How do I search for literature in specific subjects such as AIDS, bioethics, alternative medicine, toxicology or cancer?
The National Library of Medicine produces many databases which are devoted to specific subject areas. Many of these files can now be accessed within their web-based search interface called PubMed®. These are available on the Limits screen on the Subset pull-down menu, unless otherwise noted. Subsets of PubMed include AIDS, Bioethics, Complementary Medicine, Toxicology and Cancer. • The AIDS subset includes citations to AIDS/HIV literature covering research, clinical aspects and health policy issues. • The Complementary Medicine subset will retrieve literature on complementary and alternative medicines. • The Toxicology subset covers toxicological, pharmacological, biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and other chemicals. • The Bioethics subset covers the literature of ethics and related public policy issues in healthcare and biomedical research. • The Cancer subset uses a strategy with terms from the Neoplasms and related branches of MeSH, cancer-related text words, and MEDLI
