In mid-February, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) launched a new MEDLINE-website. This provides information on MEDLINE policies, history, statistics, and MEDLINE journal selection and review processes in a consistent manner. The website was developed in accordance with the NLM Strategic Plan 2017-2027: A Platform for Biomedical Discovery and Data-Powered Health.
The website includes two policy changes, which go into effect March 1:
- Updated MEDLINE’s policy on journal access and preservation requirements.
- NLM has also updated MEDLINE’s language policy.
These changes benefit the improvement of indexing MEDLINE articles with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH indexing) and facilitate automated indexing. They are also important for extending the accessibility of MEDLINE journal content to a broader readership and ensuring that the public has permanent access to all articles indexed for MEDLINE.
Complete message of the NLM Technical Bulletin.