Hi all,

Just wanted to add my .02 about references. I *love* searching Medline. I
finally got onto Medline from the Pediatrics website; there's a link
there.There are two ways to search Medline: PubMed and Internet Grateful Med.
PubMed a bit simpler to use. You just enter a subject or author's name in the
search field and click search and you'll get a list of citations that match
your query. You can then either click on the author's name or check the box to
read the abstract. Even if no abstract is available, you will still find out
the all the authors' names and their professional affiliation, e.g.what
department of what medical school with the address. With PubMed, you can also
click on See related articles and get lots more references on the same or
related subject(s). Internet Grateful Med gives a more sophisticated search.
For instance, you can search only for articles on the levels of pyridoxine in
breastmilk published in Swedish. You can also narrow the search down to
particular types of studies and so on. Grateful MED does not have the related
articles link, however. Each has its own URL, but if you go to
<http://www.nlm.nih.gov> you can switch back and forth between PubMed and IGM.

I have learned to use Medline by first looking up an article I once cited here
on Lactnet. I searched by author first and then by subject. If searches bother
you, play around with it, til you get comfortable with Medline.

Another service available through Medline is the Loansome Doc program where
you can get copies of articles through a medical library. You have to make
arrangements with a participating med library first. The Medline website has
more details.

Warmly,
Carol Kelley, LLLL
Taylors, SC