At least in theory, PubMed does not select scientific literature with a criterion of language of publication, but based on the trustworthiness of the journal. Perhaps an additional selection criterion is that the journal gives at least the english translation of the title, because all foreign language entries in pubmed seem to have a bracketed translated english title in the TITLE field. These are the number of pubmed databases entries in the 10 most represented languages: English 19 million German 806000 French 678000 Russian 665000 Japanese 401000 Spanish 300000 Chinese 240000 Italian 204000 Polish 169000 Portuguese 85000 So, roughly 15% of pubmed entries are in languages other than english, probably more than a fair share of what is scientifically relevant today. You can select the language using the advanced search. Here some examples of pubmed searches, with the items found. (breastfeeding) AND "english"[Language] 30768 items found (breastfeeding) NOT "english"[Language] 4848 items found (again, about 15%,) (breastfeeding) AND "italian"[Language] 289 items found allattamento[Transliterated Title] 68 items found allattamento 0 items found Note that the most efficient search strategy is to search with subject in english adding NOT "english"[Language] It picks up the entries because the TITLE field is translated in english You may want to keep the subject search more general than otherwise, since the NOT "english"[Language] is a big filter anyway. Note that if you want to search also with the foreign language word, you have to search in the TRANSLITERATED TITLE field, because even if you search in ALL FIELDS, this search does not include the TRANSLITERATED TITLE field. Sometimes with this method you can pick up entries which are missed otherwise Warmly, Micaela On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Lisa Marasco IBCLC <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > For those who live in Europe, what database would you search to find > lactation-related articles? For that matter, where would one search for > Russian or Chinese articles? PubMed does not catch everything worldwide. > > Thanks, > Lisa Marasco > > *********************************************** > > Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html > To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] > Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] > COMMANDS: > 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: > set lactnet nomail > 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail > 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet > 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome > *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome