patient Drug Information

Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary available. 2003 Mar-Apr:e1

Mobile Version. 2010 Jan-Feb:e6

Multiple Languages Added. 2008 May-Jun:e4

New Version of MedlinePlus. 1999 Sep-Oct:e1; 2002 Nov-Dec:e3

NIH MedlinePlus the Magazine Debuts. 2006 Sep-Oct:e1; 2009 Jan-Feb:e13

NLM Adds Interactive Body Maps to MedlinePlus. 2006 May-Jun:e1

Presentation at MLA Annual Meeting. 2003 Jul-Aug:e7c

Print Feature Added. 2003 Mar-Apr:e15

Redesign. 2010 Jul-Aug:e3

RSS

Search Clouds. 2009 May-Jun: e10

Search Engine. 2007 Sep-Aug:e6; 2011 Nov-Dec:e2

Spanish E-mail Feature. 2003 Mar-Apr:e15; 2010 May-Jun:e7

Tutorial on Evaluating Internet Health Information Added. 2006 Mar-Apr:e1

Tutorial on Understanding Medical Words. 2009 May-Jun:e6

Twitter

User Surveys. 2003 Nov-Dec:e1

Web Page Redesign. 2004 Mar-Apr:e1

Web Services. 2010 Sep-Oct:e12

What's New Feature Added. 2000 Sep-Oct:e1

MedlinePlus Connect 2011 May-Jun:e14

Training 2011 Jul-Aug:e8; 2011 Jul-Aug:e11

MedlinePlus en Español

Auto-complete Search Feature Added. 2011 Oct-Nov:e2

Content Sharing. 2011 Jul-Aug:e3

Email Feature. 2010 May-Jun:e7

Features Added. 2003 Nov-Dec:e1; 2011 Nov-Dec:e2

Health Topics Page Redesign. 2007 Mar-Apr:e10

Herbal and Supplement Monographs Added from Natural Standard. 2005 Nov-Dec:e1

Mobile Version. 2010 Jan-Feb:e6

NIH MedlinePlus Salud. 2009 Jan_Feb:e13

NLM Adds Interactive Body Maps to MedlinePlus. 2006 May-Jun:e1

Redesign. 2010 Jul-Aug:e3

RSS
Search Clouds. 2009 May-Jun:e10

Search Engine. 2007 Sep-Aug:e6; 2011 Nov-Dec:e12

What's New Feature Added. 2000 Sep-Oct:e1

MedlinePlus "Go Local"

Emergency Response Pages. 2009 May-Jun: e11

Introduced. 2003 Jan-Feb:e2

Missouri. 2004 Mar-Apr:e1

North Carolina. 2003 Jan-Feb:e2

Search Engine. 2008 Mar-Apr:e9

medlineplus4u

Twitter. 2009 Sep-Oct:e11

MedMaster Patient Drug Information. 2007 Sep-Oct:e4

Meeting Abstracts

Added to NLM Gateway. 2001 May-Jun:e6; 2003 Nov-Dec:e1; 2010 Jul-Aug:e6

Automated Indexing. 2002 Sep-Oct:e2

Conference Name Searching. 2006 Jan-Feb:e1

Enhanced Search and Display in the NLM Gateway. 2006 Jan-Feb:e1

New search engine for Meeting Abstracts in NLM Gateway. 2005 Sep-Oct:e1; 2011 Nov-Dec:e5;

Pilot Project Site. 2011 Nov-Dec:e5

SPACELINE. 2001 Sep-Oct:e2

Mercury and Human Health. 2008 May-Jun:e8

Merged Monographic Citations. 2002 Jul-Aug:e3

MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)

Unified Medical Language System (UMLS).

Year-End Processing 2012.

MeSH Browser

2006 Link Available. 2005 Nov-Dec:e7

2006 MeSH Available. 2005 Sep-Oct:e1

2007 MeSH Available. 2006 Sep-Oct:e1

2008 MeSH Available. 2007 Sep-Oct:e1

2010 MeSH Available. 2009 Sep-Oct:e4

2011 MeSH Available. 2010 Sep-Oct:e7

2012 MeSH Available. 2011 Sep-Oct:e5

Available. 1999 Mar-Apr:e6; 1999 Mar-Apr:e3

Concept Views. 2007 Nov-Dec:e8

Links to 2004 MeSH. 2003 Sep-Oct:e1

Replaced by Entrez MeSH Database. 2003 Mar-Apr:e13

MeSH Database

Advanced Search.

