AIDS (AIDS Information Online) provides comprehensive coverage of research, clinical and policy issues about AIDS from 1980 to the present. Data Sources for AIDSLINE include MEDLINE, HEALTH, CancerLit, CATLINE, AVLINE, the International Conference on AIDS, the American Society for Microbiology, and the Symposium on Non-human Primate Models for AIDS.
The following alphabetical list provides the two-letter label, the relevant alias, and an example for each AIDSLINE field.
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Label Name/Example
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ab Abstract
example: bone.ab.
au Author
example: smith-tf.au.
cg Cancergram
example: cancergram.cg.
cp Country of Publication
example: france.cp.
ds Data Source
example: cancerlit.ds.
em Entry Month [year-month]
example: 8701.em.
fs Floating Subheading
example: et.fs.
gs Gene Symbol
example: agr3.gs.
gw Gene Symbol Word
example: alk3.gw.
hw or me Subject Heading Word
example: diazepam.hw.
in Institution
example: harvard.in.
ip Issue/Part
example: 3.ip.
is ISSN number
example: 0098-7484.is.
jc NLM Journal Code
example: kfr.jc.
jn Journal Name
example: applied pathology.jn.
jw Journal Word
example: obstetrics.jw.
lg Language
example: fre.lg.
ms Molecular Sequence
example: embl-x54741.ms.
no Grant Numbers
example: 1a132535.no.
nt Notes
example: abbott.nt.
pg Page [first page]
example: 44.pg.
pn Personal Name as Subject
example: koop ce.pn.
pt Publication Type
example: bibliography.pt.
rn Registry/Enzyme Number
example 2: 3842-23-1.rn.
example 2: ec 1-1-1-101.rn.
rw Registry Word
example: binding inhibitor.rw.
sb Journal Subset
example: d.sb.
sh MeSH Subject Heading
example: ulcer.sh.
ti Title
example: bone.ti.
tw Text Word (title and abstract)
example: diazepam.tw.
ui Unique Identifier
example: 92349782.ui.
vo Volume
example: 49.vo.
xs Exploded Subheading
example: ae.xs.
yr Year of Publication
example: 87.yr.
The CM (Comments) and OT (Original Title) fields are for display only, and are not searchable.
The following are the Ovid limits for the AIDSLINE database. Both forms of syntax for applying the limit directly at the command line are given where relevant.
Limit Name Example
Abstracts
Command Syntax: ..l/ ab=y
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to abstracts
Age Groups...
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to infant
Animal
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to animal
Animal Types...
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to cats
Data Source
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to health
English Language
Command Syntax: ..l/1 en=y
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to english
Female
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to female
Human
Command Syntax: ..l/1 hu=y
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to human
Journal Articles
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to articles
Languages...
Command Syntax: ..l/1 lg=fre
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to french
Male
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to male
Non-MEDLINE
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to nonmedline
Publication Type
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to clinical trial
Publication Year
Command Syntax: ..l/1 yr=89
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to yr=1989
Review
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to review
Change to AIDSLINE from another database
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Command Syntax: ..c/aidsline
Sentence Syntax: use aidsline