The Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (in
Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
), acronym LILACS, and previously called Latin American Index Medicus,
[Piegas MH, Nowinski A. Index Medicus Latino-Americano: exemplo de cooperação técnica entre países em desenvolvimento. R. Bibliotecon. Brasília 9 (2)jul - dez. 1981. p.89-94. Available in: http://docs.bvsalud.org/biblioref/2018/04/883140/imla_artigo.pdf] is an
on-line
In computer technology and telecommunications, online indicates a state of connectivity and offline indicates a disconnected state. In modern terminology, this usually refers to an Internet connection, but (especially when expressed "on line" or ...
bibliographic database
A bibliographic database is a database of bibliographic records, an organized digital collection of references to published literature, including journal and newspaper articles, conference proceedings, reports, government and legal publications, ...
in
medicine
Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pr ...
and
health sciences
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to health sciences:
Health sciences are those sciences which focus on health, or health care, as core parts of their subject matter. Health sciences relate to multiple ac ...
, maintained by the ''
'' (also known as BIREME, located in
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...
, Brazil. Similar to
MEDLINE
MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, or MEDLARS Online) is a bibliographic database of life sciences and biomedical information. It includes bibliographic information for articles from academic journals covering medic ...
, which was developed by the United States
National Library of Medicine
The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), operated by the United States federal government, is the world's largest medical library.
Located in Bethesda, Maryland, the NLM is an institute within the National Institutes of Health. Its ...
, it contains bibliographic references to papers that have been published in a set of scientific and
medical journals of the region, and that are not covered by MEDLINE.
The database is structured using the LILACS Methodology, which comprises:
*
LILDBI-Web, and more recently,
FI-ADMIN Software: programs used to make the description and
indexing of documents, in addition to performing data checking, required by the Methodology;
*
SeCS Software - Periodical Publications Collection Control System: used to control the collection of journals and control the titles of magazines;
*
DeCS vocabulary - Health Sciences Descriptors: controlled vocabulary used in indexing to ensure accurate retrieval of bibliographic references;
* Bibliographic Description Manual (7th revised edition - 2008): guides you in filling in the LILDBI-Web and FI-ADMIN data fields;
* Indexing Manual: guides in indexing the documents described in LILDBI-Web and FI-ADMIN. LILACS indexing follows an indexing policy quite similar to the NLM - National Library of Medicine;
* Document Selection Guide: guides in the selection of documents and journal articles that will be inserted in the LILACS database.
References
Bibliography
LILACS Methodology
External links
LILACS PortalVHL Regional Portal
Bibliographic databases and indexes
Scholarly search services
Databases in Brazil
Medical databases
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