Advanced Search Link. 2009 Jan-Feb:e1

Default Display. 2006 Mar-Apr:e1

Help

Link to Search Headings as Major Topic Added. 2005 Nov-Dec:e2

Links to Clinical Queries Added. 2004 Mar-Apr:e2

Pharmacologic Action (PA) Field. 2003 Jul-Aug:e6

Pharmacological Action (PA) Headings. 2003 Nov-Dec:e7

Search Box Modified. 2011 Jul-Aug:e9

MeSH Files Available. 1997 Sep-Oct:11; 1998 Sep-Oct:e3; 1998 Sep-Oct:e6; 1999 Sep-Oct:e1; 1999 Nov-Dec:e1; 2003 Sep-Oct:e1

Replaces PubMed's MeSH Browser. 2003 Mar-Apr:e13

MeSH Guidelines for Medical Catalogers Available on Web. 1999 Mar-Apr:e1

MeSH Instructional Resource

Basics of MeSH Subject Heading. 2006 May-Jun:e1

MeSH Tools

Cease Publication. 2003 Jul-Aug:e1

Annotated Alphabetic List
Black and White MeSH
Permuted Medical Subject Headings
Tree Structures
MeSH Training

Animated Tutorials (Viewlets). 2004 Mar-Apr:e1

Basics of MeSH Subject Heading. 2006 May-Jun:e1; 2007 Jan-Feb:e1

Quick Tours

Using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) in Cataloging. 2009 May-Jun:e2

Metadata

Web Documents. 2005 Mar-Apr:e4

Micrographia . 2008 Jul-Aug:e13

"Milestones in NLM History" Web Page Available. 2004 May-Jun:e1

"MLA Educational Clearinghouse. 2011 May-Jun:e1

Mobile Technology

AIDSinfo Mobile Web Site Launched. 2010 Sep-Oct:e5

AIDSinfo Mobile Web Site Redesigned. 2011 Nov-Dec:e9

App (Application)

DailyMed. 2011 Mar-Apr:e1

MedlinePlus. 2010 Jan-Feb:e6

PubMed Mobile.

TOXNET. 2012 Jan-Feb:b10

Molecular Biology

Classes. 2003 Sep-Oct:e3; 2006 Sep-Oct:e1; 2008 Mar-Apr:e18

NCBI Resources. 2003 Sep-Oct:e4

Monographic Citations Moved to LocatorPlus. 2001 Jul-Aug:e4; 2002 Jul-Aug:e3

Multiple Congenital Abnormalities Associated With Mental Retardation (MCA/MR). 1999 Nov-Dec:e1

My Bibliography

Added to My NCBI. 2008 Sep-Oct:e4

Adding PubMed Search Results. 2010 Sep-Oct:e13.

Download in MEDLINE Format. 2010 Jan-Feb:e9

Enhancements. 2011 May-Jun:e16

Filters.

Managing Compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy. 2010 Jan-Feb:e8; 2010 Jul-Aug:e1

My NCBI

Changes for Redesign 2009. 2009 Sep-Oct:e16; 2009 Sep-Oct:e22

Changes for Redesign 2010. 2010 Mar-Apr:e3

Changing Saved Searches.

Clipboard. 2006 Jan-Feb:e6

Collections. 2006 Jan-Feb:e6

Collections Limit Increased to 5,000. 2008 Nov-Dec:e1

Display Settings. 2010 Mar-Apr:e3

Download in MEDLINE Format. 2010 Jan-Feb:e9

Filters. 2009 Sep-Oct:e16; 2010 Mar-Apr:e3

History.

I Forgot My Password Added. 2008 Sep-Oct:e4

I Forgot My Username Added. 2008 Sep-Oct:e4

Images Database. 2010 Sep-Oct:e14

My Bibliography

My Bibliography Added. 2008 Sep-Oct:e4

My NCBI PubMed® User Preferences Enhanced. 2006 Jul-Aug:e2

My NCBI Replace Cubby in PubMed. 2005 Jan-Feb:e3

Navigation Added. 2008 Sep-Oct:e4

NLM Catalog Added to My NCBI. 2005 Jan-Feb:e1

Partner Organizations.

Partner Organizations Added. 2008 Sep-Oct:e4

Partner Organizations Added. 2008 Sep-Oct:e4

Recent Activity. 2009 Jul-Aug:e1

Redesigned. 2008 Sep-Oct:e4; 2008 Sep-Oct:e11

Remember My Username Added. 2008 Sep-Oct:e4

Saved Searches and Year-End Processing Skill Kit. 2007 Nov-Dec:e14

Saving Searches.

Saving Searches with History Search Numbers Problem Resolved. 2005 Nov-Dec:e1

Search Details Ad

Security During Registration. 2006 Jan-Feb:e1; 2006 Jan-Feb:e6

Share Account Settings. 2005 Jul-Aug:e7; 2009 Jan-Feb:e5

Sign In. 2011 May-Jun:e13

Sorting Saved Searches. 2006 Jan-Feb:e6

Temporarily Unavailable While Redesigned Version is Implemented. 2008 Sep-Oct:e3

MUID, see Unique Identifier

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