BIMM 101: Recombinant DNA Techniques: PubMed and "Official" Journals

PubMed includes two main streams of records for journal articles: 

• Records from about 5200 biomedical journals selected by the National Library of Medicine (part of the NIH). This set of curated journals is called the "MEDLINE" collection. 
• Journals and manuscripts deposited into PubMed Central, an open-access repository that authors use to comply with NIH mandates to publish taxpayer-funded research openly. 

For this course, you are encouraged to focus on journals that are part of PubMed's curated journal selection.  Here's how to limit your search to those: 

1. Do a search, any search. On the results page, scroll to the bottom of the Filters list on the left side of the screen.  Click the "Additional Filters" button.  You'll see this panel - at the bottom of the screen is an option for OTHER (falls below this screenshot): 

2. On the filter panel, choose the OTHER option. There are two filters here: one for the MEDLINE subset of journals, and one that excludes all preprints regardless of the journal: