What's the difference between PubMed and MEDLINE?

Answer

PubMed is a free interface for searching MEDLINE, the most popular bibliographic database in health and medical sciences. It contains references to millions of journal articles from biomedical journals and is updated daily.

PubMed is a great interface for carrying out a basic scoping search, or if you wish to identify a limited number of key references. MEDLINE via Ovid is recommended if you wish to carry out a comprehensive, structured or systematic search. 

More information can found via the link below.

Our librarians run training sessions on PubMed and MEDLINE. You can access the training calendar and recordings via this link.

 

  • Last Updated Aug 19, 2025
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