What it does
PubMed searches biomedical and life-sciences literature citations, with advanced search, clinical queries, citation matching and links to available full text.
Use a citation matcher when the article is already known and advanced search when building a topic query. A PubMed result is a literature record; its full-text link can lead to PMC or a publisher. That distinction matters when assembling a reading list and checking which articles can actually be read.
Sources
- PubMed (Oct 26, 2026)