Search the Biomedical Literature

Databases

PrimateLit, a bibliographic database indexing the scientific literature in primatology from 1940 to the present.
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

Tips for searching

To search PubMed, combine the term primates or the scientific name of a particular species with another term of interest. To determine the scientific name for a particular species, use the MeSH Browser. Type the term primates in the search box and choose from the results list.

The following list contains suggested search terms but is by no means comprehensive:

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Alzheimer Disease
Neoplasms (Cancer)
Diabetes Mellitus
Endometriosis
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Gene Therapy
Glaucoma
Heart Diseases
Hepatitis
Herpesviridae (Herpes)
Infertility
Fertilization in Vitro
Lyme Disease
Malaria
Menopause
Major Histocompatibility Complex
Multiple Sclerosis
Obesity
Osteoporosis
Parkinson Disease
Stem Cells
Transplants
Vaccines

If you have questions on searching Primate Lit or PubMed, contact Ask Primate, an e-mail based reference service provided by librarians at the Wisconsin Primate Research Center.